Strive to make proposed solutions as self-executing as possible.  As the degree of discretion increases, so too does bureaucracy, delay, and expense.

- Donald Rumsfeld
 

Reply from the Companies Office denying my request to keep Flat Rock Forests Trust-related companies on the register until we had a chance to have their records inspected.  Our request was denied because the companies were not currently in litigation, though we had been waiting for the Serious Fraud Office to conclude their investigation before we acted.  The reply was received only after nothing could be done.

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Interestingly, three years later, the Serious Fraud Office's involvement is still not concluded and unitholders are still waiting to act.  By the time it is our turn, will there be any records left showing what really happened?  Not likely.  And for me to even inquire if records could be saved was "vexatious"?  Notice this letter comes from Auckland.  You might want to read Government Gives Con Men a Key to the City...

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