Despite the political category you divide yourself into, if you have been around our Coromandel for any length of time you may well remember Jeanette Fitzsimons. She was our Parliamentary representative and leader of the Green Party before the National Party changed the constituency to include Hauraki, facilitating their candidate’s parliamentary access.
I admired Jeannette as a true leader not just because she had a far greater understanding of environmental issues than any of her contemporaries, she also was possibly the only politician who attacked the issues and not the individual. So much debate now is all about personalities.
If humanity is ever going to mature to a level where we don’t just get along but actually co-operate and get good stuff done, we all need to grow up.
My memory is not what it used to be so reading the letters to the Editor lately reminds me of community board debates or was that kindergarten ….?
