Was I the only one that could see the Tauranga city council just continue to waste our money on non-core services and that they have built up debt of more than $400 million out of a rate base of 100,000 people. all council debt should be self funding and I think the
mayor and most of the councilors would have no understanding of what this means. A lot of people in Tauranga will buy shares in Mighty River Power, I ask these people would you buy shares in Tauranga council. The answer would be ‘no' but you all still vote these same people back in every three years.
We need a new council that focuses on what the people need and what the majority want!
Tauranga people want: water, sewerage, parks and reserves, rubbish removal, toilet facilities etc etc.
They don't want: museums, art galleries, empty buses going around with one or two people on board, bus lanes on Hewletts Rd, (what a joke), money wasted on advertising like our city views and our phone number. No one wants to ring them anyway. Twice as many people working for them as six years ago. Empire building and money wasting.
If this city got back to basics we could be the number one city in New Zealand.
Building a footpath at Pilot Bay will not bring any more people toTauranga where as investing in and working with the business people of this wonderful place could turn the CBD into a vibrant thriving area
instead of the morgue that the council has created.
2013 is the year that change needs to happen.
Will the people of Tauranga go for change or keep their heads buried in the sand?

D Jennings, Tauranga.