Disgraced NZ Ex-MP Aaron Gilmore Makes Online Presence Felt Again
After a disgraceful incident that led to his stepping down from the House of Representatives last month, former national MP Aaron Gilmore has decided to make his online presence felt again via his reactivated Facebook account and a newly created blog.
Titled "Mighty Rocket," based on the name of his three companies, his blog according to Mr. Gilmore will be a venue for his "thoughts and analysis on a number of things, current affairs, investment ideas and analysis, some economics and free corporate finance, too."
It will be recalled that Mr. Gilmore deactivated his Facebook page and Twitter account last month following a shameful incident at the Hammer Springs Hotel that saw the ex-MP in his drunken state arguing with a hotel barman.
According to one of Mr. Gilmore's companions that night, the former MP threatened to get the barman removed from his job by no less than Prime Minister John Key if he didn't get served with another round of drinks.
Mr. Gilmore had earlier denied the allegation but the text messages that came out after contradicted his claim. Mr Key then was clear in his message that he was expecting Mr. Gilmore to step down.
"After a couple of weeks of relaxing and reflection following a slew of media smearing, I have launched this blog," Mr Gilmore wrote in his debut post in the blog.
In his second post, he talked about Labour and the Greens' plan of creating a centralised electricity agency. This scheme is predicted to lower power rates in the future.
Claiming that he has a "bit of experience in the energy sector," Mr Gilmore warned his readers instead that the plan could actually cause power outages and even higher power costs in the long run. He said that the move is just a scheme of the Greens.
More hot topics can be expected to feature in his blog as the ex-MP promised to talk about other things in the coming days.
Mr Gilmore, meanwhile, seems to have returned to his business side as Mighty Rocket's managing director.
His Mighty Rocket companies provide "strategy, finance and economic advice" to enterprise owners specifically engaged in the power and infrastructure industry. It has also given professional advice to both to public and private organisations.