It seems like the last week has been “have a go at Bill Dalton” week, which has been a bit of fun.
Firstly, rejected Council Candidate Robin Gwynn suggested my thinking was skewed because I questioned his graphs which showed there were no decile one or two residents – those that are better off in society – living in Westshore.
Silly me – I should have known that the really well off all live over there on Bluff Hill, don’t they Robin.
Then a mate of mine got stuck into me because I have promoted and supported the Napier City Council making a substantial financial contribution to Hockey in Hawke’s Bay. Let me make my position clear. The Hockey complex at Park Island is a truly regional facility – it serves hockey players from Wairoa to Waipukurau. It is a brilliant facility and is run in a proper business like manner.
If anyone was in any doubt about the great job hockey does for our young people, they should have attended the New Zealand under 18 tournament last week – where incidentally the Hawke’s Bay team got a very credible third.
It was a magnificent tournament extremely well run and I would like to thank the organisers for doing me the honour of asking me to present the prizes.
Then, a client of mine got into my ear in a big way about my support for the rebuilding project at the Hawke’s Bay Museum and Art Gallery – another truly regional facility.
According to him, the project is a waste of money at a time when such money could be spent in areas offering a better return.
Well, preservation of your culture doesn’t always give you a return in a strictly financial sense. And if we are looking at the finances of the project, then we need to realise that approximately two thirds of the money will be coming from outside the area – the project will employ a lot of local people and in a variety of ways will inject substantial benefit into our community.
So I hope those who have given me a bit of stick this last week have enjoyed it – because I certainly have.
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