I have gone over my response in the Sun paper on 13 August. I have a correction that needs to be made in regards to the statement that my daughter accompanied me to the United States. On this occasion she did not, and the sentence should have read. 'They were paid after I left for a holiday to the USA without my daughter”. This is in regards to your Rogers Rabbits column 6 August. I had been up until 3am writing this column, and as you are aware, had been given only about 12 hours notice by the Editor that I was entitled to respond. I apologise if this caused any distress or upset to anyone.
I have been reading an ad in your paper titled 'Tauranga City Finances Out Of Control” I can confirm that there is a lot of truth to the facts and figures in the ad. Every time I look into these projects as a councillor, council staff, the CEO and Mayor Crosby put walls up. For example, when I looked into the Baypark disastrous losses and how Mayor Crosby and Stephen Town CEO had come to the conclusion to purchase it off Bob Clarkson. I am at loss partly due to lack of information that council have available after the conclusion of the deal with Bob Clarkson. These files appear to have been mislaid. When I enquired about Baypark's rates, which are required to be paid to Council, I am denied access to files by the CEO Steven Town (I still have the letters from him).
This project, like others is a joke if you any business nous!
Cr Hayden Evans