Hubbard predictions based on vibes

Just when you think they couldn’t make bigger asses of themselves, they manage to do so.

On Tuesday Auckland Mayor Dick Hubbard said that trade links with Hamburg could be worth up to $500 million. This was in the course of defending a $30,000 sister city trip to Hamburg.

When asked yesterday on what he was basing the $500 million figure, he replied that it was guesswork based on “picking up the vibes”.

These vibes must have a lot to answer for. Perhaps they are what told him to destroy the trees on Queen Street or to ban billboards.

He really should use a more scientific method of decision making. Perhaps astrology!