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Nick and Jack take to their keyboards

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Subject: RE: Wellington elections
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 22:42:12 +0000
From: Nick Kelly <socialist42(a)hotmail.com>
To: Jack Ruben <jack.ruben@wcc.govt.nz>, “<100″ <100word(a)gmail.com>, <ray4mayor(a)gmail.com>, <contact(a)pepptalk.net>, Rob Goulden <rob.goulden@wcc.govt.nz>, Helene Ritchie <helene.ritchie@wcc.govt.nz>, <kerry.prendergast@wcc.govt.nz>

This was the text of the blog that the guy Richard e-mailed out, I just forwarded it with a sarcastic reply.  
 
As you say I’m sure the below will have a huge effect on how people vote
 
Nick Kelly
(Marxist Fruitcake apparently)

Subject: RE: Wellington elections
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 07:46:14 +1200
From: jack.ruben@wcc.govt.nz
To: socialist42(a)hotmail.com; 100word(a)gmail.com; ray4mayor(a)gmail.com; contact(a)pepptalk.net; rob.goulden@wcc.govt.nz; helene.ritchie@wcc.govt.nz; kerry.prendergast@wcc.govt.nz.

Nick,

         Thank you for this fascinating, in-depth, insight into myself (and the others).  Much appreciated.

Could you now please let me know your qualifications, research and experience enabling you to make such in-depth judgments and predictions. 

      I’m sure they will have a major effect on how many people now vote!

Thanks and Kind Regards,

Jack.  

From: Nick Kelly [mailto:socialist42(a)hotmail.com]
Sent: Friday, 14 September 2007 8:55 p.m.
To: <100; ray4mayor(a)gmail.com; contact@pepptalk.net; Rob Goulden; Jack Ruben; Helene Ritchie; kerry.prendergast@wcc.govt.nz
Subject: RE: Wellington elections

Thank you for the below indepth analysis:

 
Carl Gifford  – stonemason;

Rob Goulden – wants spending reigned in;

Nick Kelly – Marxist fruitcake;

John McGrath – restaurateur with best election website;

Bryan Pepperell – self described bicycle philosopher;

Kerry Prendergast – should win with benefit of incumbency;

Helene Ritchie – is standing;

Jack Ruben – apparently outraged;

Nick Wang – first concern isn’t Wellington.
 

Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:24:55 +1200
From: 100word(a)gmail.com
To: ray4mayor(a)gmail.com; contact(a)pepptalk.net; rob.goulden@wcc.govt.nz; jack.ruben@wcc.govt.nz; helene.ritchie@wcc.govt.nz; kerry.prendergast@wcc.govt.nz; socialist42(a)hotmail.com
Subject: Wellington elections

Hi I’ve blogged, somewhat briefly, on the Mayoral race.http://100wordblog.wordpress.com/2007/09/10/wellington-city-council-elections-2007/ Feel free to comment and well done to those of you who took the time to set up an election website. Regards

Richard

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  • drinks-after-worker // 18 September, 2007 at 1:09 am | Reply

    I’m new seriously concerned about the reading and comprehension skill-levels of publicly elected local-body politicians. First the ongoing Kyle Chapman debacle (though admittedly not elected — yet), and now this.

    Did these people not go to school? How do they ever manage with all those reports, and meeting agendas, and so on.

  • 100word // 18 September, 2007 at 8:37 pm | Reply

    Well, Jack R is getting on a bit. This interweb thing might be a bit new fangled.

    I wonder whether we need full time councillors rather than the part-timers. Might attract a better calibre of candidate.

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