Those Secret Papers are Back Again
Slow News Day? I see Orsman is banging on about secret papers again with the Unitary Plan: Mayor to decide release of secret housing zone papers By Bernard Orsman Auckland Mayor Len Brown is sitting on secret documents about controversial plans which would make up to three-storey apartments possible in half of residential Auckland. … Read more
Government to Impinge on Council Sovereignty
The Housing Accord is an Affront to Auckland The debate on the Housing Accord and Special Housing Areas is still happening live in Parliament as I wrote this. But the Government is bringing through the Legislative processes with the Housing Accord and Special Housing Area material announced today in Budget 2013. I … Read more
Housing Accord Released
Interim Housing Policy Released UPDATED: Added two new PDF’s on the Housing Accord Auckland Council and Central Government have released a Housing Accord – a stop-gap measure for housing supply in Auckland until, the Unitary Plan is operative (whenever that is). I have reacted very quickly and swiftly to it knowing what could … Read more
Mayor Supports South East Highway
Mayor Supports Redoubt Road – Mill Road Arterial Last month in my “ROAD PLAN CONCERNS“ post I had noted Auckland Transport‘s continued progress on moving towards the construction of the 4-lane “bypass” from the Manukau Motorway Interchange (with State Highway 1) along Redoubt Road, down Mill Road, around the back of eastern Papakura and reconnecting with … Read more
WHO WILL STAND AGAINST LEN (CTD)
More Spin than the Spin Cycle on my Washing Machine After the SPINNING THE SPIN and WHO WILL STAND AGAINST LEN posts here at BR:AKL, the Herald picks up Kiwiblog‘s original post on our Mayor’s spin doctors and decided to write a story about it: From the NZ Herald: Mayor heavy on ‘spin doctors’ By Bernard Orsman BernardOrsman 5:30 AM Tuesday … Read more
Who Will Stand Against Len
No Alternative Candidate to Run Against Incumbent Mayor? [Note from Admin: More to this debate has been added since I wrote the original post this morning. As a result rather than writing a new post I will add to the bottom on the debate as of 14:45 this afternoon] After DPF’s Kiwiblog ran … Read more
Mayor Gets Left Behind
New Ferry Service Takes Off & Mayor Gets Left Behind No I am not kidding – the mayor Len Brown DID get left behind forcing the ferry to turn around to come and get him after he was caught gas bagging and forgot to catch the service. From TVNZ New Hobsonville Pt … Read more
LGOIMA Request Out – Manukau Car Park
Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act Request on Manukau Public Car Park is Out Recently I had filed a Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act request to Auckland Council over the business case for the now Auckland Transport owned and operated Manukau City Centre Public Car Parking Building: Time for a … Read more
THE ACHILLES HEEL OF C&R – CTD
Open Schism in C&R Exposed And so I go trundling through Facebook and Twitter this morning (as I usually do) and I notice this crop up which links to an article from Bernard Orsman and the NZ Herald: Council duo attack rail link spend By Bernard Orsman C&R ticket divided on Mayor Brown‘s $2.86 … Read more
