Finally, some progress in the Council this week with Foster picking Sarah Free as his new Deputy. The Foster and Free Show is on the road and rolling for now, though may […]
The Foster and Free Show
Eye of the Fish; Covering the airport news this week
We love Eye of the Fish, Leviathan is a great writer with well-considered insights and ideas. He’s starting a series on the airport this week, which is well worth a read. Despite […]
How to hold a city hostage, recount tactics, and a massive opportunity missed by the new Wellington City Council
No further movement this week in the paralysis that has been visited on the Wellington City Council by the former mayor and the six hostage-taking Councillors that have set themselves against the […]
WCC; A sour start, to recount or not recount, tunnels, airports, and Hanlon’s Razor in action
It’s not been a great start to this triennium with a sour taste left in the mouth of the city and the left-leaning idealists already throwing their toys out of the cot […]
Analysing the new Council; it is not as left as you think it is, avoiding three years of stasis, and THAT tunnel
A lot of commentators have suggested that there is a left majority on the newly formed council, of eight. I am not so sure; I see a situation where we may see […]
WCC Portfolios; ridiculous predictions on Deputy Mayor, disrupting the city, who gets what, a chaos model
It’s hard to predict which Councillors are going to lead which portfolios, especially when we don’t know what the portfolios are going to be. We do know that there are too many […]
Time we hacked the WCC Portfolios; reduce, simplify, radicalise, and provide a mechanism for holding our Councillors and Mayor Accountable
New Councillors will be shortly assigned portfolios. I understand that the model itself may be changed, it certainly needs a refresh because right now it’s barely manageable. I hear from multiple sources […]
Andy Foster’s 150 Day Plan; 60% may get carried out, unfortunately, hard issues are unlikely to be progressed
A few days back Andy put out a 150-day plan should he be elected as mayor. Well, now he’s the mayor, so if we want to know what he’s going to do […]
WCC Elections: Current Councillor Scorecard; in which I judge people and make up numbers based on wild flights of fancy
I swore I wasn’t going to do one this time around; however I’ve been reading a few over the last week and given some of their wild scoring I am quite sure […]
Hobart versus Wellington; Smart Thinking, Smart City, Smart Future.
When you see a picture of Hobart, at first glance, you could be forgiven for thinking it is Wellington. I wanted to find a city that was comparable to Wellington, rather than […]
