Between the ideaAnd the realityBetween the motionAnd the actFalls the Shadow TS Eliot, in his poem “The Hollow Men” Acknowledging Eliot’s “shadow” let us remember how the “tight” team had a meeting with the CEO before the election. It was set up by Jamie Gough who wrote at 11.11pm an email to the … [Read more...]
The Select Committee reports back on 3 Waters Bill:
Last week, while we were all on holiday, the Select Committee which had heard the submissions to the 3 Waters Bill reported back. I haven’t seen any article on this report bar one by Thomas Cranmer in Substack. Here’s what he wrote: On Friday, Parliament’s cross-party Finance and Expenditure … [Read more...]
Garry writes – three waters, again
If it’s good enough for the mayor and councillor to have a week off so will we. There’s no Tuesday Club this week and I am only writing about 3 Waters. Rosemary has done a summary of our conversation about Community Boards and increasing community engagement, and have included a few interesting … [Read more...]
Community Engagement and Community Boards
This week at Tuesday Club we looked at Community Boards, community engagement, citizens assemblies and more. Thanks to Bebe Frayle for being the spark, thanks to those there who contributed. Voter return in 2022 local elections was 43.31%. Less than 50% of our voting age population voted. … [Read more...]
Garry Writes 8 November 2022
One issue constantly raised during the election campaign was CCC’s inability to respond to local feedback. Time and time again people reported especially about traffic engineers producing plans for roading, or cycleways, and ignoring the feedback. Max Rashbrooke wrote in The Press this week - … [Read more...]
Phil Gets Things Done Column 8 Nov
This week we will give Phil a thumbs up and a thumbs down. On Monday Dan Gordon, mayor of Waimakariri, Wayne Brown, mayor of Auckland, and Phil Mauger, mayor of Christchurch, co-shared a press conference in Auckland promoting an alternative to the government’s current 3 Waters plan. They … [Read more...]
CCC – CEO Performance and Employment Committee
The makeup of the CCC’s CEO Performance and Employment committee is wrong and councillors should revisit it if they want their future monitoring of the CEO to be trusted. In 1924, Lord Hewart the then Lord Chief Justice of England said, “Justice must not only be done, but must also be seen to be … [Read more...]
The Phil gets things done Column – the Stadium roads
We are starting a new column. During the campaign we all heard about “Phil gets things done”. It was a winning PR line. Now’s the time to measure the performance of the new mayor using his own by-line. This week let’s consider the council consultation over roading around the … [Read more...]
The Local Government Review is out
The government set up a panel to review Local Government. This review was announced after the government had already started to garrot local government through its 3 Waters review and its rewriting of the Resource Management Act. It was a classic shut-the-gate-after-the-horse-has-bolted … [Read more...]
This week – Andrew Turner and Sara Templeton
Introduction to the Draft Annual plan and how to make your voice heard - submissions by 18 April. Meeting on Zoom 5pm to chat for 5.30 start … [Read more...]
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