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Otago Daily Times candidate profiles

Five questions including one accusation and one hail mary

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Richard Seager
Aug 31, 2022
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I’m adding the hashtags to the title so as the sync to Twitter will include them. I edit them out immediately afterwards.

Grant Miller of the Otago Daily Times just sent out an email (I’m writing this on 31st August) to the Mayoral candidates of which I am one. This is what it said;

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As part of its local body election coverage, the Otago Daily Times plans to publish mayoralty candidate profiles in a Q+A format.

There are five questions and space for up to 50 words per answer.

Please also provide a brief statement about relevant experience.

Your questions:

I think they’re also everyone else’s questions too. #4 (the accusation) is aimed at me, Lee and Jules. #5 is a hail Aaron rather than a hail Mary. But it’s the same thing. You need about 6 of the Mary versions to stomach having to listen to one of Aaron’s introductions in a language that he…

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