GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – the irony of listening to Auckland Mayor Phil Goff on Morning Report today railing against Mayoral Candidate John Tamihere
Oh the irony of listening to Auckland Mayor Phil Goff on Morning Report today railing against Mayoral Candidate John Tamihere who is wanting to sell off 49% of Watercare
Goff says it’s a dumb idea to sell publicly owned assets – and so it is.
But, hang on. Is this the same Phil Goff who served in both the Lange and Clark neoliberal governments and who failed to become Prime Minister when John Key challenged him to “show me the money” and could not find it in his market driven heart to say:
“How much have you got in your pockets John. Let’s start there.”
So is Goff now a reformed neoliberal?
Or is this just hypocrisy and tit- for- tat politicking?
I see my voting papers have arrived in today’s mail…
…now..where did I put my medication…?
Bryan Bruce is one of NZs most respected documentary makers and public intellectuals who has tirelessly exposed NZs neoliberal economic settings as the main cause for social issues.
+10000 Goff is a hypocrite, through and through.
God knows why John Tamihere is going with this privatise water policy to win the election where there are literally thousands of bad things Goff and the Auckland council have done or are doing to ratepayers to debate about and he picks this!
Crazy gift to Goff!
(Privatisation is not a popular idea, go figure!).
You really wonder how many of these mayoral aspiring advisors are actually working for neoliberal interests.
Or are so many leaders in Auckland completely out of touch with public opinion!
Or both!
Maybe drain the swamp and work out where the F our money is going might be a more desirable policy for ratepayers!
Apparently industry are digging the curbs up in Tauranga too. There seems to be no end of council money to burn on slush funds for industry, by chance, now they have wasted millions on this in Auckland!
Just remembered Michelle Boag is John T, PR consultant. So I have answered my own question.
“You really wonder how many of these mayoral aspiring advisors are actually working for neoliberal interests.”
Sad because if John T had gone with something Aucklander’s actually want (not privatisation of assets) then we might have got somewhere…
He obviously missed the message that Auckander’s traditionally go with a left leaning mayor.
Goff is a massive privatisation fan, but he will do it quietly because he knows it is not something that ratepayers want and he wants the baubles of office and to do advance his neoliberal agenda as a loyal solder to the cause, so it’s keep mum on privatisation (remember the redacted underwater stadium swapped for Mt Eden land for developers idea that cost 1 million and not given to his own councillors) and user pays before the election!