If any other city councillor was going through this, would there be such a media circus? Oh, and I wonder just who organized this media circus? The man has had his 15 minutes. Let him deal with his disease in private.
I wonder why we never hear about the health of other former mayors. Because when normal people like Barb Hall, David Miller and even Sideshow Mel Lastman experience a health crisis, guess who they run to to call their scrums & offer their sound bytes to? Noooooooooooobody!!!!!
Normal people circle the wagons and draw strength and support from family and close friends. They don't call a press conference or go on CP24 to plead for their privacy. They don't wait for weeks or months before seeking treatment so they can drain a few extra drops of political sympathy nectar from their grave condition.
Weeks or months of excruciating pain? We've got to sit on this until those books come out Douggie. The COI trial is going to pick up steam again soon and the Prime Minister is coming to Fordland, I can't miss that, that's gold. No, we wait until the time is just right. These bastards won't know what hit them. BOOM MOAR CANCER!
He'll go through his treatment and, weeks ahead of schedule in an even more ridiculous track suit, make his triumphant return like Ali getting back in the ring. He'll prance around council chambers & through the hallways hamming it up for every selfie & news crew he can find.
I don't wish this kind of stuff on anybody, even a POS like Rob and I'd really like to be able to wish the old Crack Bürgermeister Circus Bear all the best of luck but they sure go to the greatest of lengths to make that difficult.