Voters should research views on issues
LOCAL body elections are approaching and Dunedin needs a mayor and councillors with the necessary experience, knowledge, skills, local support and confidence to lead (and make the right decisions) for the future of our city. Consultants’ services should be kept to a minimum, infrastructure constantly upgraded and ratepayers’ opinions valued.
Already six people are standing for mayor. We need just one. Six candidates will split the vote and one, with fewer votes, could slip through and win.
Voters should research how present and future councillors supported (or would support) the STV voting system, the Three Waters project, the CBD and George St changes, the installation of the inadequate Great King St bus shelters, the removal of hundreds of car parks, the placement of cycle lanes on SH1, the road humps in
Maori Rd and the rejection of developers’ plans to replace eyesores at
372392 Princes St.
The list goes on.
Our local young people and students are our future citizens and they are being let down by the city leaders. Will councillors find a suitable large safe venue where they can socialise? Thousands of young students study in Otago, and each year, I meet approximately 50 students, who are branching out into flats for the first time. We don’t like parties in flats, in streets or at the Gardens but where can these young people go?
When I was young we regularly danced, in the town hall, St John’s
Hall or St Kilda Hall and no alcohol was available. Dances were enjoyable and we were safe.
Voters must vote only for candidates who have the necessary attributes for leading any city.