One of the main problems New Zealand has today is that idiocy reigns supreme.
An individual, on September 30 at about 7.55am, on Newstalk ZB was advocating that children should have a say in how council governs the cities.
One also doubts the competency of the people who gave the man precious radio airtime.
We have adults running councils now; and few have a more than inadequate ability to make valid and wise decisions on how our city should be run.
Look at Tauranga. Just to name a couple left of wise decisions made; Bell block and Route K.
We are victims of inadequacy up and down the country at the hands of less-than-competent councils.
And the Government is included in this summation.
What about the people who vote? They vote the same people in election after election, in spite of appallingly bad performance levels. So appallingly bad that the Goverment has had to shut a couple down and put a statutory manager in. And yes, those incompetents were voted in.
So one could imagine the turmoil of allowing children to have a say in what direction the council should move.
I guess instead of a scramble for money there would be a scramble for lollies, and a Wendy's van on every street corner, which when I think about it would be cheaper than many of the unwise decisions councils make.

Alastair Bourne, Bethlehem.