Julie Blommaert's avatar

Julie Blommaert

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I like how part of National’s campaign vibe was “how dare central govt tell local govts how to do things” and now they’re banning local councils from setting their own speed limits on local roads

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Now I'm a BLUE dragon 's avatar Now I'm a BLUE dragon @kiwiwalrus.bsky.social
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And 'we reject the recommendations of the local council review and will not be setting up a specific channel for collaboration between central and local governments. What local governments need from us is funding, which is why we have axed three waters...' just. How can anyone take them seriously.

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Earl Mardle - Governance by Death Cult - You in?'s avatar Earl Mardle - Governance by Death Cult - You in? @rlmrdlnz.bsky.social
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The hypocrisy is just part of the buzz Like Bishop's housing prescriptions and the water quality "not-regulation-regulations with no funding", Corolla ferries and "new" surgical wings with no staff, people so habituated to control fraud they don't recognise their 'control" doesn't exist

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Bart Janssen's avatar Bart Janssen @bjjanssen.bsky.social
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Daddy state

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SpecsChic's avatar SpecsChic @specschic.bsky.social
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And the Māori wards on Councils, and the determination of rural-urban boundaries etc Pack of lying hypocrites.

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Trevor Nicholls's avatar Trevor Nicholls @aquatarkus.bsky.social
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It's just transplanted from the US: it's all about "states' rights" until it isn't

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Jane's avatar Jane @janerefreshed.bsky.social
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Make it make sense! 😭

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