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28 August , 2012, No comments

A Hamilton City Council assessment shows the controversial Claudelands Event Centre will deliver ratepayers a massive $10,501,000 loss in its first full year of operations Only a week has passed …

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Were Hamilton Ratepayers Over Charged $39.85 million on 2011-12 Financial Plan?

28 August , 2012, No comments

The decades-long practice of over-stuffing annual plans and charging ratepayers for services and projects that can’t be delivered continues unabated ...

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River Slip Risk – Fate’s Revenge on the Council

29 May , 2012, 2 Comments

The “Floodgate fiasco” stuck fear into the hearts of some Hamilton residents during April 2012. It generated a week of shock-horror newspaper head ...

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Instability threatens Hamilton Council

26 May , 2012, 1 Comment

The Hamilton City Council displayed instability on May 24, 2012. Stability is so important to the future of the council. After the V8 Supercars audit ...

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    Who is Ray Stark
    17 May , 2012, 5 Comments

    Concerned Citizens founder Ray Stark fears for those who cannot afford their rates. “Families and businesses are increasingly finding it difficult to survive,” Ray says. “The cost of power, gas, ...

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    Taking on the council and winning
    12 May , 2012, No comments

    You don’t have to accept defeat in a battle with a council. There are ways of beating councillors and council staff at their own game. Anyone can do it. To ...

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    Hamilton’s V8 Supercars cost excessive
    12 May , 2012, No comments

    “In excess! In excess! In excess!” That has been the consistent ratepayers’ complaint as costs have mounted for the Hamilton 400. Audit New Zealand’s report into the V8 Supercars event ...

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    Off the grid but wreckage remains
    26 April , 2012, 1 Comment

    When a new driver joins the V8 Supercars grid, another driver is shuffled off the 28-car line-up. A city council is like a V8 Supercar grid. Everyone is given a ...