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Letters: Horizons now a greenie-inspired organisation

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Greenie-inspired organisation

It is with some concern that I read Murray Hughes letter (Chronicle, July 13) ... But I must say I'm not surprised the latest drama happened ... I have environmental/ratepayers goals and in my two terms on the regional council I think I clearly demonstrated that.

It's great to see that I have been proven right on a number occasions from local stopbanks being a waste of time and massive waste of money, cleaning the waterways into the Whanganui River to the toxic mess of the Foxton/Manawatu River detour, to Lake Horowhenua in Levin (both put on the regional council backburner or too hard basket).

The point of this letter is I hammered away at these projects without any real support and certainly in my first term on most occasions the two Whanganui councillors voted against each other.

The regional council has gone from a farmer/rural-driven organisation to that of a "greenie-inspired organisation" in my view. This did not need to have happened if common sense prevailed and councillors worked together to get a balance.

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It now seems vast sums of money are spent on "greenie touchy-feely stuff". I have no problems with substantial pure environmental goals, after all that is the prime task of the regional council.

Nicola Patrick needs to beware of the wishes of those people she represents and a local authority binding referendum is a warning red flashing light. Don't use the STV system to get more "political greenies" around the regional council table. [Abridged]

BOB WALKER
retired regional councillor
St Johns Hill

American nightmare

What is happening in America? Have they all gone crazy? If any more proof was needed that they elected a fool for their president his response to the Covid-19 pandemic has confirmed it. The US with only 4 per cent of the world's population has 25 per cent of the virus.

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Things have become so bad that countries all around the world have closed their borders to the US and even Mexico has closed its border crossing to keep Americans out.

So now President Trump can build his wall and Mexico will "gladly" pay for it.

GRAHAM LEWIS
Whanganui

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My inner sense of fairness requires me to respond to Paul Baber's epistle in the Chronicle of July 9. Despite Rob Rattenbury's well constructed and relevant column of July 6, Mr Barber takes it upon himself to divert the intentions of Mr Rattenbury towards a topic which is obviously dear to his own misguided beliefs .... a balance in views of BLM.

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