I wrote last week about the comments made by Sam McDonald about how he feels the Councillors handle members making submissions when he said “we probably don’t listen to most of them”. I suspect that Sam was embarrassed by the coverage that this irresponsible comment received. He then reverted to a … [Read more...]
This Week – CCC speakers
This week we have two CCC topics... The first is explaining to us the proposed changes to the electoral boundaries for Local Government in Christchurch. I promised that we would consider this recently and now is our chance to hear what is being discussed at the Council table which we are able to … [Read more...]
Isn’t it time that the governance structure of the Red Zone was sorted out CCC?
Am I on my own when I express frustration about the endless delays in establishing a Governance structure for the Red Zone? Surely 10 years of sitting at endless meetings chewing the end of a pencil has enabled Central and Local Government time to get their act together. There’s quite frankly no … [Read more...]
CCC Long Term Plan
A reminder that the Tuesday Club will be making submissions on the Long-Term Plan. For those who would like to assist with this presentation then please get in touch. I received this from Andrew Turner answering some queries which had been forwarded to him after he had spoken to the Tuesday … [Read more...]
Why do politicians play games with each other which merely props up the status quo?
From my perspective Andy Foster increasingly proves that he is unsuited to be Mayor of Wellington. Last week he called for an investigation into why a Councillor had met with a Minister which is, quite frankly, pathetic. I bet if the person who met a Minister was promoting the same policies as … [Read more...]
This week’s speaker Andrew Turner
This week we have the Deputy Mayor and Chair of the Christchurch City Council Finance Committee, Andrew Turner. Andrew will speak about the Long-Term Plan which is out for submissions right now. Bring along your questions. Mine would start with why has an agency which has not performed, … [Read more...]
The Government’s proposed water reforms
This is a topic which we should all become informed on. Last week I wrote about my being really impressed with an interview by Nanaia Mahuta by Kathryn Ryan on RNZ. Unfortunately, I copied a link which ended at a dead end for people and a number of you wrote to me pointing it out. Thanks to … [Read more...]
They’re out there polling folks
As I sat typing these notes, we received a phone call on our land line. It was a political poll. A local political poll. It was obviously somebody testing what people think about potential Mayoral candidates for next election. The names polled were Sara Templeton, Andrew Turner, Jake McLellan, Phil … [Read more...]
Analysing the new CCC management structure and appointees
In the Tuesday Club notes last week we reprinted the email informing what the new corporate structure will look like at CCC and who the new appointees were. Here is the new structure for Christchurch City Council: Of concern is that Dawn Baxendale has 8 direct reports. That is way too … [Read more...]
Scott Base is being rebuilt and it’s a big challenge for our City leaders
If there’s one thing which differentiates Christchurch from the rest of New Zealand it’s the cities link to Antarctica. Right now, we have another opportunity to demonstrate how this City is behind this important scientific outpost. Scott Base, which was established by Sir Edmund Hilary in 1957, is … [Read more...]
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