FLAWED PROCESS FLAWED RESULT
TO THOSE OF YOU WHO THINK WE SHOULD 'LET THE EXPERTS' GET ON WITH IT
Faulting people for exercising their right to demand transparency and accountability from the people we elect and pay for with our rates, is a form of self disenfranchisement, a giving up of your rights.
Demanding information, transparency and accountability is exactly what we all should be doing, everyone of us whatever our opinions. It is a responsibility of all of us in society to do so.
It is called democracy, it is critical that we hold those in power, especially those we are taxed to govern us, to account.
A badly conceived and not really researched 'Philosophical Trend' and a new Library Manager also paid for by our rates, our public servant, doing a 'new broom' thing, by downgrading the Library.
No sorting into genre - less person hours, less persons employed by the Library. No icon on bindings, a saving there, as staff don't have to apply them and don't need them any more to facilitate sorting into genre before shelving, time and wages saved. Money to be used elsewhere (astro turf)?
Now we have many people, ratepayers, not liking their Library experience for a variety of valid reasons due to the changes, feeling alienated, we haven't changed the Library changed, we are due a review which I for one, will look forward to attending.
I always encourage anyone who has any point of view to not just say it on social media and think it is picked up by politicians, central or local government, you are wrong.
Unless you contact and comment to them directly, you don't get counted.
Whatever your point of view, express it to your elected representatives directly.
Make your voice heard where your vote matters.
They interpret your silence as permission, and that you are OK with how things are going.
We're talking new year resolutions...
Tidying the house before going to bed each night, meditating upon waking or taking the stairs at work.
What’s something quick, or easy, that you started doing that made a major positive change in your life?
Poll: Would you rather: Christmas in summer forever or winter forever?
Just a bit of a fun poll to get you thinking.
If you had to live out your Christmas days, would you prefer it was a summer Christmas or a winter Christmas?
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62.8% Summer
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35.8% Winter
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1.4% Other - I'll share below
⚠️ DOGS DIE IN HOT CARS. If you love them, don't leave them. ⚠️
It's a message we share time and time again, and this year, we're calling on you to help us spread that message further.
Did you know that calls to SPCA about dogs left inside hot cars made up a whopping 11% of all welfare calls last summer? This is a completely preventable issue, and one which is causing hundreds of dogs (often loved pets) to suffer.
Here are some quick facts to share with the dog owners in your life:
👉 The temperature inside a car can heat to over 50°C in less than 15 minutes.
👉 Parking in the shade and cracking windows does little to help on a warm day. Dogs rely on panting to keep cool, which they can't do in a hot car.
👉 This puts dogs at a high risk of heatstroke - a serious condition for dogs, with a mortality rate between 39%-50%.
👉 It is an offence under the Animal Welfare Act to leave a dog in a hot vehicle if they are showing signs of heat stress. You can be fined, and prosecuted.
SPCA has created downloadable resources to help you spread the message even further. Posters, a flyer, and a social media tile can be downloaded from our website here: www.spca.nz...
We encourage you to use these - and ask your local businesses to display the posters if they can. Flyers can be kept in your car and handed out as needed.
This is a community problem, and one we cannot solve alone. Help us to prevent more tragedies this summer by sharing this post.
On behalf of the animals - thank you ❤️
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