Let's take a walk down Queen Street to see how long people remember their politicians.
Hello, you say, I'm doing a survey, do you know who Jack Allum was?
By the end of your walk, you have 35 dunno, 48 who, 68 fuck off I'm busy and one Yes, I remember him, now that was my idea of a mayor.
So who was he. Let's ask Te Ara shall we?
Jack Allum dominated Auckland's local political life in the 1940s and 1950s. In particular, his name was to become indelibly associated with the construction of the Auckland Harbour Bridge.
They can seem to hold much sway, but they can also be soon forgotten. Here's the obnoxious Simeon Brown, trying to claim credit for the City Rail Link.
Started by National translates as eventually stopped blocking it, once the council had made the blocking untenable. And Finished by National elides six years of a Labour government under which the main works contract was let and most of the actual construction happened.
The credit, bloody all of it, goes to Len Brown, because people had been trying to get an underground built in this city for the best part of a hundred years and they'd all come up empty, even the venerable Robbie.
