Like a dog that returns to its vomit is a fool who repeats his foolishness.

Proverbs 26:11

I didn't plan to start with scripture, but it just seems an apt way to get the ball rolling on this blog. Auckland City has just re-elected John Banks as Mayor. One would have to say, what the fuck? Didn't he do enough damage last time? Didn't he outrage both the left and right wings? I could understand the good people of Auckland voting out the increasingly non-functional council. But I can't understand how Banks' politics of self-promotion could possibly be swallowed a second time. 'Transmogrification'? Isn't that what Calvin & Hobbes did with their cardboard box? They wrote 'transmogrifier' on the side in order to make it so. The point was, of course, that everything was in the imagination. As imaginary as the new Banks will turn out to be.

Luckily, I've moved to Waitakere, where Bob Harvey is the immortal Mayor incumbent. And good on him for telling it like it is: a huge step back for Auckland.