Re: Tauranga City councillor Clayton Mitchell being a NZ First candidate in the 2014 General Election.

What do I think? Well for once I totally agree with Mayor Stuart Crosby's assessment of the position and I think if Clayton Mitchell is elected to Parliament as a NZ First List MP then he must immediately resign and quit his position as a Mount/Papamoa Ward TCC councillor.

Anything else is complete nonsense and to maintain he can do both jobs when currently he struggles to do anything meaningful as a TCC councillor is arrogant.

Mr Mitchell already operates businesses, namely two pubs in Tauranga.

As a Tauranga resident and NZ taxpayer I consider myself to be Mr Mitchell's employer.
If Mr Mitchell maintains his present selfish stance then I'm sure most voters wouldn't want him as their Tauranga MP or a TCC councillor anyway.

He must face up to making a choice of jobs and focus on that, or do neither job.
Tauranga voters should be very wary of this sort double-dipping politicking that has occurred previously.

Looks like a ‘Claytons' election as they say. Mr Peters' unqualified endorsement of Mr Mitchell's stance reflects poorly on NZ First.

G Kelly, Papamoa.