Everything That Applied To Samantha, Now Applies To Mr Ion
Please notice the neck tie.
It’s not Versace or Pierre Cardin. No No.
It’s from the freezing works at Ngāruawāhia, the ultimate symbol of woke.
Good afternoon
I am responding to you following receipt of some concerning communications that relate to the cancellation of an event in one of our community facilities in Horsham Downs.
Firstly, I would like to establish that the individual who has been targeted and identified through these communications, Samantha Baker, acted only in good faith in her role as Community Venues and Events Team Leader and as a representative of Council – on my instruction as Chief Executive. I do not expect any of my people to have to defend themselves against criticism and abuse in simply conducting Council’s business and carrying out their tasks as an employee and we take a zero-tolerance approach to aggression towards Council staff.
The decision to cancel the booking was not made by Samantha and the risk assessment to consider the risk posed to Council was conducted by other members of staff who are responsible for ensuring the safety and wellbeing of our people and the public.
Council maintains the right of refusal to events on any of our Council facilities if our health and safety risk assessment support this to be the right approach. In this case it was deemed a risk for Council to allow this event to take place and as the Chief Executive I stand behind this decision.
The commentary you are sharing is highly defamatory and unjustified and I ask that you immediately remove any reference to this event or Samantha from your blog site or any other online platform and desist from communicating on this matter any further with any of my staff here at Waikato District Council. Should communications of this tenor continue Council will consider its options in that regard.
I trust that I have made myself clear on this matter and that this email serves as an to end to our dealings.
Gavin Ion
Chief Executive
Waikato District Council
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gavin.ion@waidc.govt.nz
The sheer arrogance of vastly overpaid thieving scumbag bureaucrats who struggle to make work every day by dreaming p crises never ceases to amaze.
These professional grifters would only be capable of serving Yankee franchise fast food after some training.
They are stealing rate dollars and presuming they have an authority over their employers.
Time for a purge.
The CEO, Mr. Ion at Waikato District Council appears to be an arrogant, self-satisfied, self-righteous, pompous ass. He seems to think he is a superior being to others just by his tone and language. “Have I made myself clear?”. He certainly clearly showed that he caved in very quickly to a certain section of the local population, never mind the need for evenhandedness. The trumped-up reasons for cancelling the hall were laughable, and in endorsing those reason, the CEO has made himself the laughing stock of a major Local Public Office. I have asked him if he is related to the CEO of Gore District Council, who also, it seems, wishes to crush free speech.
I absolutely loved the write up on character! So true, and about time too someone opens their mouth and speaks the truth rather than continuing to fear to do so in the current climate! As a teacher with ancestry of super resilient people because they had to be, I am thankful for you trying to raise awareness before it’s too late as you said.