I wish to comment about some of Mayor Crosby's letter in The Weekend Sun 9 July 2010 for which there are many concerns but for now I will respond to but some.
To date the Mayor to his credit has offered to meet and discuss various matter, however Tauranga City Council (TCC) will not provide any information prior, during or subsequent relating to that meeting, the meeting was therefore a waste of everyone's time!
If there is something of concern then the information should be available.
All my investigations of TCC financial affairs generally confirm that a lot does not add up.
If you then ask for anything under the Official Information Act it is either refused as 'commercially sensitive” or you are required to pay about $60 - $100 plus GST per hour and no quotation will be given!
A good example is Baywave (part of Tauranga City Aquatics Ltd, TCAL) for example: -
TCAL annual accounts do not include the car park land and related costs, some of the debt, these are somewhere else in TCC, a payment of $50,000 was paid by TCAL to the Receiver of an Airline a few years ago from TCAL, another $50,000 was paid by Priority One.
These payments had to be paid by TCC because a $100,000 guarantee was signed by TCC. There is good reason to ask for information and it is not had to understand why it is refused, it is called self preservation.
This is not 'prudent” Mayor Crosby.
Quite simply Cr Guy and anyone else has every reason to be concerned and should ask 'Team Crosby” about what they have been doing, there will be resistance and denial, however the truth must prevail and will then enlighten.
IL Stevenson, Tauranga.