The South Wairarapa District Council staff held a “Black Friday” on the 21st October to show support for the All Blacks in the World Cup Final. This was the second such event, the first being at the beginning of the World Cup.
The staff had made a morning tea with a black and white theme … Continue Reading
Every three years taxpayers generously donate would be politicians considerable amounts of money so that these political aspirants can then inflict their election campaigns on said taxpayers in return.
A considerable amount of the money is spent on the billboards which litter our roadsides for two months. While the ones dotting the countryside are bad enough the ones which sprout up like groups of toadstools at the entrances to towns are the greatest eyesore. Usually too many to be taken in at a glance by passing motorists, they are simply placed to cancel each other out. … Continue Reading
Stu & Cathy
A concerned resident enquired if the Star was aware of the reason for the District Council’s flying the International Distress Signal. His concern was that the Council was in some kind of Greek financial situation and, quite reasonably, worried about possible calls for a ratepayer bail out.
One suggestion made was that it could be the CEO in mourning following the Irish team’s performance at the RWC. However it was pointed out that in that case it would have been the Irish flag flying at half mast.
A more likely scenario is that they had run out of coffee.
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