The Weekend Sun article (July 17) said it all when it was reported that the current Tauranga City Council Mayor Tenby Powell, abruptly left the Papamoa Residents and Ratepayers Association meeting, as in his words, the meeting had become abusive and threatening.

This is just another example of a council that is obviously performing and acting in a dysfunctional manner and this is at a time that we desperately need clear leadership but it appears, from recent newspaper reports, that Mr Tenby may well not be that leader.

In another newspaper publication it was reported that the Mayor said that he was not part of a team and it would appear that Mr Tenby did not seem to realise, when he stood for Mayor, that in order to get anything done that he required five other people to support him, being a total of six out of 11 elected representatives.

With him publicly stating that this was not possible I believe that this city will continue to flounder and struggle to achieve even the most basic of things and this is why I believe that a commissioner should be appointed to replace the council and ultimately also control the staff.

M Baker, Bethlehem