How many terms?
January 2nd, 2010 at 2:36 pm by David FarrarThe Dom Post editorial asks:
In Wellington, voters might well find they are asking themselves whether they should give incumbent Kerry Prendergast a third term, if she decides over this holiday break, as seems likely, to seek office again. If she does, her 2006 majority might take a cut because the number of voters offended every time any politician makes a decision grows steadily. Is Ms Prendergast close to that tipping point?
Really – two basic basic errors in one paragraph. I don’t normally nit pick articles, but editorials you expect to be of a higher standard.
If people don’t want Kerry to have a third term, then they need to hop into a tardis, and travel back in time around 27 months and shoot her. Because she has been Mayor since 2001 and is two thirds of the way through her third term.
Secondly the last elections were in 2007, not 2006. So there is no such thing as a 2006 majority.
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January 2nd, 2010 at 2:57 pm
“and shoot her.”
Tut tut tut David You are sounding almost as violent as me.
Fortunately I don’t have to shoot the lovely Kerry. Its little Davy Ogden I would have to shoot if I hated my Mayor as much as you.
[DPF: You misunderstand. I am a friend of Kerry's. I am not advocating shooting her. I am saying shooting her three years ago would have been the only way to stop her winning a third term.]
Vote:January 2nd, 2010 at 3:08 pm
I sincerely hope she doesn’t stand again but then she is out of sync with parliament and there is no UN jobs for her, married to an old man who is based here.
What does she do after the Mayorship of the capital certainly nothing in the capital equals the gravitas.
With the new editorship of the Dompost it is only a matter of time before some of what has gone on in the last 7 years comes out in the wash.
The PR budget of the WCC isn’t exaustive and the new broom isn’t in her pocket yet.
Unlike her mate (who she protected) Fran who is now on regional council after screwing up royally at the Wellington Waterfront ( the CEO recommened sacking her in a report, which the councillors gnored and let her find the regional lifeboat).
Vote:ally.
January 2nd, 2010 at 3:24 pm
Sorry missed a point, the CEO (Gary Poole) recommended to council that they not renew Fran’s contract with Wellington Waterfront as she wasn’t up to scratch (ie incompetent) but the councillors left her in place temporarily until she could get on to the regional council. (why pay a man $300,00 a year of our money and ignore his advice I don’t understand).
Kerry controls the WCC Absolutely Wellington Budget and where it is placed.
I’ve been to a few council meetings and the attitude and language towards the other councillors has to be seen to be believed.
Vote:January 2nd, 2010 at 3:28 pm
Oops. Who’s editing the editor?
Vote:January 2nd, 2010 at 3:32 pm
sigh – I wasn’t watching the time as I edited.
Vote:lesson learnt until the next time I get excited!
January 2nd, 2010 at 3:33 pm
[DPF: You misunderstand. I am a friend of Kerry's. I am not advocating shooting her. I am saying shooting her three years ago would have been the only way to stop her winning a third term.]
No misunderstand. Just taking the piss.
I would have used a 7mm Rem Mag three years ago if it was me.
Bought one after my horrible deer story other post.
Beats a 303 anytime!
Vote:January 2nd, 2010 at 3:40 pm
Can you still get ammo for 303?
Vote:January 2nd, 2010 at 3:45 pm
Course you can. 110 years and still going strong. Can still reload too. Just don’t do it on the long shots. Flat shooting calibres make for less guessing of distance hence better first outcomes.
Vote:January 2nd, 2010 at 4:07 pm
Can anyone think of a politician at the local or national level who is still worth electing for a fourth term. Most of them seem to get the “born to rule” mentality early in their third term if not sooner, and I think we would have a better quality of governance if no-one could stand for more than three terms.
Vote:January 2nd, 2010 at 4:15 pm
Make it two terms. We could have unloaded Helen in 2005.
Vote:January 2nd, 2010 at 5:53 pm
We still haven’t unloaded her. She hangs round like a blowfly at blood and bone processing plant
Vote:January 2nd, 2010 at 6:19 pm
DPF, you’re sure you copy/pasted this correctly? Newspapers have layers and layers of fact checkers you know. They don’t have their facts wrong like bloggers.
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