WCC Watch / July 2013
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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Who will be the new Deputy?
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- With the announcement from Sir Ian Mckinnon CNZM confirming our earlier report that he will not be standing, the current bunch of councillors are already talking about who will fill the role of Deputy Mayor.
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Does Rod Drury know his company is behind Celia?
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- The first campaign ads are starting to appear around town, and while Celia Wade-Brown’s are at least more modern than John Morrison’s, the choice of photo location is interesting.
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Queen defers to Peck’s sage advice… or not
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- Labour candidate, Mark Peck, has shown real talent in getting laughably cheap headlines with his call for the Prince of Wales to stand aside as heir to the throne and let the Duke of Cambridge or his newborn son take over from the Queen.
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Celia shows the Tron how to Drop Cover and Hold
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- The Saturday Dom Post keeps a good thing going by asking a few Wellingtonians what they were doing when the quake struck.
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Wade-Brown doubles-down by using office as campaign HQ
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- Mayor Celia Wade-Brown appears to be taking her use of the baubles of the mayoral office up a notch.
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Yan’s gritty campaign hits the catwalk
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- While some of the more energetic campaigns across the City have been out door knocking, leafletting and organizing free buses.
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Quite possibly the best city council video ever made
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- Here’s a great video promoting watching the deliberations of the city council of Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. I think a Wellington City Council version is in order.
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Mayoral Twitter switchover during campaign?
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- Should Celia Wade-Brown be allowed to keep using @WellingtonMayor as her Twitter feed during the campaign? All mayors across the region jumped on Twitter to keep residents and ratepayers up to date in the aftermath of the weekend shakes – as they should, and while there were some weird updates, most used it well.
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The 1 that matters most
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- Graeme Edgeler has done a really good write up over at Public Address on the ins and outs of STV.
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Nicola Young for Mayor?
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- We’re getting word that Nicola Young is getting ready to announce that she is standing for the Mayoralty, as well as for Lambton.
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Mark Peck’s memory loss
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- Labour Lambton Ward candidate, Mark Peck, jumped straight on Facebook this morning at the news that his fellow Ward candidate, Nicola Young, is standing for Mayor.
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Council celebrates mediocre anti-begging campaign results
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- Wellington City Council put out an odd press release lauding the success of his obnoxious anti-begging campaign’s first two weeks.
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Kedgley confirms candidacy for Regional Council trough
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- As we predicted, former Green MP, Sue Kedgley is standing for Regional Council alongside the Green incumbent, Paul Bruce.
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DIY obnoxious anti-begging ads
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- You know those incredibly obnoxious anti-begging ads? Luckily you can now make your own (h/t the Wellingtonista).
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Council buys $200,000 rubbish truck, then privitises rubbish collection
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- The Dominion Post report: Kapiti residents will have to pay for their rubbish to be collected privately as the council dumps its kerbside trash collection.
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Polling Parkin in Lambton
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- We have had contact from a few people telling us about their participation in a poll by Horizon research on Wellington’s Lambton Ward.
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Pepperell alludes to Dominion Post comment censorship
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- Southern Ward councillor Bryan Pepperell is concerned that the Dominon Post might be censoring anti-John Morrison comments on its story about his leaked email.
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City Watch #9
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- The ninth round up of recent news and events around Wellington.
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Morrison ‘really nails’ own chances
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- The safe and credible facade of John Morrison’s campaign has taken yet another hit with the leak of an email which raises questions about his political judgement and governance skill.
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Wellington; holding out for a hero
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- It has become apparent that the polarising figure of Theresa Gattung has resisted the approaches of the Wellington has-beens collective to stand for Mayor this year.
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City Watch #8
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- It’s here! Our eighth round up of recent news and events around Wellington.
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Theresa Gattung emerging as the Right contender
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- We have been told by several well placed sources that Kerry Prendergast and the right of Wellington have come to the conclusion that Jo Coughlan is not a contender (as we have been saying for weeks) and that they need a new champion to split between Morrison and Wade-Bicycle.
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Looking for Labour ladies
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- One element of the infamous ‘Labour Man Ban’ that hasn’t been commented on much yet is whether it will flow through to local government.
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Jack Yan 2.0
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- Jack Yan is having another crack at the mayoralty after finishing third in 2010, with 7426 votes against Celia Wade-Brown’s 24,881 and Kerry Prendergast’s 24,705.
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Town Belt’s future looking assured
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- Helene Ritchie gets a bit of stick on here, so it’s only fair that we give credit where it’s due – specifically for her work around ensuring the future of the Wellington Town Belt.
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City Watch #7
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- Our seventh round up of recent news and events around Wellington.
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