1. Phil said he would reduce rates to between 3 and 4.5%. This week he appeared to have given up on that goal. Here’s what was reported in the Press recently: Mauger, who was elected last month, campaigned on keeping rates affordable. He has indicated that he wanted annual rises set between 3 … [Read more...]
Phil Gets things done Column
Rates: Some years ago there was a City Councillor called Oscar Alpers. At one of the numerous meetings on setting the rates Oscar came up with an observation. He referred to councillors bulldozing costs into another year by putting off addressing costs and therefore being able o set low rates. It … [Read more...]
Phil Mauger’s “I am standing for mayor because I want to get stuff done” column:
Rate increases: Remember how Phil was promoting 4% rates increases during the election campaign? Last week we analysed how much costs CCC is facing that have gone up over which they have little control, and that it would be nigh on impossible to get to that figure. So, let us consider how … [Read more...]
Phil Get’s Things done 22 Nov
This week we will consider the appointment of the party hack appointed to run the mayors’ life and return to the issues raised by the 3 “tight” councillors when they arranged a meeting with the CEO of CCC before the election (this is a seperate post). We have particularly focused on the potential … [Read more...]
Regaining Ratepayers Trust – The “tight” 3 meet the CEO of CCC
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...]
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...]
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...]