You can tell that most of our present council have little or no experience in running a business, they set up a gym in Baywave at a cost of $370,000 + they pay nothing in rent, three times the staff, that a privately owned gym could afford, and the fee is lower, the repayments back to the ratepayer for the set up loan is 4% per year. How many people would like that to start you of in business and you have the backing of the council money, so you don't have to worry about making a profi. This is not right. Councils should keep out of things like this and stick to their core business, why not open a petrol station and give cut prices when you pay your rates on time, what is the difference?
EK Mills, Tauranga.