Leaker sought in Auckland
November 30th, 2010 at 5:19 pm by David FarrarNo we are not talking about Andrew Williams. Len Brown doesn’t want the public to know who is recommended for CCO Board appointments according to the NZ Herald:
Auckland Mayor Len Brown has ordered an investigation into a councillor suspected of leaking the names of council-controlled organisation (CCO) board appointments.
A source close to Mr Brown said the mayor had “lost faith in a member of the committee and is asking the chief executive to conduct a full investigation into the leak of information”.
This followed online reports at the weekend that two people with close links to Mr Brown – former Manukau City Council chief executive Leigh Auton and former Manukau deputy mayor Gary Troup – would be appointed to CCO boards on Thursday.
That is the same Leigh Auton who refused the Ombudsman’s request for information before the election.
The mayoral source refused to name the member of the CCO strategy and appointments subcommittee suspected of leaking the information.
Asked if it was Jami-Lee Ross, the Citizens & Ratepayers co-leader who issued a press release at the weekend criticising CCO appointments based on “long-standing friendships and political campaign connections”, the source said “no comment”.
Yesterday, Mr Ross categorically denied leaking information to the Sunday Star-Times reporter who named Mr Auton and Mr Troup.
Mr Ross said he had been clear that he could not comment on who was being proposed for the CCO appointments but felt the item should not be conducted behind closed doors.
Jami-Lee’s sin was to propose that the appointments be done in public session.
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November 30th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
Well, so much for transparency then. Mind you, I did at least see THIS coming!
Vote:November 30th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
I didn’t do it, no-one saw me do it, you can’t prove a thing.
Vote:anyway, did he pass the info around on a hand written note?
November 30th, 2010 at 5:42 pm
Auckland, sister city to Chicago.
Vote:November 30th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
We all know it was Andrew Williams, after all he has a history as a serial leaker.
Vote:Len the Liar, what a wanker, by the way who did he take to diner.
November 30th, 2010 at 5:50 pm
“I will always front up. I will give you the straight answers, always with a limit.” – Len Brown
“Transparency is not a perfect thing,” – Len Brown
Sunlight is the best disinfectant…I feel there is more to come on this.
Vote:November 30th, 2010 at 5:56 pm
Len is just returning favours, and at the same time building up an influential support group outside Council. The prospect of having a Mayor running the Supercity American style was predictable; the legislation has given Len powers beyond those of the ribbon cutting chairman of the past.
Vote:November 30th, 2010 at 5:58 pm
How can the people of Auckland be so stupid as to elect Brown as their mayor?
The man is a crook, a PC idiot and will send you all broke, two terms of this wanker and you will be NZ’s very own California (financially that is)
Vote:November 30th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
Yep, and National will be able to blame the super city failing on Len, not on their shitty legislation.
Vote:November 30th, 2010 at 6:18 pm
This is why we should have Civics as a compulsory subject in High School education.
Vote:November 30th, 2010 at 6:20 pm
adze, can you be sure that a civics syllabus won’t be hijacked and bastardised by teachers. There are very few social studies teachers I would trust enough to do it properly.
Vote:November 30th, 2010 at 6:34 pm
Brown promised that he would only ever tell a limited form of the truth. He is probably just annoyed that someone has decided to be completely honest.
Vote:November 30th, 2010 at 6:44 pm
You could be right gazz, but I think it’s worth even that risk… it bothers me that there’s so much apathy and lack of ownership surrounding local body elections in particular; and the Auckland election is (particularly now) too important to dismiss with an “I told you so”…
Vote:November 30th, 2010 at 7:13 pm
And I hear also that the Hero parade may be on the agenda again. This city is being influenced by non whites, faggots & communists. Watch my rates dollars sky rocket to appease these pricks.
Vote:November 30th, 2010 at 7:26 pm
Have David Lewis and Conor Roberts found employment within Team Brown?
Vote:November 30th, 2010 at 7:41 pm
Conor has (nothing wrong with that incidentially). Not sure about David – he may be a gun for hire.
Vote:November 30th, 2010 at 7:47 pm
Jobs for the boys, that is what the left is all about on these power trips. Really is anybody surprised.
Vote:November 30th, 2010 at 11:19 pm
What has Rodney created??!! It seems a monster.
Vote:December 1st, 2010 at 6:15 am
Strike One. The leopard will not change his spots. How many more strikes by the time the strutting canary has to explain this away to the people of Epsom? Will the rates revision be resolved by then?
Vote:December 1st, 2010 at 8:48 am
So can someone please tell me what are the sanctions for saying “fark u” to the OIA and presumably the Ombudsman?
If the person continues to refuse to release information that legitimately should be public, what can you do other than thrash around in the dark tearing out clumps of your rapidly receding hairline? Just because Manukau City no longer exists, surely the records are now in the safekeeping of someone other than Leigh Auton (unless of course THOSE RECORDS have been compromised or never existed in written form?
Wasn’t the Auditor General asked to look at Manukau at one stage?
I suppose someone could “come out” and claim to have been at the dinner – naming a number of unlikely people (hookers, drug dealers etc) as making up the balance of the party and challenging Brown to prove them wrong. Dime might do a credible job of it.
Vote:December 1st, 2010 at 1:22 pm
People should read the article before they get their knickers in a twist.
So, in the past the discussions were also held behind closed doors. Didn’t bother anyone then.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/local-government/news/article.cfm?c_id=250&objectid=10691228
So, C&R also agreed to it being not public, and seemingly for good reason. Fair enough that Len is pissed off at the leaks.
Vote:December 6th, 2010 at 2:44 pm
Anyone else find it ironic that some here are annoyed at the OIA being abused when only today National chalked up yet another way to avoid disclosure under this Act? Joyce has been hard to get info from and now the Cabinet uses the Bling to deflect their obligations.
Equally ironic is the “jobs for the boys” cries and “friends”, anyone gone through the list of Chairs and Directors appointed to Crown Entities since National were elected?
People hire people they know, we all know this, if we’ve worked with someone before we know their personality, skills and outputs. Mr. Brown and others have to be doubly sure they are giving the candidates they dont know a fair shake.
With different, strongly different in some cases, political ideologies appointees wont always be welcome by those from different parts of the political spectrum. let’s be even handed in our condemnation though, let’s condemn the act as well as the actor, then we can get the right and left accountable not just the folks who share our ideological viewpoint.
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