See what our town thinks of the apparently benign stranglehold here
This is a controversial one. To question the Invercargill Licensing Trust is, to quote my friends, to either alienate yourself from every loyal baby boomer in the town or to invite bullet holes down the side of the car. We’ll I don’t relate to boomers anyway, and as yet there have been no horses heads in the bed. But I did and do ask some questions of this high level of regulation. And it runs some real risks with its fingers in its ears. We shall see. To do nothing is to condone.
The ILT’s Hold the City of Invercargill starts at the top with the ICC Deputy Major Neil Boniface on ILT Board ,Then Alan Dennis President ILT also on ICC as a Councillor . So how can we have unbyist represention when we have power held by High Ranking people on Both the ILT & ICC ,without looking at all the other People Sharing Boards inter twined .To say the ILT does this and that for the Citizens of Invercargill the funding is coming out of the pockets of the Poorist of Invercargill’s Residents.Spending Money they Can’t Afford on the Gambling Machines owned by the ILT . Then the ILT has the Gull to say they are funding the ILT Velodrome or Splash Palace , Rugby Park , Stadium Southland , Plus all the Community Groups etc etc . It’s the people who can’t afford to Gamble who’s money is being used Through the ILT Foundation to pay for the Building of all these great venues not very much is coming from the ILT Parent Company if any ? and it’s HUGH Profits from there strangle hold on the sale of Bozz in Invercargill is going into making there empiour even BIGGER with a 28% Stake in DB Brewaries NZ whats that worth $$?? plus Motels in Dunedin and where esle have they got investments .
IT’S THE POOR PAYING THROUGH THERE NOISES and then the Rate payers are have to pay for the running of these Venues when the ILT gets more Profits from all the Visitors coming to the City (who stay at ILT Motels-Hotels ,Drink there Piss and eat there food) to use the Venues you the RATE PAYERS are paying for there running .
This City Need’s too seperate the ILT & ICC you can’t have people on the same Board’s or Council’s
Comment by carl15000 — 03/09/2009 @ 12:43 am
Its a powerful old boys network which is very good at self protecting. Well pointed out! Immoral.
Comment by PeterPumpkinhead — 01/10/2009 @ 12:25 pm