Anti-college activists get their way - for now

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:52p.m.

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The Ministry of Education has given in to public pressure and stopped construction on a college for troubled teenagers.

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04 Jul 2011 08:51p.m.

Liam Puku wrote:

Youre both right! Troubled teens is a nicer way of saying the Those Violent Oafs who got off at court cos they are too young.
Its a real problem for whitey cos there doesnt seem anywhere to escape the poorly brought up / non brought up / run wild masses who are moving north. Maybe he will grow a pair?

01 Jul 2011 05:43p.m.

Kay wrote:

I hope the Ministry knows that "proper consultation" includes a real opportunity to make changes to a proposal, not just waiting for a quiet moment to continue with the original plan. The Bucklands Beach people should read up on "consultation" and "Wellington Airport" for a Court ruling that stopped a project because of flawed consultation. This was years before Wellywood but that's another example of good community action.

01 Jul 2011 10:56a.m.

Greg wrote:

@mia : Of course you are entitled to your opinion, but I consider that an overwhelming majority of the BB community would not agree with you. I agree that almost euphemistic labels were used to hide the thing the BB community was most concerned about here: actual increased risk to kids at nearby schools and the community at large. "Behavioural issues" is inappropriate in conveying a sense of that risk and there was a reluctance from officials to expand on that. But using terms like 'scumbags' is also inappropriate because it is a)judgemental, b)insulting and c)not helpful in relation to understanding the risk either. It would be like me calling you an a-hole stirrer based on your comments. That would be insulting and judgemental (by assuming the main motivation behind your comment is to incite others - which may not be true)- but is also inappropriate because it is unhelpful in explaining the risk associated with your comments. The risk is that people reading your comments might assume you are from the area and that a majority of local people think as you do. Whether you are local is unclear. But the second part is definitely not the case. Of the (at least) 50 or so people I have spoken to directly about this school -all of whom opposed the school being located at this site- none share your way of thinking.