Oh look, the vultures are circling

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10712213

The Business Roundtable is urging Christchurch City Council to sell its shareholdings in commercial businesses after the earthquake that devastated the central city.

"Reducing its shareholding in its port, airport and electricity companies would free up cash for repairs to local infrastructure without imposing new burdens on ratepayers," the roundtable said.

Actually I consider things like the electricity network, airport and port to be part of the infrastructure, thankyouverymuch.

Evening stroll (beautiful evening for it)

- Car with lights left on outside block of 3 houses
-> didn't belong to the first
-> second didn't answer their doorbell (someone was home)
-> third had a gate bolted from the inside so I couldn't even get to the door
- I tried. it's their own stupid fault.

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Saw a very large cat sitting up a driveway.

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Stopped to let a car reverse out in front of me, not a good idea to dash across a driveway in the dark behind a car which has just started reversing.

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Passed a house which had its front garden irrigation going. Now I'm not 100% sure, but I think we're still supposed to be in water conservation mode and that's supposed to be banned. Grumbled to myself and kept walking.