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...]
Independent Electoral Review – have your say by 14 November
Rosemary has just made a submission to this review, mainly making the following points: Garry's comments I had some interesting responses to the report from the local government review. Here is one: It will be interesting to see what general coverage the report gets, and what views … [Read more...]
An analysis of the proposed financing for 3 Waters – it’s scary:
Below is a very detailed analysis on the funding package of 3 Waters. It has been undertaken by a corporate lawyer, working under a non-de-plume, who for years worked internationally putting together public/private funding packages. I am informed that he has retired back to NZ, and he has … [Read more...]
In conclusion 8 November 2022
Garry writes 1 November 2022
The election is over, and we wish the new City Council and Ecan all the best. We need you to succeed. The worrying thing is that the number of people who felt the need to vote was alarmingly low. The distrust of the Council reflected in the level of people who voted. Why didn’t people take the … [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...]
In Conclusion 1 November 2022
Saving our food growing land from development..
Great to finally see some regulation around protecting valuable food growing soils. Here’s what RNZ has produced on housing: https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018859038/the-councils-pushing-back-on-housing-density-rules Here’s what Bernard Hickey wrote in Kaka this … [Read more...]
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