Museum plans are on the move again, deep within the bowels of City Hall the minions are feverishly working on plans to re-launch this phoenix from the ashes of the 2007 election, voters made it abundantly clear that it was not wanted.
It would seem that City Hall is constantly beseeched by 'besotted money seeking locusts” that want public money for what they themselves wouldn't and don't contribute to, a good recent example is the Mount Hot Pools where the 2011 Resource Consent failed and cost about $6 million and the reasons were known in 2000 (same as the Museum idea), the Art Gallery was to be 'community funded” to but all costs have fallen on the ratepayer and are added to your rates.
After some serious arm twisting City Hall agreed to provide free land fully consented for a 'Community Funded” Museum, Cliff Road has been talked about but isn't suitable. All indications are that Ratepayers will be lined up to borrow $20 million and more plus annual costs of some $3-4 million. This is not 'community funded”, surely some detailed information of where the money to coming from is mandatory here?
This will add to the annual rates bill every year initially by about $90 per household, then increasing.

R Putain, Gisborne.