> Could not you see that Rod's post was tongue in cheek?
> It was quite obvious after the 1st couple of lines that he was writing about
> returning the city's transport back to the 19th century, which is something
> that no sensible government would even consider doing.
> I got a laugh out of it, which I think was the point of his post.
Well, I hope it was a hoax. But I would put nothing past American
consultants or the Kennett government. If it was a hoax, it would
probably give the fruitcakes the idea.
David McLoughlin
Auckland New Zealand
on the 216th and final day of New Zealand's longest-running political
show, the Winebox Inquiry, July 2 1997 in Auckland.