One organisation which has been corporatized has been Watercare in Auckland. This giant CCO has its own Board and massively paid senior staff. In my opinion this is precisely what a number of people pushing for the reforms in water have in mind. High paid jobs and away from elected Councillors and … [Read more...]
A warning to Local Government about how lobbyists work, and a need for us to watch WaterNZ
I do worry that the same thing of “big money, underhand PR and defamatory blogs” as written in the last article could be used to undermine Local Government. With the media obsessed with “click bait”, and newsrooms understaffed, the PR industry is having a field day. I do worry about how … [Read more...]
Changes at CCC executive team
Here is a copy of the email which Dawn Baxendale sent about the new positions at CCC on Friday afternoon: I am advising you that we are implementing a new Executive Leadership Team and Group Structure at the Council from next Monday 8 March. I am introducing this change because as a … [Read more...]
Disillusioned staff at CCC:
The role of any organisation is to have motivated staff working hard to achieve the purpose of that organisation. Public or private sector. When staff are engaged and enthusiastic then people work to achieve better results. People stay after work has finished to complete something which will make … [Read more...]
Residents of St Albans have forgotten the suburb’s history
I have written before about how the St Albans Residents Association stopped the St Albans motorway project years ago. Those of you who were present at the Tuesday Club one night heard Ken McAnergney’ s lament about our success. That’s the trouble with those promoting motorways, they remove decent … [Read more...]
Local Government beware:
Local Government is a vehicle of legislation. It can be altered by Central Government at their will. Think about Ecan. Central Government is advised on Local Government issues by the Department of Internal Affairs. I doubt if things have changed greatly since I was in Local Government. My … [Read more...]
The loss of democracy in Local Government:
Central Government politicians rarely understand Local Government. They like to blame Local Government for delaying housing permits, or whatever will get their names in the paper for looking like they are being strong. Every now and then parts of Local Government come unstuck, like Tauranga. … [Read more...]
The City Councillors who are leading action on Central City aren’t getting it right
I, like most of Christchurch ratepayers, are getting fed up with large property owners in the middle of our City holding us to ransom with their properties lying fallow. I applaud the City Council pushing for the properties to be used properly. It’s time for property owners to be taxed for … [Read more...]
Democracy and STV – why it is important
Nathaniel Herz-Edinger is part of a group in Christchurch who are getting signatures on a petition to get Christchurch City Council to hold a poll to consider changing our voting for CCC to STV. He explains his motivation here... Scroll down to how you can be involved A Story... Once upon … [Read more...]
Linwood/Central/Heathcote Community Board comes to their senses:
It has been interesting to observe from the side-line the games being played at the Linwood/Central/Heathcote Community Board recently. A group of Board members had moved to replace the Board Chair Alexandra Davids. Considerable pressure was applied to the Board members, and this week the idea was … [Read more...]
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