Lawrence Yule-be-right supported claims by Better Hawkes Bay that $1m would be saved in staff cuts following a merger. We showed yesterday why that simplistic and optimistic accounting is bollocks.
But then Yule-be-right told Facebook followers almost the opposite; that there would be no staff changes in Hastings. The 350 were safe.
So would all the Council staff cuts happen somewhere else Lawrence? Or will there be no staff cuts, and like every other merger anywhere, staff numbers and salaries will increase?
We saw this sort of crappy, cringe-worthy political calculations and claims from Hutt amalgamation advocates – so what hope is there for a supercity utopia in Hawke’s Bay? None.
