While rates inflation is a problem, Government intervention is NOT the >answer:
https://tinyurl.com/2nmxe8pk
It is the responsibility of local ratepayers to hold their elected >representatives to account on every aspect of local government. There
is never any justification for Government to interfere in local
government in any way, until the current criteria apply that requires
the replacement of a local body with commissioners.
If ratepayers are dissatisfied with council performance, the first
recourse is the ballot box at local body elections. If you cannot
find acceptable candidates, write in 'none of the above' and vote (it
will count as an invalid vote, the higher the percentage of invalid
votes the greater the impact).
--Yes I agree.
Crash McBash
While rates inflation is a problem, Government intervention is NOT the >answer:
https://tinyurl.com/2nmxe8pk
It is the responsibility of local ratepayers to hold their elected >representatives to account on every aspect of local government. There
is never any justification for Government to interfere in local
government in any way, until the current criteria apply that requires
the replacement of a local body with commissioners.
If ratepayers are dissatisfied with council performance, the first
recourse is the ballot box at local body elections. If you cannot
find acceptable candidates, write in 'none of the above' and vote (it
will count as an invalid vote, the higher the percentage of invalid
votes the greater the impact).
On Tue, 20 Aug 2024 17:54:09 +1200, Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid>No evidence of that.
wrote:
While rates inflation is a problem, Government intervention is NOT the >>answer:
https://tinyurl.com/2nmxe8pk
It is the responsibility of local ratepayers to hold their elected >>representatives to account on every aspect of local government. There
is never any justification for Government to interfere in local
government in any way, until the current criteria apply that requires
the replacement of a local body with commissioners.
If ratepayers are dissatisfied with council performance, the first
recourse is the ballot box at local body elections. If you cannot
find acceptable candidates, write in 'none of the above' and vote (it
will count as an invalid vote, the higher the percentage of invalid
votes the greater the impact).
I doubt that The Taxpayer Union expect Councils to be able to afford
to lift rates by enough to pay for the effects of extreme weather
events (roads and home buy-outs) and 3 water work without raising
money somewhere - they want Councils to sell assets to their
supporters
- they see what happened when enough of the electricityNo such thing in NZ elecricity supply.
generators were sold to create a cozy cartel;
now they will beA lie.
delighted to see part of Kiwibank sold to expand the cozy cartel of
banks . . . - with Directors continuing to be required to maximise
profits.
Besides, the more the Government can foist costs onto Councils, theA bare faced lie.
less has to be paid through income tax. Don't knock it - they really
would like to get that top tax rate down . . . The biggest motivation
for scrapping 3Waters was to have Councils increase rates or sell off
assets to pay for water issues. Its called the "Right" Track!
So what use is a wasted vote? Councils are subservient to theThey don't support any party, another often repeated lie.
government. You may think that the NZ Taxpayer Union got it wrong,
but as this article demonstrates, the party they support
has been
hugely successful in getting its policies through so far: >http://werewolf.co.nz/2024/08/gordon-campbell-on-acts-takeover-of-the-government-agenda/
While rates inflation is a problem, Government intervention is NOT the answer:
https://tinyurl.com/2nmxe8pk
It is the responsibility of local ratepayers to hold their elected representatives to account on every aspect of local government. There
is never any justification for Government to interfere in local
government in any way, until the current criteria apply that requires
the replacement of a local body with commissioners.
If ratepayers are dissatisfied with council performance, the first
recourse is the ballot box at local body elections. If you cannot
find acceptable candidates, write in 'none of the above' and vote (it
will count as an invalid vote, the higher the percentage of invalid
votes the greater the impact).
On Tue, 20 Aug 2024 17:54:09 +1200, Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid>
wrote:
While rates inflation is a problem, Government intervention is NOT the >>answer:
https://tinyurl.com/2nmxe8pk
It is the responsibility of local ratepayers to hold their elected >>representatives to account on every aspect of local government. There
is never any justification for Government to interfere in local
government in any way, until the current criteria apply that requires
the replacement of a local body with commissioners.
If ratepayers are dissatisfied with council performance, the first
recourse is the ballot box at local body elections. If you cannot
find acceptable candidates, write in 'none of the above' and vote (it
will count as an invalid vote, the higher the percentage of invalid
votes the greater the impact).
I doubt that The Taxpayer Union expect Councils to be able to afford
to lift rates by enough to pay for the effects of extreme weather
events (roads and home buy-outs) and 3 water work without raising
money somewhere - they want Councils to sell assets to their
supporters - they see what happened when enough of the electricity
generators were sold to create a cozy cartel; now they will be
delighted to see part of Kiwibank sold to expand the cozy cartel of
banks . . . - with Directors continuing to be required to maximise
profits.
Besides, the more the Government can foist costs onto Councils, the
less has to be paid through income tax. Don't knock it - they really
would like to get that top tax rate down . . . The biggest motivation
for scrapping 3Waters was to have Councils increase rates or sell off
assets to pay for water issues. Its called the "Right" Track!
So what use is a wasted vote? Councils are subservient to the
government. You may think that the NZ Taxpayer Union got it wrong,
but as this article demonstrates, the party they support has been
hugely successful in getting its policies through so far: >http://werewolf.co.nz/2024/08/gordon-campbell-on-acts-takeover-of-the-government-agenda/
On 2024-08-20, Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:
While rates inflation is a problem, Government intervention is NOT theThe democratic system does not "allow" for invalid votes as the assumption
answer:
https://tinyurl.com/2nmxe8pk
It is the responsibility of local ratepayers to hold their elected
representatives to account on every aspect of local government. There
is never any justification for Government to interfere in local
government in any way, until the current criteria apply that requires
the replacement of a local body with commissioners.
If ratepayers are dissatisfied with council performance, the first
recourse is the ballot box at local body elections. If you cannot
find acceptable candidates, write in 'none of the above' and vote (it
will count as an invalid vote, the higher the percentage of invalid
votes the greater the impact).
is that all the candiates standing will be of utmost standing.
If there are not candiates suitable then the power is in ones hands, stand >your self then there will be at least one candiate suitable to vote for.
However one does have the right to remain silent.
Certainly as a first step if the 60% plus non voters in Council elections >actually vote none here to vote for it might start a conversation or >revolution.
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