Pick Me!

Mayor Dalziel utilises the available talent.

While Lianne's Away, or, You Get 'Em Garry

A garbled infographic derived from the Press's bizarre half-story.

Presumably Her Worship's back from holiday tomorrow. Strange days.

Jeez Lianne

After six years of the serial extortionist's antics she has to be kidding.

Burnout Bob

Mission Accomplished?

Got A Budget For This?

Survivor

So Council planning accreditation's been revoked. Or maybe not. Whatever, no-one has the balls to step up, it's all being treated as some kind of Act of God. And what of the furtive CEO who introduced a corporate go-slow with paid days off for Council staff back in November? Not a whisper of criticism from Wellington. The morally bankrupt look after their own.

Gerry's Lego

The Terror of Tiny Town

Yani's definitely doing something right. He must be to get this far up Gerry's nose.

The Expressionist Cinema of Post-Quake Christchurch

Metamorphosis and Other Stories.

Grieving With Tony

Even rich folks like town clerks have employment grievances.

Although they don't actually work for us, they work for the people who work for us, so when they suffer grief, we pay.

Where the Sun Don't Shine

Bringing Up Tony

Did you think that bringing up meant regurgitating? If only. 

In the absence of any evidence beyond the furtive one's showing up for a couple of radio interviews, we don't seem to be getting a lot for our $80,000.

Taking It to the Bish

Despite the plight of those still without sewage, or waiting in limbo for their post-quake zoning to be clarified, Mayor Bob hasn't found Christchurch's ongoing suburban muntedness to be a rich field for media ops. But give the man a busted-beyond-repair iconic cathedral and he's oiling up to plunge back into his natural element. Him and the yappy guy.

According to Newstalk ZB's Mike Yardley, Council CEO Marryatt is known as The Phantom around the halls of local government power, on account of his low visibility. And Mike Yardley wouldn't put us wrong, right?