There goes your tax cut when National get in. Write down the names of the six: Mayor 10B plus councillors Baldock, Clout, Hughes, Salisbury and Abrie who voted for this rating aberration and see them off at the next election especially, Baldock who I believe arrogantly, mindlessly and heartlessly said ‘If you can't afford the increase downsize or move on'. He must go next time around.

I bet they voted themselves a pay increase and then in part increased rates so they could afford the increase.

Tauranga voters must be more careful when they vote and they must vote in droves. This rates boot up your backside now could be the same boot that, in the end, will see you having to sell up and move out of Tauranga.

Think about it folks. For 16 years you have had TCC council after council who have been useless, huge over spenders on ‘nice to haves' and yet deliberately neglected the essentials and infrastructure.

The worst feature of it all is most of this lot will continue to waste money or not apply it carefully or properly.

Pragmatic is not a word in the dictionary of the TCC. For God's sake folks don't vote for someone just because he was born in the area.

Alastair Bourne, Bethlehem