Elections 2010 / July 2010
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Jack Yan: youngest mayoral candidate has ambitious plans for Wellington
- Wellington Scoop
- Although well acquainted with the business world, Jack Yan is a new face in Wellington politics. At 37, Mr Yan is the youngest mayoral candidate this year. He was born in Hong Kong before moving to Newtown at the age of 3, speaks four languages and has traveled widely. With a background in the fashion and environmental industries, he definitely intends to shake things up if elected after his first mayoral campaign.
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Mayor Ogden and credit card use
- Hutt Chick
- Credit card spending by our elected officials has been in the news quite a bit recently.
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Its a money grab
- Mark Greening
- Anyone have a balcony on their apartment? Does it encroach over council land (eg, footpaths, roads, etc)? Well, if you do you might be interested to learn that our council is proposing to substantially increase encroachment fees.
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Celia for Mayor website launched…
- WCC Watch
- Just a quick post, we’ve noticed that Celia Wade-Brown has launched her campaign website. It looks rather, uh, good. Anyone seen any signs of Kerry’s campaign yet?
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A pedestrian’s view of the world
- Mark Greening
- A lot of heat is coming from citizens, and now businesses, over the manners st debacle.
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Light ideas
- Mark Greening
- Where do I stand on light rail? If its 20 years away, its a red herring for this election.
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A note on the regional council
- WCC Watch
- Daran Ponter, a Labour candidate for the Wellington constituancy of the Greater Wellington regional council has left a note asking if we will also be covering the regional council elections (and I’m sure it won’t be long until someone asks about the DHB!).
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Go West – Looking at Onslow-Western
- WCC Watch
- The Onslow-Western Ward must be a daunting beast for any prospective candidate.
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Raising debt
- Mark Greening
- Do you get the feeling our city might have suddenly realised its in a bit of a financial hole? Only a few days after the announcement parking wardens will be armed with cameras to bill more unsuspecting offenders of public safety, we now learn 4 experts from the USA are here to teach the council about alternative ways to raise more debt to fund development.
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Men Behaving Badly
- Hutt Chick
- In Auckland there has been a completely dysfunctional relationship between the Auckland City council and Auckland Regional Council.
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Wade-Brown standing for Mayor only
- WCC Watch
- Today Celia Wade-Brown has put all her cards on the table.
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Questions and answers for the fishheasd magazine interview
- Bryan Pepperell - Back To The Future
- An interview with Mayoral candidate Bryan Pepperell1.
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Mt Victoria/Mt Cook candidates meetings
- The Mt Victoria Residents Association and Mt Cook Mobilised are convening joint community events for local residents to meet and question the candidates for the upcoming local body elections. This year there will be two meetings, both held at the Crossways Community Centre in Roxburgh Street: Local Lambton Ward candidates meeting on Tuesday 14 September at 7:30pm Mayoral candidates meeting on Thursday 16 September at 7:30pm
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Mt. Victoria, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Don’t shelve community libraries
- Hutt Chick
- The seven community libraries have been under threat by Cr Roger Styles in the past, and now Cr Max Shierlaw is suggesting they go.
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Its time to address some problems
- Mark Greening
- Everyone in our city supports a good cause.
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Wellington's rates out of control
- Bryan Pepperell - Back To The Future
- Recently I asked for the compounding rate increase for residential property over the last five years from the city council´s CFO. My records from 1 July 2003 to 30 June to 2004 show my rates at $1275.69. They are now $2204.52. That’s close enough to 73 percent and I pay for my own rubbish. The figure I was given by the CFO was 45 percent.
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Making our communities safer
- Mark Greening
- Council have recently proposed a change to the Mt Vic bus tunnel that will allow more buses to use it.
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Water conservation in the pipeline?
- Hutt Chick
- It is great to see that Capacity is fixing water leaks, but we could be doing so much more to conserve water and save residents the cost of a $142 million dam.
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Back to basics
- Mark Greening
- Its time to remove the smell.
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Creative capital
- Mark Greening
- We need to make Wellington the creative capital of New Zealand.
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