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Wednesday 14 September 2016
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Maling slams ‘gutter politics’ Simon Bloomberg
Kit has a conflict of interest because he is a Tasman mayoral canmayoral candidate and didate Kit Maling has also “chairman of the responded strongly to Waimea East Irrigators” a newspaper advertiseand “a director of the ment that “incorrectly Waimea Community claims” he has a conflict Dam”. However, Kit says of interest relating to the advertisement is a Kit Maling the proposed Waimea personal attack that is Community Dam. The adver- not based on fact and he wants to tisement in last week’s Waimea put the record straight. Weekly, paid for by rival mayoral “I have always been very open candidate Maxwell Clark, alleges about my position as chairman
of Waimea East and as a director of the Waimea Community Dam and, of course, I am fully aware that could result in a conflict of interest if I became mayor. That’s why I have already advised the directors of both organisations that I will be resigning if I get elected as mayor. “There is no conflict of interest now because I don’t hold a position of public office so Max has it completely wrong. And there won’t be any conflict of interest if
I become mayor either, his involvement in the so Max has got it wrong dam clear. He points again.” out that he declared his However, Maxwell inconflict of interest resists he has got it right lating to the Waimea saying “what I have said Community Dam when is factually correct”. He he was a Tasman district says “when you stand councillor from 2010 to for public office, it’s im2013. portant that you tell the Maxwell Clark “Whenever there was community or ratepayers if you any discussion about the dam have some interest in a particular at council I declared my conflict project.” SEE PAGE 2 But Kit says he has always made
Golfing dad Ron predicts son’s ace Simon Bloomberg Veteran golfer Ron Tasker has never had a holein-one but this month he experienced the next best thing, standing on the 18th tee and watching his son Regan ace the 17th just metres away. Ron was playing in a club day at Totaradale Golf Club on September 3 when he and his foursome of Gordy Thomas, Kevin Tippett and Ken Wilson finished teeing off on 18. Regan was about to hit off the 17th tee so Ron suggested they wait and watch his son’s
Ron, left, and Regan Tasker at Totaradale Golf course last week. Photo: Simon Bloomberg.
shot. And not only did Regan unleash the perfect eight iron on the 122m par three, Ron jokingly predicted what would happen. “I said to the other guys ‘I’ll wait and watch Regan play his shot in case he gets a hole-in-one’,” Ron recalls. “It was a joke but then I said ‘seriously fellas, I think he’ll get a holein-one so you’d better watch’.” When the ball pitched about two metres from
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