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My principal place of residence is in the Bethlehem General Ward area. I am also standing for Mayor.
Managing growth is Tauranga's, and consequently, the Bethlehem ward's no.1 issue. For twenty-plus years, Tauranga's planning and funding mechanisms have enriched developers and impoverished the city, yet these mechanisms remain unchanged in the new 2024-2034 Long-Term Plan (LTP).
Worse, this LTP fails to fund essential transport and waters infrastructure while borrowing hundreds of $millions to spend on extravagant nice-to-haves, resulting in city debt tripling to $3billion by 2034; unsustainable debt that will see Tauranga's residents increasingly rated out of their homes.
Stopping this madness requires a vote for independent candidates who are capable of, and committed to, changing Tauranga's planning and funding mechanisms, and thereby delivering a sustainable LTP that prioritises cost-effective delivery of essential infrastructure.
My private sector career before retiring at 40, and the public record since I was first elected in 2013, shows that I am one of those candidates.
e: [email protected]; w: www.johnrobson.nz; m: 021443703
My principal place of residence is in the Tauranga City Council area. I am also standing for Bethlehem General Ward.
The purpose of local government is to enable democratic decision-making by and on behalf of the community; the key words being democratic, and community.
Consequently, Mayors have no executive powers; they must respect, and represent, the decisions of the elected Council; decisions that should reflect the community's will. Elections allow the community the opportunity to judge those decisions, and the decision-makers.
Judgement time is now.
Many recent Council decisions do not reflect the community's will.
Instead, they prioritise civic monuments over critical transport and waters infrastructure, and subsidise developers at the expense of residential ratepayers.
Allowed to stand, these decisions will burden the community with $3billion of debt, higher per-capita than the other major cities; and too much of it invested badly!
Independent, with significant commercial and governance experience, if elected Mayor, I will work tirelessly to ensure democratic decision-making determines Tauranga's future.
e: [email protected]; w: www.johnrobson.nz; m: 021443703
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