John Purey-Cust's patience with prevaricating mayors and chairs is growing thin it would seem to me, on reading his letter in today's Southland Times.
Mr Cust is tiring of being fobbed off by people he believes should be communicating their intentions more clearly to the public and taking a more active role with regard the mining industry that has been sniffing around our territory for some time now. John calls Gore mayor Tracy Hicks a 'tuatara' with his (presumably reptilian) brain in neutral and portrays chairman Timms as a 'sponge thrower-inner' who seeks to avoid taking responsibility for the management of the drillers, frackers and miners.
Mr Cust has hit the nail on the head so many times in the past with his letters describing poor environmental practice and the machinations of various industries exploiting Southland's resources. There's little reason to suspect that he's off the mark this time round.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
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Just his patience growing thin? Yawn
Brilliant commentary, Anonymous. You strike with that incisive 'yawn' better than any Anonymous we've seen yet. It's your 'nuclear bomb'. In fact, it's your only weapon, employed where others might say something, offer an opinion or float and idea of their own. The 'yawn' option is owned by you - it is you. You wear it well.
WOW insightful comment! Opinion, Cust is a just another bored retiree with nothing to offer other than it was better in my day. Love the rose tinted glasses. In my day no one argued with the teacher.
That's a good tug on my line I feel
In his letter John Purey-Cust also referred to Mayor Hicks as “Tinkerbell,” which helps explain why Gore District Council meetings tend to be conducted in a “Pantomime Format.”
At the submissions hearing to the Gore District Council’s Draft Long Term Plan 2012-2022, Robin McGowan of Mataura stated in his submission,
“Solid Energy needs our resources-we do not need them. We are doing fine with our primary agriculture base. It is the Gore District Council that needs Solid Energy to maintain its Empire not the Gore District.”
Upon checking my script with the computers Spell & Grammar checker the suggestion was made that the word Tinker bell could be changed to “Sinkerball”.
Isn’t technology wonderful?
Colin McIntyre
Colin - insightful comments, thanks.
John's a very alert man and expresses himself with aplomb - something the anon before you missed entirely.
I hope you'll be invited to the briquette factory opening. If so, I'll talk with you there.
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