No locals
• In reply to 'Local Yokel' and also 'Name Withheld' letters in the Ruapehu Bulletin 7 July 1992: How the hell do you think people are going to live or survive without any money? Would the 'Local Yokel' like to pay another $13,000 or more worth of damage plus stolen goods? That is what they are asking for. And as for re-opening the Waikune Prison as a reparation detention centre, if the offenders were to go to that prison I suggest that the Local Yokel should go as well. The Local Yokel is asking for the damage to be done by cutting their unemployment benefits. NOT everyone on the employment benefit spends their money on drugs and alcohol. In response to the 'Name Withheld' suggestion that certain people be barred from any bar or bottle store - hasn't one bar already got notices outside stating 'No locals are allowed inside?' This has only been put up since the ski season started because they know they can make plenty of money. Wait until summer, several locals are going to want to patronise (that) bar. Concerned citizen This letter has been
abridged - Editor.
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Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 10, Issue 443, 14 July 1992, Page 4
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191No locals Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 10, Issue 443, 14 July 1992, Page 4
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