Anti Urban Councillor? After the shock upset in Manurewa-Papakura Ward with Daniel Newman tipping out Calum Penrose in the recent elections it was always going to be interesting to … Continue reading We Know the Problems, We Know the Actual Solutions. What is Needed is $ Councillor Newman
Unsurprising results Thanks to Jeremy for putting together some graphics on how the mayoral voting split fell into place in the recent elections. As somewhat expected the South and … Continue reading South and West Elect The Mayor (Again). Also Voting Dynamics (Especially Southern Auckland)
By-election sparked after resignation (to cost ~70k) I thought Right-Wingers always go on about how they are meant to be fiscally conservative for Ratepayers and/or Taxpayers? Well Howick is … Continue reading UPDATE: Fireworks at Howick Local Board. By-election Confirmed
Maiden Speeches included Yesterday the first Governing Body of the third term (and first of Mayor Phil Goff) was held at Town Hall where maiden speeches were heard and … Continue reading First Governing Body Meeting under Goff Era
Continuation into the City Building Phase Last night was the inauguration of the third term of Auckland Council the first under Mayor Phil Goff. In his opening remarks Mayor … Continue reading Goff: Transport and Housing Priority in Making Auckland Better
Code of Conduct in question Being an elected representative means you are held to the highest esteem of public office. That means an elected representative’s conduct needs to be … Continue reading Unbecoming Behaviour from Councillor-Elect Draws Fire
Infighting? Mayor-elect Phil Goff has officially named his Deputy Mayor as well as the new committee structure for the big Committees. And it is (they are): Mayor: Goff Deputy … Continue reading Goff Commits Second Fatal Error in Committee Selection. Risk of Infighting?
Council flips to a conservative one And seems Goff has pretty much confirmed his choice as Deputy Mayor if the Herald is anything to go by: Phil Goff chooses … Continue reading Franklin’s Bill Cashmore as Deputy Mayor of Auckland Council
Hulse is the only logical choice to hold the votes A rather interesting news story came out yesterday about who Mayor-elect Phil Goff would select as his Deputy Mayor. … Continue reading Goff Fails Acid Test and Commits Fatal Error in Selection of Deputy Mayor #VoteAKL
Progressive Council remains The final results for a rather poor turnout of an election (36%) are finally in. Governing Body wise we have a progressive Council sitting on a … Continue reading Final #VoteAKL Results
Talking Southern Auckland 