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Ryan Bridge: Why are our councils discussing the war in Gaza?
What are councils, local councils, regional councils?
It should be a simple question.
What is their purpose? I've always believed it's to take away my rubbish, put the street lights on. When I go to the toilet, you can take that away too. That's part of your job.
Roads, rubbish, sewerage, swimming pools, maybe a library. Although we've got the internet now, so why do we need libraries? But that's a debate for another day.
A big scrap in Rotorua, I was reading this over the weekend, over Gaza.
Notices of motion, petitions, meetings, interrupted, staff involved. And I asked myself, what has…
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