The average punter can see Briown has been poor even Heather DA on Newstalk ZB has been bashing him and I’d hardly say she was left leaning. Why would you be so crass as to use a word like maggots anyway - it speaks volumes about you - poor taste.
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Excellent post Blue Skies and there is research to show this happens. Women have been saying this for years and get ignored so it is great to see a man saying it. There are double standards too, when a woman leader makes a mistake she is more likely to be out of the job, whereas with men it more likely to be excused ..... boys will be boys etc. And what I've seen with Wayne Brown is give the poor guy a chance, give him time. Unconscious bias around gender in employment is very strong.
Wayne Brown possibly felt, just like he did in July 2007, that a state of emergency “just wasn’t necessary”.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/131114283/a-disaster-experts-experience-of-a-disastrous-friday-night-in-auckland
In Northland I (Nick Rogers) attended the major flooding disaster in February 1999. A state of emergency was declared by the Mayor, Yvonne Sharp.
A major landslip and flood disaster occurred again in Northland in July 2007, and again Mayor Sharp declared a state of emergency.
A week later Wayne Brown declared he was standing for Mayor of the Far North and fired his first shot at Sharp, reportedly saying she was wrong to declare a state of emergency following the floods of the week before.
Brown reportedly said that there was no need for a state of emergency to be called. “The place had already been through one set of floods back in March and everyone seemed a lot better prepared for this event, so I can’t see why we needed to have a state of emergency. It just wasn’t necessary”.
I attended both disasters and Yvonne Sharp was correct in declaring the state of emergency in July 2007.
Nick Rogers is obviously a drongo if he has attended so many natural disasters and they keep happening.
Once a drongo, always a drongo.
Maybe some bureaucrats should be resigning :
https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/30079...od-waters-rose
For those who have been defending Wayne Brown - he has finally apologised for his inaction and invisibility.
Also apologised that his 'drongo' comment was made public (he needs to look at his friends for that one).
Have the twits at Auckland Emergency Management apologised for leaving the Mayor and all his staff of their internal email comms ? No I didn't think so. Why is the media and the Labourites on here not calling for their resignation ? Doesn't suit the anti democratic agenda ?
Not surprising that you think it is OK for some useless and faceless bureaucrats to leave the Mayor and staff of their emails about an emergency situation.
Here is a good read for those that have "premium" access to the Herald https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/...GQSN7TCYSZHXM/
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckla...FSUTWXGBEJAQY/
Auckland floods: Bus drivers told not to go through floodwaters
Message from up top at AT passed down:
"NO SWIM BUS - Too many stuffed buses from swimming lessons last time .. make the suckers
walk or swim instead" :)
Further announcement due next week - likely "bring motorised skateboard and surfboard
as back up instead in case something happen" ..