I'm delighted Cr Baker is no longer going to communicate with me; I hope that he takes it one step further and doesn't telephone me in a highly agitated state and then hang up.
I recently made a submission to the council with a plan that was guaranteed to save them $80,000.
The CEO dismissed it out of hand, and not one single councillor questioned his decision.
Why are they all afraid of him, he is only the hired help after all? But it does re affirm my belief that this council takes no interest in submissions, and that it is a council devoid of leadership.
The ratepayers of Tauranga pay for all of its assets, and we employ one man to manage them [the CEO]
We then vote for Mayor and Councillors to make sure that our wishes are carried out, it's that simple.
Our long standing Mayor appears to be in league with the CEO, and none of the Councillors seem to have the guts or ability to break this cartel.
We need a new team to get ourselves out of this mess and until that happens, the CEO will just keep putting up the charges with no one to stop him. (abridged)
Chris Laycock, Otumoetai.