Kiwiblog readers make a difference
The Herald reports:
Associate Justice Minister Nicole McKee is being accused of telling “fibs” after citing a “large number of emails” as a reason for toughening the Three Strikes law, when there were only 10.
Only three of those were addressed to her, while seven were sent to other MPs and ministers who then forwarded them to McKee.
Labour’s justice spokesman Duncan Webb, who requested the emails under the Official Information Act, added many of them were from Kiwiblog readers and Act supporters, which was “hardly a representative poll”.
E-mails, like submissions, are for reading not counting. I like to think that the e-mails had an impact because they raised valid concerns about the bill.