Now you see it, now you don't.
Very timely comments on Creative Tauranga's $330,000 subsidy from ratepayers by Brian Rogers in last week's RR.
The only good thing about the money spin-doctoring here is the 'very creative” reasons tabled and then accepted by councillors, this looks to be in the gullible category for sure. Seems that ratepayer's money goes to some trust or something, like a CCO of some type where typically the money disappears somewhere never to be seen again.
One blogger online asked 'What is it for?” but I guess the usual TCC policy of just ignoring it will repeat there as well.
Creative have lost the control of the Cargo Shed stallholders now so one would think that the main purpose to exist also disappears also, why do they still get ratepayers money then? What have they actually achieved? Will it ever achieve anything this lifetime?
Although councillors have rescued the Cargo Shed stallholders from the clutches of Creative Tauranga's creativeness. They have yet to make the penultimate decision to cut the cord completely and cancel the $280,000pa, Perhaps WBOPDC will see sense on their $50,000 ratepayer donation a bit quicker than TCC?

D Richards, Auckland.