On a Christchurch East by-election  http://wp.me/p13PYg-6X  via @edmuzik -- Agreed.

I'm sure that when the CCC becomes run by commissioners the CEO's life will be much easier.

See also  http://wingolog.org/archives/2013/06/13/but-that-would-be-anarchy … (#rtpt)

Starting to think that the real story is the way local authority management keep councillors in the dark.

@edmuzik I think we need to hear what the letter from IANZ actually said.

"These new laws are the point at which New Zealand switches... to being a surveillance state."  http://techliberty.org.nz/gcsbs-new-powers-for-wide-spread-spying-on-new-zealanders/ …

@ericcrampton @edmuzik @cherylbernstein Does "council" here mean the elected councillors or the organisation they ostensibly control?

This is disappointing, @nzlabour  http://parliamenttoday.co.nz/2013/06/prisoner-compensation-restrictions-made-permanent/ … Essentially, we had to pander to loranorder before so now we have to do it forever.

... I predict a vibrant rebuilt Chch in a ring around the old CBD and a lot of high class parking in the middle.

Just talked to another person with a plan that can't be made to fit the "precinct" model who's siting their business outside the Chch CBD...

@edmuzik you and @fundypost can form a support group.

@gtiso @jofromgreylynn paging @philtwyford come to the white courtesy phone please

Go read @gtiso on the poor, those cartoons, and the regress to the 19th century:  http://bat-bean-beam.blogspot.co.nz/2013/06/the-rich-mans-crumbs.html …

Rode a penny farthing in Oamaru today. Most fun (and scary) thing I've done in ages.

Press line on Nisbet: great cartoonists offend, Nisbet offends, therefore Nisbet is a great cartoonist. Which is an offence to logic...

Pretty tempted to rock on down to the Press office and harangue someone about Nisbet cartoon. Disgusting.

Brian Rudman: Super City RIP... and it's the parents' fault - Opinion - NZ Herald News  http://nzh.tw/10885757  via @nzherald

Asset sales: stop calling, stop texting, stop turning up at my house late at night  http://wp.me/p13PYg-6d  via @edmuzik

@johubris I did get to read book all day, so... prose before hose.

@missannajane @dimsie @coleytangerina @meganwegan Please see my earlier work  http://www.vital.org.nz/barbeque-lamb.html …