My God are we going to have to put up with another three years of a rotten council and moaning letters to the Editor for that same three years about rate rises which anyone with half a brain cell can see coming?
A council cannot survive without rate increases when they have a 370 million debt which doubled in the last term. Will they double it in this term to over 700 million?.
What will it take to get the people of Tauranga to wake up and smell the rot and vote them out?
For God's sake Tauranga you voted the useless people into power stop moaning. Put up or shut up and vote them out next election or get behind viable candidates than can run the council as it should be run.
You voted in basically the same council in that has been systematically destroying the financial viability of Tauranga and surrounding districts. One has to ask will Tauranga become the first City Council to go bankrupt or be put into receivership? If that did happen at least I wouldn't have to count on you lot voting them out.
Alastair Bourne, Bethlehem.

17 comments

Get what you deserve

Posted on 22-12-2010 13:48 | By The author of this comment has been removed.

What is the point in voting out one bunch of principle-bereft bureaucrats, only to replace them with a different bunch of principle-bereft bureaucrats who will commit exactly the same mistakes as the lot who were voted out. Until you all learn the meaning of the words RIGHTS and PRIVATE PROPERTY, and all stop demanding you have a say in what other people do with their money and property, you are doomed to continue getting more of the same.

NEED A CV

Posted on 23-12-2010 14:39 | By The Master

But of course it needs to be better than the Navy allows for the senior techno people based in Devonport navel base.

get whay you desrve

Posted on 24-12-2010 16:39 | By algail

Exactly my point you get what you deserve. Don't always react negatively have a look into what is going on and who is ripping off what from who. Do some research on who is standing for council? It is entirely yours and my responsibility to get the people running Tauranga that will run it like a business and a profitable one at that. There are people in Tauranga district who can do that and some did stand but were unsuccessful, let's hope they will be successful next time round. Find out who these people are for yourselves put a bit of effort into research that is the only way you will get a reward one cannot expect everyone else to find out the truth for one, we have to do it ourselves if you find the truth yourself you will know you have real truth not the usual twaddle trotted out by most who stood for council each and every election.. If the current bunch were any good we wouldn't have a $370 million debt would we. If my company had such a debt we would be put into receivership .Get proactive find out who supports your views get them together and form a group to stand next time. There is a team out there that can do this but they need our support. Jeepers some of the current bunch have been there for years and years and we have consistently gone backwards in many ways esp financially why on earth does anyone want to vote a failed councilor in again and again does Tauranga have a death wish. Alastair

MORE THAN THREE YEARS !

Posted on 24-12-2010 17:56 | By The Master

If Council revealed "The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth" then silly decisions would not happen. That means there would be nothing to "MOAN" about ! The ball in the Councils court on that one.

CHUCK THEM ALL OUT

Posted on 29-12-2010 07:49 | By Ratcatcher

Correction. The current increasing stream of criticism isn't coming from the turkeys that voted this useless bunch of wombats back in. It comes from people that have already seen the light which is as clear as day.Those voters who have tunnel vision or simply don't want to know will never click and deserve all the c**p they are getting.Enjoy it while it lasts suckers & keep checking your annual rate bill because unlike Lotto it aint a winning ticket.

PUMMELLED CRITTER SYNDROME

Posted on 29-12-2010 19:20 | By The Master

Take a look at the adverts about family violence, we all sit there and wonder why the victum stays there for more, it is a "brain block" thing that is rather complex. The choice is do you ignore them or do you hit them harder ? A difficult choice or course even on a good day.

I told you so

Posted on 31-12-2010 16:23 | By The author of this comment has been removed.

When you are asked to chose between a punch on the nose OR a Poke in the eye, What do you chose? I chose NEITHER - I dont want either of them, and I REFUSE to give my permission for them to do either to me. EVERY SINGLE CANDIDATE due to their lack of principles, was guaranteed to deliver exactly the same as the previous bunch of well-wishers and do-gooders. Until you realise this fact we are all doomed to more of the same - I hate to say I told you so, but I told you so!

Happy New Year Suckers

Posted on 01-01-2011 10:24 | By ROCKY

The partys over welcome to 2011 and the prospect of a 2011 TCC rate increase of 18%.Didn't your Leader promise to work a miracle and get this back to 7% and that his TCC drones were working on it .The silence for the past 3 months has very been deafening.Do you lemmings still believe the rubbish you were fed ??

BRILLEAUX POLITICS THERE

Posted on 01-01-2011 16:55 | By TERMITE

For sure, the promises only last as long as it takes to count teh votes, that is proven leadership for you now isnt it. There was a day when a man's word was his bond, it was all about honour and respect, clearly these basic principles have got lost in the clouds and some.

PROMISES ... PROMISES ...

Posted on 01-01-2011 17:00 | By TERMITE

The plan approved by vote of councillors before the election got started was for 17.80% rates increase for the year 1/7/11 to 30/6/12. Also there was an expectation that this could be easily increased by another 5% or so for any new outragous scheme / plan / castle building creation dreamed up by then. Then of course along came the election and of course without any knowledge of any other councillor the Mayor got into the paper on 17/9/10 (the day the "TURKEYS" got the ballot papers), the Mayor was reported as say that Council staff are reviewing the rate increase and it could be 6-8% ... the timing has to be looked as of course as to the true motivation but that of course is another story which will also be told.

RIPPING INTO THE TURKEYS

Posted on 01-01-2011 17:04 | By TERMITE

Rate increases are sure to come, with a huge drop in building fee income, heaps more building inspectors, more debt and heaps of losses from Baywave, Baypark, TISEC, Art gallery (community funded - NOT!) and many more there is not hope of the same rates as last year never mind a reduction. The options left are: increase rates, borrow more money (already junk bonds now) or clean out the Council building of excess officials on excess payments ...

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Posted on 02-01-2011 12:31 | By The Master

Take a look at Taupo Council, they fired a few staff last year, about 40, at least it is a start. Here in the sunny Tauranga they have a sinking ship and yet they continue to add to the pile of bodies onboard. Why? There is less ratepayers, there is less business, there is massive debt to pay, why keep employing more and more people such as 17 more building inspectors from CGAF Ltd? Every man and his dog know that there are few building consents going on now so what is there to inspect.

COUNCIL STAFF AUDIT

Posted on 02-01-2011 12:37 | By The Master

Promises were made in the election about a "staff audit" to be independently completed at a cost of about $10,000. The benefits of this are that would mean that about 250 Council staff would be found as "NOT NEEDED" and therfore the wages bill of about $40 million annually could be cut in half, that along with all the excess other related costs like parties, holidays to LA to look at Sand Castles and so on would also be saved upon therefore perhaps $30-35 million in total savings, that is about $650 per Tauranga household.

Yesterday was B4 Election

Posted on 02-01-2011 15:34 | By Ratcatcher

Well now we are post election and political dementia has taken root.What free CBD parking what rates slashing what Southern Pipeline alternatives what staff audits .So many questions so much confusion too much reality and so little time to think.YEAH RIGHT-in a nutshell political bunkum.

Council business

Posted on 03-01-2011 13:57 | By The author of this comment has been removed.

Havent they just employed a whole bunch of "goodwill" ambassadors or some such garbage? - Somebody needs to let the council know what is council business and what is NOT. There is no LINE IN THE SAND, so in the interests of your own good, they keep taking on more and more, pushing the boundaries of their responsibilities out further and further - to justify their own employment. We could have a 50% rates REDUCTION if they were only to stop doing stuff they have no right doing - but they have no boundaries, so the rort continues.

BOUNDARYLESS

Posted on 04-01-2011 11:28 | By The Master

Looking for glory and all that, that os what they are doing, swaning around on the beach is more interesting than "doing ya job". They can not get he basics right like the Southern Sewerage Pipeline. Yes a STAFF AUDIT, that is sure to save a fortune, result in a huge rate reduction, however the Council Staff will resist it HEAPS as they all know deep down inside what the result will be, to resist is futile, the result is beyond doubt !

DEMENTIA RUNS RIFE

Posted on 06-01-2011 12:07 | By TERMITE

Post election, certainly all teh promises quickly fade and what you are left with is the "ELECTED PUPPETS" making out that they are making decisions for the "TURKEYS". If only what was promised did indeed mean something like in the real world, you loose you job?

Another three years of moaning letters