Tuesday, 07 October 2025 11:55

ECan circus

Written by The Hound

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OPINION: The Hound wonders, is there some variety of idiot juice in the water in Canterbury? It seems so.

Proof is the bizarre declaration by ECan that there is a "nitrate emergency" in the region.

So why haven't the police, the health department, the army and even experts from the White House been called to deal with it?

Because no one, not even the latter, could believe such a ridiculous claim.

This half-baked attack on the dairy industry is pure scaremongering and a good reason why the Government should think seriously about abolishing regional councils.

If councils waste time and money financing an electoral stunt, do they have the right to collect money from ratepayers?

No, they should go.

And per the prophetic words of Gilbert and Sullivan, 'they never will be missed'.

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