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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
In what is probably the largest shakeup to Wellington city council in many years, we have a new mayor and several new Councillors creating a political pack that is significantly more diverse […]
Media Release Ambitious first 150 days proposed by Andy Foster Note: For fairness sake, if other candidates want their first days plans published here then let me know at the usual place […]
Barring a minor miracle, it looks like the voter turnout in Wellington is going to be the lowest in many, many years. Frankly, if we make a 35% return total, I would […]
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 […]
