The Politics behind the issue or of the day
2% Rates cap? So how to pay for that infrastructure to those new developments? Why does the hard Right in Auckland focus solely on Rates caps and service cuts … Continue reading Crone Visionless with Auckland. Housing and Transport are the Issues – Not Rates #Auckland2016
Forced Gentrification will harm Pasifika A year ago the real estate agent who sold us our house back in 2012 said that money was leaving the Isthmus (prices too … Continue reading Run Away House Prices Hurting South Auckland Thus Hurting Those Most Vulnerable #AKLPols
Five options on the cards The Port Future Study has short listed five options for where Port of Auckland can go. From the Port Future Study: Study group releases … Continue reading Port (re)Location Options Shortlisted #AKLPols
Can voter turnout get above 50%? That is the question: Can we get voter turnout from 36% in 2013 to over 50% in these upcoming Council elections? Answer: With … Continue reading From a Younger Pespective: Politics and the City Episode 2: The Waterfront Stadium and Voter Turnout
Ryan Mearns and Leroy Beckett share their thoughts Now this I can listen to hear another perspective most of us would miss when it comes to Auckland and its … Continue reading Politics and the City #AKLPols – Listening to a Podcast of a Different View to Auckland
Mayoral Candidate Crone Unrepentant One of the first things ANY candidate for any position on Auckland Council or even Government does is read the bylaws around electioneering including when … Continue reading Mayoral Candidate Crone Wants to Be Mayor? How About Following Council Bylaws First #Auckland2016
Previously withdrawn Evidence back in play before the Panel Well it happened. The out of scope material the 13 Councillors tried to withdraw last month from the Unitary Plan … Continue reading Housing New Zealand Summons Council. All Out of Scope #UnitaryPlan Material Goes Virtual In-Scope
We yearn for much yet do little to gain it Voter turn out in the last Local Elections in Auckland (2013) was a low ~36% as we moaned about … Continue reading Election Paradigm. Mediocrity and Votes, Vision and No Votes. #Auckland2016
Top Three Issues cropping up Yesterday I decided to go for a walk around the Auckland Botanical Gardens (the Elvis in the Park was on) to have a listen … Continue reading Fleshing Out the Issues in Manurewa-Papakura #Auckland2016
Latest in the Unitary Plan Hearings on the Rezoning Topic From Radio NZ: Auckland’s density housing saga rumbles on Updated at 7:48 am today – Todd Niall, Auckland Correspondent – … Continue reading Out of Scope Material Still to be Considered by #UnitaryPlan Panel. Free for Submitters to Rebut On
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