Wednesday 19th May

Eden Epsom Residents Association

A leaked independent report commissioned by Auckland City Council looking into the survey results surrounding the controversial proposed development to relocate a private sports club onto public land reveals that the Council run surveys had flaws, but overall, the majority of respondents favoured the status quo.

“It’s certainly a surprise to us, but we are grateful to learn that despite our reservations about the surveys carried out by Council, results indicate clearly that those surveyed favoured option one, which is the status quo.” said Eden Epsom Residents Association chair, Christopher Dempsey. “The question now is how Cr. Milne, Cr McKeown and Cr Donnelly will put their own spin on the truth. Instead of manipulating the truth to favour a private sports club, why can’t they simply admit they are wrong?”

ENDS

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>