Comments on: Who doctored the Minutes?

By: burt

burt — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:16:07 +0000

Mark

Labour MP’s don’t resign. They deny the allegations, delay the inquiries and denigrate the accusers.

Naturally once the Three D approach has been used it’s essential to say the magic words – MOVE ON.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:46:09 +0000

Who wanted the new minutes written anyway.

After all we all know David has now said he’s in charge, then an doctored minutes is his responsibility which he used to make a bad decision.

Should he now resign?

By: baxter

baxter — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:23:46 +0000

The situation has reeked of corruption King/Haussman/ Lind/ Liabour and coverup Cunliffe/ the CEO/ Dir. Gen Health/ Liabour, and neglect of duty most of the media.. Why was King never corralled by ESPINOR.

By: gd

gd — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:25:46 +0000

IV2 Kevin Brady should be into these DHBs not just the HB like a rat up a drainpipe. I betcha there is a whole can of smelly worms wriggling around.

Like no competitive tendering.

Or favoured tenders getting a peep at their competitors tenders just before the close date.

Cunliffes actions were those of a person very keen to shut down a problem before it saw the light of day.

Id be looking at the CEOs and senior managements bank accounts and asset acquistions very closely.

It wouldnt be the first time and it sure wont be the last time that greed got in the way of good governance,

Problem is we have a government so riddled with bad governance that they have taken it to a whole new level and made it into a whole new art form.

By: Inventory2

Inventory2 — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:11:33 +0000

gd said “Uncovering bad governance is not something that the Socialists aspire to” – that’s what the government thought about the pledge card in 2005, but they didn’t bargain on an Auditor-General who actually had the ethics to do his job in a politically-neutral way – an anathema to Clark & co. The sooner that Brady decides that there is more to this than Cunliffe has divulged, the better – as long as he can report back by the end of October!

By: helmet

helmet — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:50:23 +0000

That’s probably the dumbest comment I’ve ever read from you GWW. I look forward to the record being challenged again tomorrow.

By: gd

gd — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:02:35 +0000

Seems to me the wrong lot got sacked Should have been the CEO senior management and the dodgy contractors

This crys out for the AG to go in and shake the trees and see what falls out methinks it would be nasty and very smelly but dont hold our breath.

Uncovering bad governance is not something that the Socialists aspire too

Mind you when there are guily of so much themselves no wonder.

By: Inventory2

Inventory2 — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:20:34 +0000

I posted on this on Friday – http://keepingstock.blogspot.com/2008/04/baygate-just-who-doctored-minutes.html
- there are far too many unanswered questions over this whole sordid business, and Chris Clarke and his management team have not yet been subjected to any serious scrutiny. It is time for the Auditor-General to remedy that.

And ghost – the sacking of the board may have seemed like a good idea to Cunliffe at the time. I think that even he is starting to realise that he has been hung out to dry by those higher up in the Labour pecking order. The “dysfunctional relationships” he referred to are by no means one way. Remember that the CEO is the sole employee of a District Health Board – by sacking the Board and bringing in a “friendly” Commissioner Cunliffe has merely entrenched Clarke in his role, where there is abundant evidence that Clarke has overseen far greater excesses than the Board may have been guilty of.

By: Bok

Bok — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:04:31 +0000

Jesus GWW, sometimes you prove beyond doubt that some people cannot walk and chew gum at the same time.

John stole a loaf of bread , jack was on his way into the shop at the time. So let’s arrest Jack because then he would be out of the way in future investigations into John and his thieving. Wow!

By: ghostwhowalks3

ghostwhowalks3 — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:52:11 +0000

So the sacking of the Board was a good idea no ?

How else was any dubious management practices to be to be resolved unless you have a commisioner in place who can fire the CEO and any others.

AS the reference to Yes PM shows this wouldnt be the first time this has happened in the public service or for that matter the private sector

By: peterwn

peterwn — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:40:31 +0000

For those who followed ‘Yes Prime Minister’, Sir Humphrey [in the "A Clear Conscience" episode] educates Bernard in how to take minutes from a meeting and get what you want.

See:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jNKjShmHw7s