Weekend Sun 28 December 'Sirens Choice Still Open”. Once again arrogant TCC staff bulldoze ahead with what they want, in this instance, costly Meerkat ineffective electronic sirens.
They would rather do this than accept that the Tactical Toolings sirens as well as being effective will be half the cost of the Meerkats.
A case of TCC staff ignoring the successful local test of the Tactical Tooling sirens and a strong case for these being put forward by the Papamoa Progressive Association. All reports point to far less than half the number of Tactical Tooling sirens being required compared with the Meerkats.
Why for once don't TCC staff and councillors listen to the advice of ratepayers who will have to, in the end, pay for whatever is decided on. TCC appears bent on increasing its debt by selecting the most costly option but not the most effective once again. Tauranga ratepayers are being treated as complete idiots when in fact it appears that the idiots reside throughout city hall.
Finally, a decision has been delayed yet again. Realistically seven years to get a simple project such as this off the ground and a decision made is totally unacceptable. Perhaps now is the right time for a Commissioner to be appointed to take over the running of TCC.

Roger Bailey, Papamoa.