- Why Are Decisions Rushed?Local council candidates are asking why staff aren’t developing a full range is options on issues. This article highlight was talking about the Deans Ave speed humps, and was highlighted by a local council candidate. But why wasn’t direction for this project…
- Not Enough Supply For Shore PowerLocal journalist Chris Lynch wrote an article about pollution in Lyttleton today. It reminded me that the council received a briefing on these issues just recently but I really think the boat has sailed. With almost $100 million dollars of investment haven’t…
- Mayor Unprepared For Radio InterviewCr Andrei Moore has complained publicly about not getting timely answers to questions from CCC information staff. In the following clip from the mayor’s interview this morning with John MacDonald, Newstalk ZB, John just expresses frustration with the mayor not having knowledge…
- Council Information RequestsWhy are there only 4 staff to answer information requests from 400,000 people and 37 elected members? Many elected members have been complaining about the amount of time it takes to get information. Cr Tyla Harrison-Hunt asked some good questions in a…
- What’s the Next Step With The Cathedral – UseRight now we firstly need to just focus on “use” and the church is now clearly doing just that. The building is at 34% NBS but only rated at 20% NBS which means a special use limitation of 50 people in the…
- The -40% Policy Target Has To ChangeTHE MESSAGE IS NO…The voting has been consistent for 19 hours. While the numbers have grown, 95% of responses are to say no.The problem is that this project needs a policy change. Actually reads the article written by Chris Lynch as he…
- Mayor – More Congestion *sigh*If you want to hear the mayor, Phil Mauger, sigh then tuning into Chris Lynch Media’s interviews is a good place to start. Asking about gold plating the next new speed humps, on Dean’s Ave, Phil just sighed as he went on…
- $90 Million Dollars IS Bigger Than $78 Million DollarsLess than 10% of our people use public transport so it makes sense to invest more money where our people want it, and that’s just what the government is doing in Christchurch. This week mayor Phil Mauger talked with Chris Lynch Media…
- Cr Mark Peters calls on council to set up a Cathedral meetingThe mayor agreed to Cr Mark Peters request to set up a meeting to talk about the future of the Christchurch Cathedral. Speaking with Peters later in the day he expressed this could be done quite quickly. Full presentation: https://youtu.be/vSRIw5U3HQw?si=-grtJVnqmg0b4aVe
- Anothy Gough Shows Up For A BleatWhen you give up your time to show up in council to speak on the annual plan you don’t expect the deputy mayor to write your presentation off as 5 minutes of bleat… but she did just that to Anthony Gough.
- Christchurch City Mission Talks Homelessness With CCC Elected MembersWhen the Christchurch City Mission shows up to talk about the 59 new homeless people on our streets in February the CCC gives $78,000 to the Christchurch Foundation who spent $15,000 on international travel last year, to beg for money, then the…