Failed property developer Dave Henderson says he never contributed financially to any candidate in the 2007 local body elections - but he isn't telling the truth.
He donated money to the election campaign of Johnny Moore, the son of outgoing mayor Garry Moore.
In 2007 Johnny Moore stood for the Hagley-Ferrymead Community Board but he wasn't elected. Henderson appears to have been the sole financial contributor to his campaign, donating $1250. (see Johnny Moore's election declaration above. Click on the image to bring up the larger version).
Yesterday Henderson e-mailed The Press to confirm he had not made any political donations to last October's local elections.
"The answer is no, I didn't. Actually, I didn't support anyone last election,' he said.
Interesting stuff!
ReplyDeleteDo we know much about the politics of Johnny Moore and why Dave Henderson would have funded him?
Bryce
www.liberation.org.nz
rather flys in the face of yesterday's Press story, doesn't it:
ReplyDelete[quote]Henderson initially said he could not remember if he had donated to Parker's campaign.
"I cannot even recall what I did last election. I have been a participant in election campaigns for many years," he said. He later emailed to confirm he had not made any political donations to last October's local elections.
"The answer is no, I didn't. Actually, I didn't support anyone last election," he said.
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Of course, are lies from Davey any surprise?
you ask why would dave have funded him?
ReplyDeletebecause apart from keeping close ties with the Moore dynasty by having son johnny as both an employee (of Property Ventures) and a tenant (Cartel Bar), Henderson was identifying the fact that there could from time to time be issues that might frustrate his master-plan, but which could be headed off at Community Board level, rather than making it through to full Council debate.
Since Henderson was losing direct influence through Gary, as mayor, (though Gary was already sorted out by CEO Marriott with a plum 'consultancy' role for the future), it was an obvious step to maintain the influence through the son.
Thanks for providing that evidence. Have you pointed it out to Charlie Gates at the Press?
ReplyDeletePersonally I don't have a problem with anybody donating to campaigns. Generally the donation is given because the candidate has a pre-existing position that the donor agrees with, rather than because the donor expects to buy a policy change. A candidate whose funding comes largely from $5 sums from council housing tenants is receiving those donations because the donors already believe the candidate will stand up for them, just as a business person does.
Real influence is bought not with piddling amounts in explicit contributions but more likely with other sorts of commercial and social entanglements.
What is worrying though, is when deception and secrecy enters the process. Henderson "can't remember" if he donated to Parker. Then he denies any donations to anyone, despite the evidence. Parker "doesn't know". His campaign manager Stockwell won't comment. In those murky circumstances, one can't help but think something dodgy is going on. I suspect its not due to the size of any possible donation but to other influences and entanglements they feel sensitive about.
Keep up the good work (although I don't think publishing the cell phone number was kosher. Keep it above the belt).
it was offered to The Press 3 days ago, via their forums. Their moderators did not allow it to appear. I am quite often of the opinion that The Press' "forum" is just a way for them to elicit information for their own use, and at times like this they will not allow material to appear if it pre-empts them using it themselves. They have not quite figured out what the internet is all about, yet ;)
ReplyDeleteI think this is grossly unfair.
ReplyDeleteI know Johnny Moore. He spent a number of years in the UK developing new bars and on his return to Christchurch ended up working for Henderson - helping develop bars in South of Lichfield, which was the city's newest hospitality district.
As I understand it (and I may be wrong), all the owners of Cartel are employees of Henderson. What does this mean? Well - nothing really. Is is more reasonable to assume that Henderson allowed Johnny Moore to open a bar so Henderson could "keep close ties with the Moore dynasty" or is it more reasonable to assume that a group of Henderson employees (including Moore) opened a bar together.
I know that it is fun to play conspiracy theory, and assume that that everything is intertwined and "Henderson was identifying the fact that there could from time to time be issues that might frustrate his master-plan" but the reality is far duller.
Seriously, some of these posters come off like people sitting around wearing tinfoil hats.
@ Damon: The words "master-plan" come from the Council CEO's own press-releases in recent days, and from internal Council reports. Unfortunately for him, it was a badly chosen expression, because the social-engineering aspects of what is going on here are all too sinister (not to mention the 'networking').
ReplyDeleteCan you tell me the innocent explanation of why Henderson WOULD have chosen to finance Johnny Moore's attempts to get a Community Board seat, since you feel both of them are so righteous? Remember, it wasn't just $20, but $1,250.00
(No, the other owners of Cartel are not all employees of Henderson, by the way.)
I really cannot let the 'tinfoil hat's comment slide, either
ReplyDeleteSometime you should read about Henderson, John Dalhoff, Zenith Applied philosophy, and the John Birch Society. Google will help you, and it might open your eyes just a little!
"Can you tell me the innocent explanation of why Henderson WOULD have chosen to finance Johnny Moore's attempts to get a Community Board seat, since you feel both of them are so righteous?"
ReplyDeleteI didn't say either of them was righetous. In fact, I didn't say anything about the character of either. Calm down.
Why would most people support others in a bid for office? Because they think they would do a good job (or at least a better job than those in power). Hell, I think my boss would give me a couple of hundy if I ran for office.
It's also been declared so there is nothing secretive here.
Just take a step back. You seem to think Henderson is an evil genius and Johnny is in his pocket and it's all hidden and it's all a conspiracy. If both these things were true, does it seem logical for the donation to be declared?
Can you think of any other way for a 'rich evil genius' to give money to someone else in secret. Hmmm, I can only think of 20 or so off the top of my head.
Really, you need to take a step back and a long deep breath.
"(No, the other owners of Cartel are not all employees of Henderson, by the way.)"
Yes. They are. Or certainly were so when it was established. I attended the opening night.
quote: "It's also been declared so there is nothing secretive here."
ReplyDeleteno , it was denied, and as usual, with henderson a bare-faced lie
"Yes. They are. Or certainly were so when it was established. I attended the opening night."
ReplyDeleteWrong .... but anyway, lucky you!
There's been a lot of complimentary drinking and dining going on in Struthers Lane of late, including our civic leaders as beneficiaries!
Most amusing though was watching "reformed alcoholic" Dave Henderson staggering down there 2 weekends ago!
Stress does terrible things to people.
[quote]Real influence is bought not with piddling amounts in explicit contributions but more likely with other sorts of commercial and social entanglements.[/quote]
ReplyDeletelike, for example the recent marriage of garry moore's son to the daughter of jenny may, a former ccc employee who holds enormous influence in respect of heritage buildings, and, for all we know, is still a beneficiary of Tony Marriott's enclave of "salary undisclosed" consultants, just like garry. How very handy.
"Yes. They are. Or certainly were so when it was established. I attended the opening night."
ReplyDelete"Wrong .... but anyway, lucky you!"
Nefarious. I am correct. And it's a poor indication of your character that when someone tries to pin you down on one of your factualy incorrect smears, you simply shrug and spin off a few more.
"Real influence is bought [] for example the recent marriage of garry moore's son to the daughter of jenny may"
Yes. I'm sure this has nothing to do with whether the two like/love each other and it is some kind of illuminati conspiracy. You seriously need to deep breath.
Like I said, people are getting excited about a declared donation, when there are, if you wanted to, hundreds of ways to buy influence that are far far far easier than a declared donation.
Still, a world where everything,
including marriages, is part of an evil conspiracy is far more interesting.
@ dmon, and for the 3rd time now:
ReplyDeletea 'declared' donation that was then denied, forgotten about, and blatantly lied about.
sounding very much like "my solicitor forgot to tell me that we received the money, helen", but now that you have the evidence, yes, I remember now"