tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post115507541853152468..comments2024-03-29T10:51:27.752+13:00Comments on Not PC: Brain slippagePeter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1155166287750526872006-08-10T11:31:00.000+12:002006-08-10T11:31:00.000+12:00This increase in slips and slides is due to climat...This increase in slips and slides is due to climate change - but only because of the BELIEF in climage change. Planners and councils fret endlessly about sea level rising (actually about 1.6mm a year for the last 100 years and no recent increase) and ignore the risk of flodding from rivers and hills. The Old Drainage Boards used to keep rivers and drains clear of silt etc. Suggest this today and the Earth loving planners will reply "You must let nature take its course." So we get another flood.<BR/>The other problem is Smart Growth which persuades councils to intensify rather than let their villages grow. Hence they infill on land which is prone to slips and slides. One behind the other.<BR/>NOt all hills are slip prone but some are. They should seek the advice of geologists rather than planners who rather let people build beneath a slip circle than on rural land.Owen McShanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10130002581563595646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1155121277889336392006-08-09T23:01:00.000+12:002006-08-09T23:01:00.000+12:00Michael is largely right, although Ogden has got a...Michael is largely right, although Ogden has got a fetish for one type of grand scheme - roads - he witters on about a very expensive highway across the valley that ratepayers couldn't pay for, that would never be able to be tolled, but wants everyone else to pay for it. John Banks had the same in the eastern corridor. <BR/><BR/>Ogden is probably the most frugal mayor in the Wellington region, but that isn't saying muchLibertyscotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12741049550997300680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1155098520735593602006-08-09T16:42:00.000+12:002006-08-09T16:42:00.000+12:003% is better than the Dicking you and your fellow ...3% is better than the Dicking you and your fellow Aucklanders are getting.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03143204319427258454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1155094095467975712006-08-09T15:28:00.000+12:002006-08-09T15:28:00.000+12:00Whoops. Thanks Michael. That brain slippaeg has b...Whoops. Thanks Michael. That brain slippaeg has been corrected. <BR/><BR/>I'll have to rely on your own estimate of him as being otherwise pretty good, if indeed rates going up <I>only</I> by three-percent can be considered good in objective terms?Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1155091819398267412006-08-09T14:50:00.000+12:002006-08-09T14:50:00.000+12:00Umm, I feel obliged to point out that Kelson is in...Umm, I feel obliged to point out that Kelson is in (Lower) Hutt City and David Ogden is mayor of (Lower) Hutt City. It's about 10km south of the boundary with Upper Hutt. (Wayne Guppy is Mayor of Upper Hutt.)<BR/><BR/>And David Ogden is generally pretty good, sticking to core council business and not spending millions on loopy white elephant schemes - unlike you Aucklanders, our rates are going up 3% this year.<BR/><BR/>And being on the Valley Floor isn't much help - I've lost count of the number of times my garage has been flooded since I moved in 3 years ago.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03143204319427258454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1155087101048623282006-08-09T13:31:00.000+12:002006-08-09T13:31:00.000+12:00Yep - bloody morons I'd say.There are not too plac...Yep - bloody morons I'd say.<BR/><BR/>There are not too places in Wellington that aren't built on a hill. <BR/><BR/>The places that are on the flat are surronded by hills where run-off of rain water (i.e. flooding will ocur).<BR/><BR/>Based on this premise I think Wellington should be abandoned and the government build me a luxury house somewhere nice (say Sydney).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com