Growing opposition to the Local Government (Auckland Council) Bill, its origins, methods and intentions

Growing opposition to the Local Government (Auckland Council) Bill, its origins, methods and intentions http://www.yousay.co.nz/blog/58/growing-opposition-to-the-local-government-auckland-council-bill-its-origins-methods-and-intentions/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:31:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Growing opposition to the Local Government (Auckland Council) Bill, its origins, methods and intentions Aucklanders were not consulted on whether they wanted to abolish their eight existing democratically-elected Councils. Sir Edward Coke the 17th-century English Member of Parliament whose writings on English common law were the definitive legal texts for nearly 150 years, said that Acts of Parliament which are "against common right and reason, ... http://www.yousay.co.nz/blog/58/growing-opposition-to-the-local-government-auckland-council-bill-its-origins-methods-and-intentions/