Last week I said that I would try to show what zero rates over the next three years would mean. Firstly, a lesson on what makes up rates. A City Council spends money with operating costs and capital expenditure. Operating costs include mowing lawns, running libraries, swimming pools etc. … [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...]
The Otakaro Avon River Corridor and the election campaign
Why we have to think hard about this: Evan Smith sent this to me. It’s interviews with election campaign candidates about the river corridor. Here’s the link http://tiny.cc/19elec This City has a lot to thank those, like Evan and Peter Beck, who have focused on this amazing part of our City. … [Read more...]
Housing is our Challenge
The Resource Management Act has had a perverse impact on our planning as a country. Too often it is used by those who have the resources to be able to afford a lawyer to stop genuine initiatives which would improve our society. Often the battle has justification and the Act works just as … [Read more...]
Citizen Juries
I found this article this week really enlightening... https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/09/20/818021/building-bridges-over-troubled-water. Essentially the writers were saying that it is important that we struggle to find new ways of engaging at a deeper level on fundamental topics like water. … [Read more...]
In Conclusion
Not so long ago, within living memory, this was the situation which many families found themselves in, and, unfortunately some still do. A society is judged by how it treats its most vulnerable members: … [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...]
Last Week…
Last week we had a superb presentation by Glen Koorey about transportation. It was wonderful to hear from somebody who used transport statistics properly. Here is a video on the event, thanks to Aaron Campbell https://youtu.be/RFJ6GUJzchA. This was a presentation which was brimming with data. … [Read more...]
Speakers this Week
On 27th September young people from the Strike4Climate movement are inviting their elders to join them at 1pm in Cathedral Square. The movement was inspired by Greta Thunberg, and has spread around the world, and marches and protests are planned all around New Zealand on the 27th September. This … [Read more...]
Ricky Houton and housing initiatives:
I have written before about a brilliant housing leader in Northland, Ricky Houton. On Monday morning last week Ricky was interviewed by Kathryn Ryan. He wasn’t able to get everything he is doing across. But, the most interesting piece was Kathryn speaking to a woman who is starting the process of … [Read more...]
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