So, Hamilton City Council's chief executive, Barry Harris, could receive an extra $36,000 (10 per cent of his annual salary).

Be wary of men's best advice which offers to kill rather than cure.

It must have surely come to most people's notice by now that the driving here in the Waikato is absolutely appalling.

So the academics and politicians are again proposing to increase the pupil-teacher ratio, as they believe it does not have a large impact on children's learning.

Perhaps Maori voices are to be heard at the pending round of iwi consultations by Ryall and English, but let us have a wager on whether or not they will be listened to.

I've just begun watching the news (TV One Sunday Feb 5,) and what do I see, Maori bitching and moaning about Treaty indiscretions.

I'm sure many of us are longing for a higher standard of articles in the Times. Once again you have another example highlighted with headlines.

The other night on Campbell Live, a text vote poll had 97 per cent of the submitters against the sale of the Crafar farms.

How did Kim Dotcom and his cohorts ever manage to get into New Zealand?

The usual vested interests in education have recently and stridently adopted a fashion of decrying charter schools as having "failed overseas".

It has always puzzled me greatly why farmers and most of their workers mainly vote National.

A friend of mine whose line of work is in petroleum for about 31 years now, told me some tricks to get more of your money's worth for every litre.

STU DAVIDSON - © Fairfax NZ News

The Clan Davidson Society is attending the Paeroa Highland Games, Paeroa Domain on this Saturday February 11.

I am writing in response to the front page article on local councils' pay hikes in the February 1 Waikato Times.

What did our family celebrate on Monday? We shared 130 years of equal citizenship. On one side, our inheritance is Maori, on the other it began with Welsh and English forbears.

This day has been hijacked by a bunch of rabid, aggressive and arrogant protesters who attempt to blackmail the government.

Kudos to the Waikato Times for publishing the Waikato Councils' $100k club.

So we have 64 Hamilton City Council staff on more than $100,000 per annum. But how many are on over $125,000, $150,000, $175,000 or even $200,000?

It was a pleasure to recently read my first Waikato Weekend Times in three years.

I for one am comfortable with the expenditure to rebuild Claudelands Events Centre.