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
Who has been going and who has not So who has been going and who has not? While if you are not on the Committee being there like Councillors … Continue reading #UnitaryPlan Workshop Attendance. Lacking from some of the Biggest Critics
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
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
Not needed I see Auckland Council CEO Stephen Town has finally spoken out after last Wednesday’s anti-democratic vote in which the planners were effectively hung out to dry by … Continue reading Independent Group to Decide Housing in Auckland? #UnitaryPlan
Consequences continue to the Unitary Plan vote on Wednesday Fallout continues to be measured from Wednesday’s anti-democratic vote that removed Council from the rezoning topic of the Unitary Plan … Continue reading English Signals More Intervention of Housing in Auckland #UnitaryPlan
So who has been showing up and who has not It was raised at the Governing Body yesterday that Councillor attendance to Committees and workshops in regards to the Unitary Plan … Continue reading Time to Check for Councillor Attendance to Committees and Workshops #AKLPols
Make sure Council keeps that voice for you – the Citizen On Wednesday the City and the Council is faced with a very simple choice: Do you want your … Continue reading The City Deserves a Voice at the #UnitaryPlan Hearings With Rezoning
Continued misrepresentations need to be corrected This morning on Radio New Zealand’s Nine to Noon Program Auckland 2040 head Richard Burton continues to make false claims about what is … Continue reading Fact Check: #UnitaryPlan and the False Claims Made By Auckland 2040
Talking Southern Auckland 