It is a sad day to think Tauranga City Council will only provide the basic services as referred to in P Garner's letter ‘A big put-off to Tauranga CBD shoppers' and A Bourne's letter ‘More irresponsible spending' (The Weekend Sun, August 19). We need a council with forward thinking and I applaud their recent efforts to revitalise the CBD. The efforts made along the waterfront have been outstanding and the long-term vision for a heart of the city is great. Those nay sayers, need to take note of the saying: 'True greatness is old men planting trees whose shade they know they will never get to sit under”.
J & C Travis, Bethlehem.
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Since when was using FORCE good?
Posted on 26-08-2016 19:16 | By The Tomahawk Kid
I also believe council should only provide the basics of the city. What J&C Travis are REALLY saying is that we need more councillors who have a total disregard to individual rights and property rights. We need More councillors who know better than you on how to spend YOUR money. I also notice that The Travis's emotional saying mentions nothing about first taking the earnings of others by force in order to plant said trees! If you want to provide a tree for people to stand under then that is a good thing - go for it. But to FORCE others to do so is a BAD thing (unless of course you are like J&C Travis who think the use of force is a good thing.) There is nobody more responsible to spend their money than those who work for it.
Mr and Mrs Travis
Posted on 26-08-2016 19:33 | By Accountable
You need to take a good look at why people are not happy with the path and progress of the CBD revitalisation. You are obviously not involved with the CBD apart from the view of an outside spectator.The people who own businesses in the CBD are the most effected both financially and personally by the dumb ideas and costs that Council staff thrust upon us on things that we know will never in a million years improve the situation. The CBD needs to increase the foot traffic by thousands and not just the few people that the Council may entice into the city centre with its dumb ideas.
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