Well we have a new city council for Tauranga, seven new councilors. Congratulations all. Lets hope these seven respect the wishes of the electorate and reverse the appallingly bad performance of the council we have seen during the last many years and make sure it is not to be repeated.
I would like to see the ‘magnificent seven' work together and mix a lot of stop-gap and stop-the-rot which just about destroyed the city of TaurangaTauranga can be saved with a firm hand on financing and a tight belt when it comes to spending.
One good move would be to stop ripping up and resurfacing roads that don't need doing, which would save millions of dollars.
In short, eliminate past behavior of ripping up roads like Cambridge Rd to resurface it twice in one year.
Council needs, at all times, to bear in mind we are in debt b half a billion dollars, so let's not borrow any more money or buy any useless, valueless land when we're paying something like $30 million a year in interest.
Good luck you new guys. Get stuck in and sort the council out.

Alastair Bourne, Bethlehem.