So the Nelson City council claims that the public thinks, that the performing arts centre project is more advanced than it really is.
Well whoopty doo. That is a complete load of old double speak that is being trotted out here.
The public are fully entitled to not only presume, but to also know with certainty that this vexed project is a lot further advanced than council is letting on, because legislation requires that it be that advanced, before it can be allowed into the LTCCP.
Those legislative prerequisites demand that the project be advanced to the point that the public are able to be accurately notified as to the full nature of the project, and in particular, to be completely informed of the full cost implications and their detailed impact on the rates burden.
If the project is not advanced enough to meet those specifications, then quite simply it should not be in the LTCCP.
In its indecent and premature haste to commit the community to this project, council has put it into the LTCCP, and as a result, the public are entitled to presume that council are complying with those legislated planning requirements.
After all there is a statutory presumption enshrined in New Zealands constitutional arrangements that requires government to act in accordance with the law at all times.
About Me
- pinocchio
- This blogspot is born out of a deep democratic concern about the continual political spin and the outright manipulation and suppression of information by local government and local media. In my view that rampant disinformation has become so extreme that it can only be considered grossly deceptive. This blogspot attempts to provide some balancing transparency to that situation. Hopefully it might even help keep the "buggers" honest.