WCC Watch / March 2011
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.
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Leggett leading the way…
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- Porirua’s new Mayor, Nick Leggett, has fronted a video encouraging people to make submissions on the council’s Draft Annual Plan. A fantastic example of how local body politicians can engage with their constituents…
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Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Tsunami threat in Wellington
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- I’m not going to try and cover this in depth, but seeing yet another tsunami story in the paper reminded me of this excellent post on Eye of the Fish. It should be required reading before anyone jumps to conclusions. Enjoy.
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Morrison: Zealandia a ‘bottomless pit’
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- Interesting story in the Dom Post today, it looks like the Zealandia board are going to go crawling back to council asking for up to $700,000 in extra funding.
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Council votes to increase rates burden
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- The council has been deep in discussions around the draft annual plan for some weeks now, and reports are starting to emerge of a very strong left/right divide, and the numbers might surprise you.
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First the Greens, now Labour…
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- Ian just can’t decide which colour he is…
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New council column
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- Salient, the Victoria University student magazine, has a new column this year, written by Kate Pike – Kate Follows Celia.
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