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Written By: Marty G - Date published: 11:00 am, July 28th, 2009 - 16 comments
Normally, $9 million in government spending is such a puny amount it’s not worth covering but as Key has nailed his crediblity to the success of his cycleways, let’s crunch some numbers.
These seven tracks will supposedly cost $9 million to build and create 280 jobs (only 140 in the near future). Other details, including how …
Written By: Eddie - Date published: 12:11 pm, July 21st, 2009 - 39 comments
John Key says there are “no pixies printing cash” to help Kiwis who’ve lost their jobs under his government’s watch.
Funny, because there’s plenty of pixie dust for Key’s cycleway.
Pixie dust is in no short supply to subsidise Key’s rich mates who want to send their kids to elitist private schools.
And there’s buckets of pixie dust …
Written By: The Standard - Date published: 3:22 pm, May 14th, 2009 - 2 comments
A reader writes:
This cracked me up. When I went to look at the press release about John Key’s cycleway, this is what I got. Must be a not so subtle sign from Bill!
Written By: all_your_base - Date published: 7:41 pm, April 5th, 2009 - 22 comments
While John Key’s been bouncing from cloud to cloud, Bill English has been grinding away in the back room.
He’s finally done the the numbers on Key’s cycleway, announcing today that:
We won’t be spending $50 million on it this year or next year or the year after.
With one swift stroke, he’s effectively killed Key’s One Big …
Written By: Guest post - Date published: 11:54 am, March 24th, 2009 - 17 comments
A cyclist and Standard reader writes:
Pinch me. Maybe I’ll wake up in a world where a cycleway isn’t the government’s flagship idea for getting us out of the recession.
You’ve got three more years of this mate.
Written By: all_your_base - Date published: 10:08 pm, March 22nd, 2009 - 18 comments
So the pressure is building for National to get specific about it’s plans for fighting the recession. Therese Arseneau complained on Q+A today that Key has “no action plan”. Even Phil O’Reilly from Business New Zealand seemed to agree there wasn’t a clear plan.
After all the money spent on National’s ‘Jobs Summit’ the extent of …
Written By: all_your_base - Date published: 11:11 am, March 19th, 2009 - 28 comments
Another reason to watch Campbell Live: cycleway updates.
John Campbell announced last night he’d be doing regular (nightly?) updates on the number of jobs created by the cycleway and how many kilometers of it have been built.
The top to bottom national cycleway is one of Key’s highest profile initiatives for fighting the conomic downturn – and …
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