ZUMWOHL Party
28th July 2011, 11:09
I have been whinging for years about how the buggers in the Beehive have not got a clue about what they are doing, and listened to mates saying the same thing.
Four years ago I decided to stop whinging and got involved. I joined a major party, which will remain nameless, only to discover that the people involved were just focused on climbing the political ladder and feathering their own nests, rather then working for the people. As they say 'nothing ends well' and so here we are.
ZUMWOHL needs 500 financial members to be registered as a party that intends to contest the up-coming General Election. This means we need 500 eligible voters to fill in the attached membership form and pay a $5.00 party membership fee.
Now lets be honest, it’s all about a bit of fun, and your $5.00 membership fee will give you VIP entry to a ZUMWOHL party on the night of the election, and a FREE SHOT - provided the 500 threshold has been met.
On a serious note, there have been a number of things that have been pissing us off. To follow are a few of ZUMWOHL’s opinions.
ACC RE-THINK
We need to spread the ACC burden fairly amongst all users, especially high users such as cyclists, (12 cyclists killed in the space of a week) Cyclists are demanding huge infrastructure expenditure, to improve cycle ways, yet they pay no road user tax. We say if they want it, they can pay for it. Register the road user not the vehicle. All cyclists over the age of 18 who use public roads should pay an ACC levy and a road user tax.
By registering the user, it makes it fair to everyone. If you have more than one vehicle at home, you are only paying for the one you are riding/ driving, not the one parked in the garage.
REDUCTION IN PETROL TAX
GST should be removed from petrol, and all other taxes should be a fixed fee, rather than a percentage. The increased cost of crude oil or production does not mean we will travel more on the road, in fact it means we will travel less, so why are we paying more.
COMMONSENSE INFRASTRUCTURE
Short term thinking...creating long term problems.
The Sandhills Motorway is a proposal to change the route of New Zealand's State Highway One so it would cut through the heart of the Kapiti Coast communities - with destructive social, environmental, economic, historical, and cultural consequences.
243596:angry::angry2:ulf@zumwohl.co.nz (uf@zumwohl.co.nz)
Four years ago I decided to stop whinging and got involved. I joined a major party, which will remain nameless, only to discover that the people involved were just focused on climbing the political ladder and feathering their own nests, rather then working for the people. As they say 'nothing ends well' and so here we are.
ZUMWOHL needs 500 financial members to be registered as a party that intends to contest the up-coming General Election. This means we need 500 eligible voters to fill in the attached membership form and pay a $5.00 party membership fee.
Now lets be honest, it’s all about a bit of fun, and your $5.00 membership fee will give you VIP entry to a ZUMWOHL party on the night of the election, and a FREE SHOT - provided the 500 threshold has been met.
On a serious note, there have been a number of things that have been pissing us off. To follow are a few of ZUMWOHL’s opinions.
ACC RE-THINK
We need to spread the ACC burden fairly amongst all users, especially high users such as cyclists, (12 cyclists killed in the space of a week) Cyclists are demanding huge infrastructure expenditure, to improve cycle ways, yet they pay no road user tax. We say if they want it, they can pay for it. Register the road user not the vehicle. All cyclists over the age of 18 who use public roads should pay an ACC levy and a road user tax.
By registering the user, it makes it fair to everyone. If you have more than one vehicle at home, you are only paying for the one you are riding/ driving, not the one parked in the garage.
REDUCTION IN PETROL TAX
GST should be removed from petrol, and all other taxes should be a fixed fee, rather than a percentage. The increased cost of crude oil or production does not mean we will travel more on the road, in fact it means we will travel less, so why are we paying more.
COMMONSENSE INFRASTRUCTURE
Short term thinking...creating long term problems.
The Sandhills Motorway is a proposal to change the route of New Zealand's State Highway One so it would cut through the heart of the Kapiti Coast communities - with destructive social, environmental, economic, historical, and cultural consequences.
243596:angry::angry2:ulf@zumwohl.co.nz (uf@zumwohl.co.nz)