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The Minister has written a further letter to the Mayor which appeared in this month's official papers and can be downloaded from my website here. The letter details further important issues for ratepayers, and I would appreciate it if as many of you as possible could read it and give me your comments in the forum here
An anonymous complaint of an unknown unspecified nature has been lodged against me (see the letter to me from the CE here). I’ve asked for details of the complaint. There are serious matters on which I wish to ask questions of the auditors. I am advised that the auditors intend to be present at the presentation of the final financial accounts. I can’t see how we can act as an audit commit...
I have posted to the Council Performance Forum here. I am sorry to say but it appears we are headed for yet another round of negative news which may be spun again as terrific. I am doing my best to try to persuade my fellow Councillors that the spin is not only not working but making the Council look as though the Mayor's promises (recently given again to the Minister of Local Government and the M...
This website was started as a means for me to communicate with the community as a Kaipara District Councillor. After several months as a new Councillor, frustrated and concerned that there were only questions but few answers and little action, I started the blog as a way of testing out whether the community really cared. Your reaction to my blog told me that many many of you did and understood th...
Another of the bard’s lines made famous in everyday use. Well, for goodness sake, the amended Proposed District Plan has been issued with all the usual Council PR. The very, very, tight 30 day time-limit now applies for appeals. Given that most objectors gave their evidence 15 months or so ago and the amended Proposed District Plan is a huge document of 560 A3 pages, it is not surprising that I ...