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 …
The decades-long practice of over-stuffing annual plans and charging ratepayers for services and projects that can’t be delivered continues unabated ...
The “Floodgate fiasco” stuck fear into the hearts of some Hamilton residents during April 2012. It generated a week of shock-horror newspaper head ...
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 ...
When the Claudelands Events Centre was built, it was never envisaged that the biggest entertainment it would showcase would be the controversy over its budget. But that has proved to ...
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, ...
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 ...
“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 ...
Infuriated Councillors respond to criticism with abuse and innuendo If you dare point out failings at the Hamilton City Council be prepared to be attacked and smeared. Such is the ...
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 ...
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