Congratulations to Councillor Matt Cowley (The Weekend Sun, February) on his views regarding a new chapter following the decision of Mayor Crosby to not stand again as Mayor.
Cr Cowley states that the new Mayor must also be able to lead a team who hold a diverse range of experience, worldviews and skill levels.
And in my view, the selected person also needs vision along with the ability to make the hard decisions that may or may not necessarily get them re-elected three years later.
For far too long it would appear we have elected councillors that from the first day of being elected work towards being re-elected again in three years time, rather than being prepared on making tough decisions that will actually enhance living in Tauranga.
Maybe there should be time limits on how many terms someone can be elected to council and maybe that would get rid of the bad wood sooner and allow people with ability to actually make a difference.
Mike Baker, Bethlehem.
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New mayor needs vision
Posted on 19-03-2016 14:03 | By algail
Most certainly there should be limits on tenure for mayors or councillors and the right of the electorate to fire a useless mayor or councillor . What we need is an exact opposite to the current Mayor. We need a man or woman who is fiscally enlightened , socially aware and completely understands that Ratepayers pay the wages and we should always be considered and no high handed flagrant wasting of ratepayers money like buying useless land for example. Our main problem here is being a councillor or Mayor the money attracts the wrong people. My sister served as a mayor in England on 14 thousand pound a year in district four times the size of Tauranga.. People stand over there to serve rather than for the money. Alastair Bourne
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