The Daily Blog Open Mic – Monday 15th October 2018
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
Moderation rules are more lenient for this section, but try and play nicely.
EDITORS NOTE: – By the way, here’s a list of shit that will get your comment dumped. Sexist language, homophobic language, racist language, anti-muslim hate, transphobic language, Chemtrails, 9/11 truthers, climate deniers, anti-fluoride fanatics, anti-vaxxer lunatics and ANYONE that links to fucking infowar.
Watchdog, reluctant ‘watchdog’, or toothless ‘watchdog’, that is sometimes the question, when dealing with the Ombudsmen, a good example:
1st complaint sent to the Ombudsman’s Office:
https://nzsocialjusticeblog2013.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/ombudsman-hdc-complaint-c11hdcxxxxx-wdhb-breach-of-nat-justice-anon-07-11-13.pdf
Evidence documents presented:
https://nzsocialjusticeblog2013.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/ombudsman-hdc-complaint-c11hdcxxxxx-email-attachmts-list-mails-sent-13-15-11-13.pdf
2nd complaint sent to the Ombudsman’s Office:
https://nzsocialjusticeblog2013.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/ombudsman-hdc-complaint-c12hdcxxxxx-dec-unreasonable-ltr-16-12-2013.pdf
List of evidence documents presented:
https://nzsocialjusticeblog2013.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/ombudsman-hdc-complaint-c12hdcxxxxx-email-attachmts-mails-sent-16-17-12-2013.pdf
THE BIZARRE, INCOMPREHENSIBLE COMPLAINTS ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS BY AN OMBUDSMAN’s INVESTIGATING OFFICER
https://nzsocialjusticeblog2013.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/ombudsman-complaint-hdc-decisions-nov-dec-13-decision-anon-28-05-14.pdf
Response letter sent by a complainant to B. Wakem, Chief Ombudsman:
https://nzsocialjusticeblog2013.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/ombudsman-hdc-complaints-c11hdcxxxxx-c12hdcxxxxx-reply-to-dec-anon-16-06-14.pdf
Former Chief Ombudsman B. Wakem defending her staff full stop, refusing to reconsider a complaint and to consider presented criticism of her ‘investigator’:
https://nzsocialjusticeblog2013.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/ombudsman-complaint-hdc-decisions-nov-dec-13-refusal-to-review-anon-10-07-14.pdf
A full post on this:
https://nzsocialjusticeblog2013.wordpress.com/2016/07/24/the-new-zealand-ombudsman-fairness-for-all-an-empty-slogan-for-some/