So poor old Craig Foss is confused again, at one point in his Talking Point he derogatorily stated, "I can already sense that some opponents of the dam were about to do a massive U-turn". Then several paragraphs later he extolls the same opponents to get on board and support the project. Which is it mate, should we take your advice and "get on board" and if so will you then slate us for doing a massive U-turn?
Well whatever it is, for the record Rick Barker and Peter Beaven have both publicly said that they will support the scheme if all the conditions precedent are met so in the first instance you owe them an apology.
Also for the record, as councillors we are guardians of our hard earned ratepayers' capital, our job is to critically scrutinise spending and investments and not to be cheerleaders for particular sector interest investment schemes which we think are wrong.
Craig also states that quote: "I have pretty much been the lone political voice facing the brunt of negativity from the loud minority". Oh dear how will the HBRC staunch five plus the mayor of Central HB feel about Craig taking their mantle and purporting to be the Lone Ranger for the Ruataniwha dam?
I don't want to linger on some of the other factual inaccuracies in Craig's talking point but suffice to say he clearly hasn't understood much of the process or the Ruataniwha business model.