Containing expenses
You've heard of those "Guess the Weight" contests that used to be popular at the seaside... well here's the LawsWatch version.
Guess the weight of the financial burden imposed on Wanganui's ratepayers by the necessity to have this wall of containers put in place to protect residents in the area from the noise of tired and emotional persons attending the Masters Gamers.
Of course this attractive amenity was never required for past Games, but the problem this year is that the "tent village" which is usually at the back of the stadium buildings can't be built there because that, of course, is home to the construction of Mickey’s Mega Splash Centre extension.
Last games here two years ago Mickey, in the first flush of his mayoral power trip, was heckled and booed by some sporty guys as he appeared at the opening ceremony. Here's hoping they'll appreciate his generosity this time (we're sure he'll take the credit, even though it's the ratepayers who are providing the barrier).
So Watchers, is the cost of this (no doubt kept well off the Splash Centre balance sheet) largesse:
- Hardly anything
- Not much at all
- $60,000 (yes, that's right, $60,000)
- Whatever Mickey says it is as he butt-covers on his website and Warburton looks for a reason to slip the account into the Public Excluded order paper.
