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City to be mothballed as budget cuts hit the bone (www.waikatotimes.co.nz)
submitted 11 months ago by eagleeyedtiger@lemmy.nz to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz
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Jokes about Hamilton aside, this kind of sucks.

As someone who lives here it's sad to see and I'll get to pay for it through rates rises too!

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[-] eagleeyedtiger@lemmy.nz 5 points 11 months ago

I suspect kicking the can down the road for many years. Promising not to raise rates wins votes during council elections I suppose.

[-] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 3 points 11 months ago

This is what it is; campaigning on "No rates rises", will almost always get you a bunch more votes. So investment is always kept to an absolute minimum.

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