This week I sat down with some wonderful people who work for the Christchurch City Council. They are working on the challenge of just how do we get 20,000 people living in the centre of Christchurch. That’s something I tried my best with when I was Mayor. Then we were aiming to get 30,000 people … [Read more...]
Last Weeks Speakers Sara and Mike
Last week we had Sara Templeton and Mike Davidson. These two have been outstanding advocates for cycling in Christchurch and their talk was really well received by a supportive audience. Here is Aaron Campbell’s video of the occasion (sorry you weren’t elected onto Ecan yesterday Aaron, and the … [Read more...]
This Week – Sara and Mike
This week’s speakers will be City Councillors Sara Templeton and Mike Davidson. These Councillors have been passionate advocates for cycleways in this City. This week the Press covered the success of the cycleways in this article … [Read more...]
Get Out and VOTE
It’s a real worry that the voting pattern right around New Zealand is bad for the Local Government elections. If we look at Christchurch by this time in 2010 the percentage was 21.94%; in 2013 it was 24.21%; in 2016 it was 21.18%; and this year it is 17.58%. These numbers should cause our … [Read more...]
Response to last week’s notes on Pratt & Whitney being supported by CCC to come here:
I had a number of people get in touch with me and say how much they enjoyed reading about CCC’s activist approach to getting Pratt & Whitney to this City. One response was really interesting and this person wrote: Are you aware that it is not uncommon in Germany for local authorities to take … [Read more...]
The Zero Rates Debate
This debate has gone on and on during the campaign. I would argue because most journalists are financially illiterate, and can’t argue why the basic premise is nonsense. The Press has a dated article by Mike Yardley on its website which has been there for weeks. During the week the Press … [Read more...]
It’s not every week I agree with Mike Yardley:
I have put aside a small portion of Tuesday mornings, prior to the Local Body elections, to read Mike Yardley’s current focus the Mayoral election campaign. This paragraph caught my attention last week: There is unquestionably a whiff of Trump-style disruption to Park's campaign platform, with … [Read more...]
Garry Writes…
I have been viewing the Mayoral election campaign with great interest. I know Darryl Park. It mystified me why he was standing for Mayor. He has shown little interest in local politics in the past. I served on the Board of Canterbury Tourism and he was the CEO. That’s the closest I have seen him to … [Read more...]
Central Government seldom understands Local Government
One thing which used to frustrate me as Mayor was the way Central Government strode all over Local Government when they decided to take certain action. Time and time again the costs of these decisions were passed onto Local Government to absorb. We have seen it blatantly exhibited here with Central … [Read more...]
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