ACT responds in Mt Albert
May 11th, 2009 at 1:10 pm by David Farrar
ACT have put up six of these billboards, playing on the Labour ones.
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May 11th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
“Zero tolerance on crime… one of these days…”
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
Gosh Politicans putting taxpayers first now thats a novel approach.
never seen a pollie who hasnt put themselives and their party numbers 1 to 99 before myself and my fellow taxpayers.
I will believe it when I see it but Im not holding my breath
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Does this mean that they will be putting the unemployed, stay-at-home-mums, DPB beneficiaries, retired-on-a-benefit, children, loss-making business owners and most people who get WFF second?
Not that it would be a bad thing in many cases but just checking to see if I understand their position.
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
This by-elections can be won by Melissa Lee
Vote:But she has to come out and say she also supports saving 2 billion dollars instead of giving a wishy washy non committal answer otherwise Boscawen is going to take a lot of votes off her
May 11th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
‘taxpayers’ is obviously an after-thought.
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
Yeah go the labour way eh idiot, screw the taxpayers entirely then bribe them with their own money.
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
“This by-elections can be won by Melissa Lee
But she has to come out and say she also supports saving 2 billion dollars instead of giving a wishy washy non committal answer otherwise Boscawen is going to take a lot of votes off her”
I doubt it – tactical voting by the right should mean Lee gets those votes. Why would you vote for Boscowen even if you were fervently on the right?
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
It makes sense until you think about it. We’re all tax payers. We may not all be income tax payers, but I can not imagine anyone who can vote able to avoid paying any tax at all.
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
fair point petal, I forgot about GST, petrol taxes & levies, alcohol taxes & duty, cigarette tax, gambling tax, import duties, dog tax, local authority rates, motorway tolls, reserve contributions, gift duty, etc etc etc
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
>>I doubt it – tactical voting by the right should mean Lee gets those votes. Why would you vote for Boscowen even if you were fervently on the right?
Because their will be a number of voters who disgusted by the cost of the tunnel option which epitomises government waste.
Vote:By coming out strongly in favour of the above ground option, National neutralises ACT’s position
Labour will paint National as supporters of the above ground option anyway, and Lee comes across evasive if she does not back either.
May 11th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
but I would like to think that ACT MP’s also represent citizens who may not have a vote!
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
Watched candidates on Q&A sunday.
couldn’t concentrate on their answers cos i was watching Paul Holmes sweat it up like a rapist.
What was with that?
Vote:Is he crook or was the air con on too high; shit he looked terrible.
May 11th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
Petal – A beneficiary, while appearing to pay consumer tax (GST et al), is only recycling other peoples money through the tax system.
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
“Zero tolerance on crime… one of these days…”
Unfortunately it takes more then six months to roll back Labours fuck ups.
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
‘taxpayers’ is obviously an after-thought.
That is the point dumbarse…
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
I guess you mean saving the $2.2 billion that a surface level Waterview Connection will cost? Yeah I agree, don’t build it and save the money.
(the full tunnel alternative is $2.8 billion by the way)
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
www .act . org.nz – wacked organs! Coincidence? I DON’T THINK SO!
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
Two thumbs up to VI.
classic
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
>>I guess you mean saving the $2.2 billion that a surface level Waterview Connection will cost? Yeah I agree, don’t build it and save the money.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0903/S00457.htm
Vote:Around a billion and that’s with alot of the environmental works
I have seen the report you have posted from Transit and those costings seem way out of alignment with other projects.
I guess we will just have to wait to see some costings that aren’t politically motivated, but for now a billion or so seems the best estimate.
Oh a BTW I drove through there the other day and saw are some billlboards saying ‘SH20 Tunnel or Nothing’
Out of those two options, I agree with you and I go for nothing
May 11th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
I go for nothing too.
Regarding costings, I think I’d trust NZTA and the Ministry of Transport (who have worked on options for the area for the past decade) over the Auckland Business Forum, whose costings are incredibly politically motivated.
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Will Act being withdrawing support from National when the weasel out on their promised tax cuts?
Thought not.
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
emmess said: This by-elections can be won by Melissa Lee. But she has to come out and say she also supports saving 2 billion dollars… Oh a BTW I drove through there the other day and saw are some billlboards saying ‘SH20 Tunnel or Nothing’
Out of those two options, I agree with you and I go for nothing
Well, Melissa doesn’t. She said on 95bFM today that she supports the surface option.
The only candidate who favours the “nothing” option is Russel Norman. So swallow hard guys, but if you’re in Mt Albert, a vote for Norman is the most fiscally (as well as environmentally) responsible option.
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 5:45 pm
I guess ‘go for nothing’ is better than the prefered Labour/Green m.o.
Vote:Go for broke
May 11th, 2009 at 6:30 pm
Lee is not in step with her own party on this issue – She wants above ground, According to TV3 news the Party wants a mixed tunnel / above ground solution.
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 6:43 pm
What is Act’s response to Bailey being out on Parole again?
C’mon Rodney, we want you to stop this!
Vote:Make Collins get tough!!!!
May 11th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
voice of reason said: Lee is not in step with her own party on this issue – She wants above ground, According to TV3 news the Party wants a mixed tunnel / above ground solution.
I’d say the Nats are obfuscating after Lee was flushed out by Norman into revealing the real agenda the Nats didn’t want in the public domain until after the by-election.
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
Razork said: What is Act’s response to Bailey being out on Parole again?
Garrotte him!
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 7:56 pm
“The Party wants a mixed tunnel / above ground solution.”
I guess that would be tunnel in the rich bits that might vote for them and above ground everywhere else?
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
Toad 7.24
“I’d say the Nats are obfuscating… ”
Yeah but when Key says “That may be her preferred option, but that’s not necessarily what the cabinet has recommended”
Vote:you can’t help but think Lee is out of the loop in what may be considered an important issue in the electorate she is trying to win. …. I suspect Lee is feeling a bit put out.
May 11th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
From a reasonably good source:
We should know tomorrow….
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 8:40 pm
Toad
You guys really are worried about Garrett being the voice of the people aren’t you.
I have asked you this before, why not have a crack at his policies?, why not debate the issues rather than wage an all out (and frankly quite pathetic) personal attack on the man, after all Toad, he is only doing what the people want.
Mind you, I do love to see the Greens reduced to an irrelevance in the house and politics in general, the desperation is quite fun to witness.
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
Bruv, Garrotte is a sick parody of fascism. He’s not doing “what the people want” at all. He’s doing the business of a few either malevolent or misguided dorks from the Silly Sentencing Trust, who are trying to whip the country up into some sort of fascist frenzy. He is the freekiest guy to ever be elected to Parliament – even Norman Jones was somewhat more grounded in reality.
I have to say that he scares me shitless, because, despite the “crack down on crime” projection, the personality behind it is of someone who has the potential in himself to commit some very serious acts of violence. Let’s hope Catherine Delahunty does not wind him up too much, because all the language we get from Garrett hints at an internally very violent man who could snap at any moment.
If any MP ever was a sicko, Garrett has to be high on the list.
AS for “his policies”, well, voting for the Whanganui Fashion Police law was just a joke. The gangs will simply wear colours, rather than patches, no-one will be any less intimidated, but some of the more naive members of the community won’t realise it is a gang member they are dealing with, so will be sucked in. Go figure (and, yes, I know it was Michael Laws and Chester Borrows who came up with this silly law), but it was Garrett’s influence in ACT that got it passed.
What’s more, Garrett destroyed Rodney Hide’s credibility as a libertarian in the process.
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
Toad,
You know fuck all about David Garrett.
Your last post just proved that.
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
Damn right. I’ve read some examples of rank ignorance and bigotry in the blogosphere but only a very few have been as nauseating as the post by Toad.
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
TSM and Redbaiter: Read the links out of my g.blog post. Not just my opinion, his words:
This man Garrett, from these comments alone, shows he has no respect for human rights.
Come on guys, instead of throwing around “don’t know fuck all about Garrett” and “rank ignorance and bigotry” put up some rational argument. From where I come from, and with the evidence of the 3 comments above from the Garrotte, it points very strongly to him (rather than me RB) being the bigot.
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 10:06 pm
Quotes out of context.
..and what “rights” do the Watermelons respect? Very few. How about Exclusive Brethren and the right to political expression?
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
Toad, I think another part of what your trying to say (or need to say to these kind of people) is that it doesn’t matter that they can justify it (indeed it would be mighty strange if they didn’t) it’s called human rights for a reason, that means all humans have them.
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
Who is funding the SST anyway? There was reasonable cause to suspect it might be potential private prison operators if I remember rightly….
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 10:14 pm
“it’s called human rights for a reason, that means all humans have them.”
And as David Garrett would say, “with rights come responsibilities”.
Plain and simple
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
I think whos funding them is a kind of side issue, and it would be good to have some hard evidence over speculation. Even without such evidence, it’s clear to any well considered right minded person that they truly are fringe extremists, its sad that the media gives them such a platform, but they are after sensation and nothing else.
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 10:19 pm
it doesn’t matter that they can justify it (indeed it would be mighty strange if they didn’t)
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
Redbaiter said: How about Exclusive Brethren and the right to political expression?
Thay have all the right in the world to freedom of expression ‘baiter. As do you and I. We should be entitled to put out 20 media releases a day if we want.
What none of us should have is the legal ability to attempt to influence elections by spending vast amounts of money on paid advertising as a proxy for a political party, adn especially without anyone knowing who they are. And before you start on union pro-Labour and pro-Green (pity most of it is for Labour rather than Green) advertising, I agree that the constraints should apply to that too.
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 10:23 pm
Silent majority:
“And as David Garrett would say, “with rights come responsibilities”.
Plain and simple.”
Most of what David Garret says is neither plain nor simple … perhaps you could elaborate on what you understand him to mean?
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
“fringe extremists”- term used by the mindless morons to describe anyone who doesn’t go along with leftist/ collectivist ideology.
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
“mindless morons” – term used by redbaiter to describe anyone who doesn’t appear in his mirror.
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
“What none of us should have is the legal ability to attempt to influence elections by spending vast amounts of money on paid advertising as a proxy for a political party”
Please do not dictate to me Toad. I believe every infringement on election spending is an assault on freedom of expression, and a perversion of the electoral process basically designed to hobble opposition to the left who always find it hard to raise funds due to the general unpopularity of their ideas.
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
“perhaps you could elaborate on what you understand him to mean?”
If you need me to elaborate on what that means then the left have lost their way more than I thought.
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 10:33 pm
“adn especially without anyone knowing who they are.”
That is a cowardly and despicable lie. Their names and addresses were on the pamphlet.
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
What, Mr A. Smith living at 1 Main Street wasn’t it?
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 10:42 pm
“The Silent Majority
“perhaps you could elaborate on what you understand him to mean?”
If you need me to elaborate on what that means then the left have lost their way more than I thought.”
Quit your posturing and pony up with an answer.
What was the emperor wearing again?
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 10:47 pm
Go away you wittering attention seeking child. As if you ever had a damn clue about anything.
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
Redbaiter said: I believe every infringement on election spending is an assault on freedom of expression…
If you believe that, then why don’t you also believe that owning property is also a crime RB? Be consistent. If you are a wannabe anarchist, then go the whole hog. That would have you reject everything about Garrett’s perverse bigotry as well.
If you really do consider yourself a libertarian (and that goes for some others here) try reading this! I don’t expect a response tonight – take some time to take it in.
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 11:04 pm
“Redbaiter
Go away you wittering attention seeking child. As if you ever had a damn clue about anything.”
As usual, useless simpering babble rather than addressing what’s in front of you. Anyone would think you’ve never made a point in your entire useless life.
Vote:May 11th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
“If you are a wannabe anarchist, then go the whole hog.”
I am not an anarchist or a Libertarian, and neither does one have to be to believe that election spending regulations should be abandoned. Not only are they an assault on freedom of political expression, they are impractical and unworkable.
Vote:May 12th, 2009 at 8:21 am
Sonic (7.56pm)
“The Party wants a mixed tunnel / above ground solution.”
I guess that would be tunnel in the rich bits that might vote for them and above ground everywhere else?
Doesn’t this sound just a teeny bit like the solution proposed by one Helen Clark, former MP for Mt Albert? Strange that you didn’t find it objectionable when Labour were proposing it.
Vote: