WCC Watch - September 2010

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WCC Watch / September 2010

Welcome to WCC Watch. The idea is pretty simple. Basically, the coverage of the upcoming (Sept-Oct) Wellington City Council elections are going to be sporadic at best. There are a multitude of personalities at play, some smart, bold, dynamic candidates, and some total fruit bars. I’ll be trying to cover everything I can to follow the election.

October 2010 | August 2010

- Can the Candidates do the Business
  - 30 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - The new Wellington Employers Chamber of Commerce has taken a low key approach to the local elections this year.
  - Automatically tagged as:
  - elections-2010
  - featured
  - wellington-city-council
- Is it Kerry or Celia for mayor?
  - 30 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - The Wellingtonian has done a reasonably comprehensive analysis of the race for the mayoral chains.
  - Tagged as:
  - elections-2010
- Voter turnout steady
  - 30 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - Democratic Services have been steadily updating their voting returns page (note: unlike last year, there is no count on the weekends, making the Tuesday returns abnornamlly high).
  - Tagged as:
  - elections-2010
- Housing affordability survey
  - 30 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - One of the many interest groups who have sent mass surveys to council candidates is the Wellington Housing Trust.
  - Tagged as:
  - elections-2010
  - housing
- Pay for play is here
  - 29 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - t’s pay for play time. Parents, bring your cheque books. John Morrison and colleagues delay a positive vote on artificial pitches by three months and end up with one pitch, part funded by the private sector, meaning low income families may not be able to afford for their kids to play with the rich kids. At least it’s a result:
  - Tagged as:
  - artificial-turf
- Back Benches show online…
  - 29 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - TVNZ have uploaded last night’s episode of Back Benches. You can watch it here. Also, don’t forget to vote in our poll… View This PollMarket Research
  - Automatically tagged as:
  - elections-2010
  - featured
  - wellington-city-council
- Here’s Johnny!
  - 29 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - I’d like to welcome Johnny, a regular commenter, to graduating as a contributor for this blog.
  - Automatically tagged as:
  - elections-2010
  - featured
  - wellington-city-council
- Who won the Back Benches mayoral “debate”?
  - 29 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - I’m sure many readers were at the Backbencher pub this evening for the Back Benches mayoral “debate”.
  - Automatically tagged as:
  - elections-2010
  - featured
  - wellington-city-council
- Artificial pitches or sons of bitches
  - 29 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - Tonight, 29 September our councillors vote on whether there are to be more artifical pitches sooner.
  - Tagged as:
  - artificial-turf
- Voting returns
  - 28 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - As you may know, when the council receives your postal ballot, they then scan it into their computer system straight away, however the votes are not counted until noon on October 9th.
  - Automatically tagged as:
  - elections-2010
  - featured
  - wellington-city-council
- “Like some tawdry third-rate real estate agent”
  - 27 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - A reader writes… Thought you might be interested in this – Amanda Nicolle has been hammering her signs into verges all over the Eastern suburbs like some tawdry third-rate real estate agent (or maybe one of those dodgy weight-loss programs).
  - Automatically tagged as:
  - elections-2010
  - featured
  - wellington-city-council
- The anti-wank candidate
  - 27 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - Justin Lester has published a rather amusing last minute campaign pledge of things he will not do if elected.
  - Tagged as:
  - election-candiates-2010
- Wellington Mayoral Debate
  - 26 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - This week the TVNZ7 show Back Benches, which is filmed live every Wednesday at the Backbencher pub on Molesworth Street, is taking a very different format.
  - Tagged as:
  - events
- Southern and Eastern ward meetings
  - 23 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - The Capital Times, bless them, have sent reporters to the meet the candidates forums.
  - Automatically tagged as:
  - elections-2010
  - featured
  - wellington-city-council
- Voting advice for the Northern Ward
  - 23 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - A reader has emailed in the attached flier, which has been distributed to voters in the Northern Ward. I have no idea how many have been sent out, or exactly where. Basically, a Mr Graeme Sawyer is unhappy with his three sitting concillors and wishes to see them replaced. He is making recommendations on how that could happen. Enjoy.
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  - elections-2010
  - featured
  - wellington-city-council
- Phanie Cock for War
  - 22 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - NewsWire have published an entertaining little article about the perennial topic of billboard vandalism.
  - Automatically tagged as:
  - elections-2010
  - featured
  - wellington-city-council
- Negative campaigning
  - 22 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - Automatically tagged as:
  - elections-2010
  - featured
  - wellington-city-council
- You thought Waterfront Watch were bad?
  - 21 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - Well just wait until people like them hear about Thomas Morgan’s plan for a gondola and luge…
  - Tagged as:
  - waterfront
- Bits and pieces
  - 21 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - In no particular order… Kris Price has done a great blog post talking about why he is standing.
  - Automatically tagged as:
  - elections-2010
  - featured
  - wellington-city-council
- Super Wellington?
  - 20 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - One of the very few dividing lines between the two Mayoral frontrunners, Kerry Prendergast and Celia Wade-Brown, is the issue of local government amalgamation.
  - Automatically tagged as:
  - elections-2010
  - featured
  - wellington-city-council
- 123 for North
  - 20 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - Some readers may recall a campaign run in the Northern Ward in 2004 – “123 For North”.
  - Automatically tagged as:
  - elections-2010
  - featured
  - wellington-city-council
- Draft Water Conservation & Efficiency Plan
  - 19 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - The Council is in the middle of consultation on it’s Draft Water Conservation & Efficiency Plan.
  - Tagged as:
  - consultation
- REMINDER: Meet the candidate forums this week
  - 19 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - Below is a list, curtosy of the WCC Democratic Services department, of the meet the candidate forums on this week.
  - Automatically tagged as:
  - elections-2010
  - featured
  - wellington-city-council
- Dom Post on the Mayoralty
  - 18 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - The Dom Post have done a very comprehensive article on Wellington’s mayoral race.
  - Automatically tagged as:
  - elections-2010
  - featured
  - wellington-city-council
- What about ward offices?
  - 17 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - The Wellingtonian has run an editorial concerning issues of how accountable our councillors are.
  - Automatically tagged as:
  - elections-2010
  - featured
  - wellington-city-council
- Civil defense shortfalls
  - 16 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - We’re not sure of the details, but a reader has written in saying that all the candidates (including the three sitting councillors) at the Mt Victoria forum were stunned by what an active civil defense volunteer had to say about the capital’s state of readyness for “the big one”. If anyone has any further details on what was said, or implied, please email us or leave a comment…
  - Automatically tagged as:
  - elections-2010
  - featured
  - wellington-city-council
- Electoral pedantry
  - 15 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - This morning the Dom Post is reporting that Helene Ritchie has been locked in an email battle with council staff over the height of her hoardings.
  - Automatically tagged as:
  - elections-2010
  - featured
  - wellington-city-council
- Porirua is where it’s happening…
  - 14 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - Perhaps in future we’ll expand this blog to cover the local governments in the wider Wellington region.
  - Tagged as:
  - porirua
- Reporting from candidates forums
  - 14 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - Dim Post have done a highly entertaining write up of last night’s Onslow-Western and Mayoral forum in Wadestown. Enjoy.
  - Tagged as:
  - wadestown
- Where do you stand?
  - 14 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - The PSA have launched a website “asking for candidates across the country to sighn up to an anti-privatisation pledge” (their description not mine). Where Do You Stand? Given almost no one in Wellington is making noises about it, it does seem somewhat redundant (and I’m sure anyone who is in favour of privitisation will simply ignore the PSA), but good on them for doing something.
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  - elections-2010
  - featured
  - wellington-city-council
- Reminder – Mt Victoria/Mt Cook candidates meetings
  - 12 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - 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.
  - Automatically tagged as:
  - elections-2010
  - featured
  - wellington-city-council
- The people that stand for public office…
  - 12 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - I think we are in a pretty good place with the number of candidates standing for council this year.
  - Tagged as:
  - election-candiates-2010
  - wellington-city-council
- The curious case of Michael Fowler
  - 9 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - A reader living in the Lambton Ward has sent in a scanned copy of the leaflet that Michael Fowler is distributing around the ward.
  - Automatically tagged as:
  - elections-2010
  - featured
  - wellington-city-council
- First candidates meeting tonight!
  - 8 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - The good people at the Ngaio Progressive Association are hosting the very first meet the candidates evening for the 2010 elections. Tonight they are hosting both the Mayoral and Onslow-Western candidates. Date & Time: Thursday 9 September 2010, 7.45pm Location: Ngaio School Hall, 45 Abbott Street, Ngaio For a full list of meetings, please see the council website.
  - Tagged as:
  - ngaio
- Two more Wellingtonista interviews
  - 8 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - The final Wellingtonista interviews are dribbling in.
  - Automatically tagged as:
  - elections-2010
  - featured
  - wellington-city-council
- Herald on the Wellington Mayoralty
  - 8 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - The NZ Herald has done an summary article on the Wellington Mayoral race.
  - Automatically tagged as:
  - elections-2010
  - featured
  - wellington-city-council
- Spicing up the mayoral race
  - 3 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - A PR firm is offering to spice up the mayoral race in Wellington by running an ‘Amazing Race’ type competition on September the 18th to try and drum up some interest in the election (and presumably business for their firm).
  - Automatically tagged as:
  - elections-2010
  - featured
  - wellington-city-council
- The Wellingtonista ‘interviews’ Mayoral candidates
  - 3 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - The excellent website The Wellingtonista (if you’re reading this site, The Wellingtonista really should be in your bookmarks) has sent 15 questions (crowdsourced via Twitter – that’s how hip they are) to all of the Mayoral candidates.
  - Automatically tagged as:
  - elections-2010
  - featured
  - wellington-city-council
- Wellington.Scoop on billboards
  - 2 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - Well as you’ve no doubt seen, the candidates have started putting up their billboards.
  - Automatically tagged as:
  - elections-2010
  - featured
  - wellington-city-council
- Turf4Wellington
  - 1 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - A website has been launched to compare the artificial turf policies of the various candidates. It looks like this issue is getting some traction. Take a look at Turf4Wellington.
  - Tagged as:
  - elections-2010
  - artificial-turf

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