What an absolute shambles Mondays’ extraordinary meeting was, to deal with the WasteNet issue. I presented a paper raising concerns and then sat and observed what I can only call a circus. The issue that ICC faces is that Invercargill City Councillors were split (needing the Mayor to cast a mayoral
Opinion: I am staggered that while Mayors Tong and Hicks repeatedly say they are still restrained by a tender process that has yet to be finalised (and had the WasteNet lawyer reinforce that) yet when they don’t like the ICC vote they feel free (1) to discredit ICC (2) to discredit SdE and it’s offe
Opinion: The great news is that by a one vote majority, ICC Councillors have voted that after the next elections, no Councillor can also hold a directorship in the Council owned HoldCo. This is a reversal of a previous vote. But before we think it puts to rest what many ratepayers see is a conflict
I don’t normally comment on political issues but this decision by council to go into further consultation with the public about the inner city development has got me fired up! This development is not a “nice to do” it simply has to be done! Invercargill city is broken, many buildings are not even vi
SdE to their credit have now broken their confidentiality conditions with the WasteNet committee (a coalition of the 3 Councils in Invercargill, Southland District and Gore), which has muzzled them for far too long telling their 82 affected employees and their family members of the pending axe job.
OPINION: I had the pleasure, if you can call it that, to attend the latest Full Council meeting. What a circus it turned into, led by Mayoral candidate Cr Ludlow. His initial gesture was to stop an attempt by the Mayor to allow each Councillor to express a view on whether next elections voting form
This years race for the Invercargill Mayoralty currently has three contenders, Incumbent Tim Shadbolt, Former deputy mayor Darren Ludlow and current deputy mayor Rebecca Amundsen. With more expected to come out of the woodwork in coming days, weeks, months. Related: Becs Amundsen to Run for Invercar
OPINION: The race for the keys to the Invercargill mayoral office and car (and a big, expensive, carbon dioxide spewing, not-particularly safe in comparison to other cars, beast of a gangsta-wagon it is) is starting to generate some interest. The incumbent, newly-knighted Sir Timothy Shadbolt, once
