Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Oh dear, how sad, never mind

Word reaches me that the mischievous, publicly funded three-day wananga (forum) entitled Imagining Decolonisation, which was to have started in Wellington this Friday, has been put on hold. Oh dear, how sad, never mind, as the Sergeant-Major in It Ain't Half Hot Mum might have said.

The reason given is that the Covid-19 red traffic light setting made it too risky to proceed, but another likely factor not mentioned by the organisers is that hard questions were being asked behind the scenes at Wellington City Council about who authorised this flagrantly ideological event and how much it was likely to end up costing long-suffering Wellington ratepayers.

Either way, the postponement should be regarded as a win and may yet become a cancellation. The organisers say they are still committed to holding the event, but councillors and citizens outraged by this misuse of public money now have more time to mobilise in opposition.  Council staff are not employed – and more to the point, councillors like Tamatha Paul are not elected – to pursue divisive radical agendas at the public’s expense and with no mandate.

6 comments:

Andy Espersen said...

Who are the organizers - and where does the money come from if it does not come from the council?
It should not be difficult to find the answers to that.

Anna Mouse said...

Sort of like how this 'government' is using public funds to deconstruct the very democracy that got them here. Let us hope that they may get cancelled soon too.

Ray M said...

As a ratepayer I am appalled with this and the WCC should come forward and volunteer the information to answer the questions raised by Andy Espersen and heads should role. An utter misure of my local body taxes. The Mayor needs to stop preening himself infront of cameras at parliament and bring his own staff under control or he wil have protesters outside the townhall.

Trev1 said...

Don't worry Karl, the race-shifters will be back for more ratepayer funding to strut their special status as victims.

rouppe said...

It just shows the mindset of victimhood. Short of ethnic cleansing, decolonisation is never going to happen.

A better conference would have been on how to maximise the potential for New Zealand by eliminating racial division.

Item 1 on the agenda could be how the Waitangi tribunal contributes to that division

Unknown said...

thank you for your part in shining an enquiring light on this ,Karl.