With Hamilton City Council’s reported financial situation rapidly getting worse, the 7th of May 2024 Finance and Monitoring Committee Meeting featured a dispute over the use of the word “fudging” by Councillor Andrew Bydder. The Waikato Times sensationalised the situation by running the headline “F-word fracas leads to Andrew Bydder walkout from council meeting”  then … Continue reading A misleading headline and Hamilton City Council’s sensitivity to the word “fudging”