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		<title>The 2010 mayoral election is about job creation and transparency</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jack Yan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Cross-posted] The Fairfax Press has been talking about how Wellingtonians are expected to bail out some loss-makers, such as the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary. And that the decision to do this has been made behind closed doors. The city’s debt is over $200 million—we were looking at very similar numbers at the time of the 2007 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What you want for Wellington, I want, too</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jack Yan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear readers: the more I think about these ideas on this site and your feedback over the last few months, the more I believe I need to run for mayor in order to deliver them.
&#160; &#160;What’s quite sad as I examine the candidates for the mayoral elections on October 9, 2010 is that these issues, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Wellington blog, for transparency and democracy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 10:36:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Yan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The more I consider this site, the more I wonder why Wellington does not already have one that puts policies out to the people, allows feedback, and helps the Council with decision-making. (I realize there are great Wellington blogs out there—what I mean specifically is one set up by the city.) While I know there’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why I set up this site</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Yan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have lived in Wellington for more of my years than any other place. I first arrived in 1976, and have been proud to call it my home. I did virtually all my schooling here, from primary to uni.
&#160; &#160;When I started my business in 1987, I have watched companies here go through good and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A &#8220;super city&#8221; may be right for Auckland, but not Wellington</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Yan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Cross-posted] The &#64257;rst I ever heard of the Auckland &#8220;super-city&#8221; proposal was in The New Zealand Herald, after a business trip. It was the main headline of the day. As I boarded the plane, I grabbed the newspaper.
&#160; &#160;The headline read something along the lines of, ‘We’re going to be a super-city’.
&#160; &#160;When I read [...]]]></description>
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