Labour Candidate for Epsom
David Jacobs
Contact Phone (09) 631 5151
Mobile Phone (021) 631 151
Media Statement
10 November 1999
National billboards are an insult, says Jacobs
Labour candidate for Epsom David Jacobs last night told the Epsom Rotary Club that he is angry about National party
billboards with a picture of Mrs Shipley telling New Zealanders to “value your country” by voting National.
“By implying that anyone who doesn’t vote National is unpatriotic, the billboards are an insult to the 72% of voters who
intend to vote for other parties,” said David Jacobs referring to Monday’s poll on TV3.
“I value my country so much that I’m currently devoting most of my waking hours towards rescuing it from the damage
which her government is inflicting on it.”
“I want my 5 year-old child to grow up in a country which has recovered from the divisive, mean-spirited politics of the
1990s.
“If we don’t give our children a better future than the one offered to them by the National government, don’t expect
them to forgive us. They will simply leave us for other countries which do give them a better future.”
“New Zealand can be everything we want it to be. It can be a fair society in which all New Zealanders have a fair go at
achieving their potential. It can be a clean, green and prosperous country. And it can be a creative nation, where
innovation is encouraged, not stifled.”
“If we want that future then we must open ourselves to the fresh ideas and the innovation which we need to make it
happen,” said David Jacobs.
Contact: David Jacobs (09) 631 5151 or (021) 631 151