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CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

The Christchurch City Council's brand new offices, dubbed 'Bob's Palace' by locals, has barely been operational since it was...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Thursday, June 30, 2011 3 comments
Labels: christchurch city council, sideshow bob
HAIL THE GREEKS

HAIL THE GREEKS

While our union 'leaders' snooze to the November General Election and insist that the Labour Party is somehow 'different' f...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Wednesday, June 29, 2011 1 comments
Labels: austerity, greece
PAYING FOR THE BLUNDERS OF BOB AND CO

PAYING FOR THE BLUNDERS OF BOB AND CO

A week or so ago Sideshow Bob announced that the proposed rates increase for this year would be 7.1%. Previously an increase of 5.3% had be...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Saturday, June 25, 2011 3 comments
Labels: ami stadium, earthquake, sideshow bob
IT WON'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT...

IT WON'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT...

Is the Government deliberately concealing the truth about the Christchurch earthquakes? It's a job for Fox Mulder and Dana Scully! There...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Thursday, June 23, 2011 2 comments
Labels: christchurch, earthquake
MARRYATT ON HIS WAY OUT?

MARRYATT ON HIS WAY OUT?

Christchurch City Council CEO Tony Marryatt faces an uphill battle to save his job, despite the best efforts of Sideshow Bob. In the light ...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 3 comments
Labels: aaron keown, christchurch city council, sideshow bob, tony marryatt
A LAW UNTO HIMSELF

A LAW UNTO HIMSELF

Christchurch City Council CEO Tony Marryatt ignores a councillor's legitimate request... Christchurch councillor Yani Johnanson writes ...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Sunday, June 19, 2011 0 comments
Labels: earthquake, sideshow bob, tony marryatt, yani johnason
BOB BLAMES THE MEDIA (AGAIN)

BOB BLAMES THE MEDIA (AGAIN)

Having already interfered, Bob now says he won't interfere in the appointment of the Christchurch City Council CEO, although he's o...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Friday, June 17, 2011 1 comments
Labels: sideshow bob, tony marryatt
MEDIA STUNT

MEDIA STUNT

Despite workers being on the receiving end of the Government's savage austerity drive, the big issue on Clare Curran's mind last wee...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Tuesday, June 14, 2011 4 comments
Labels: clare curran, labour party
BLEAK TIMES

BLEAK TIMES

Having dismally failed to put up any significant resistance to the Government's austerity drive, the CTU and PSA want people to vote f...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Sunday, June 12, 2011 1 comments
Labels: ctu, helen kelly, trade unions
OBAMA, MARX, SANTORUM (?)

OBAMA, MARX, SANTORUM (?)

Stuff that caught my attention this week but I never got round to writing up. This week: Barack 'the great liberal hope' Obama scre...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Saturday, June 11, 2011 0 comments
Labels: briefs. obama, marxism
LIMBOLAND

LIMBOLAND

A fruit and vege store that I occasionally shopped at was, a fortnight ago, deemed 'unsafe' and will be demolished. The list of bui...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Saturday, June 11, 2011 2 comments
Labels: earthquake, gerry brownlee, sideshow bob
ANOTHER SIDESHOW BOB DEBACLE!

ANOTHER SIDESHOW BOB DEBACLE!

Bob wants Tony Marryatt reappointed as CEO of the Christchurch City Council. The problem for Bob is that powerful local business interests d...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Thursday, June 09, 2011 3 comments
Labels: sideshow bob, tony marryatt
BASHING THE POOR

BASHING THE POOR

Talkback radio likes to bash the working poor as well as beneficiaries. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Jeremy Parkinson. He thinks the country ...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Tuesday, June 07, 2011 4 comments
Labels: jeremy parkinson, radio live, talkback
SLUT VS. SLUTWALK

SLUT VS. SLUTWALK

National MP Paul Quinn recently issued an apology for suggesting that ''there is a real issue with young ladies getting drunk' i...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Friday, June 03, 2011 0 comments
Labels: slutwalks, trish kahle
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