I would like to thank all the people who voted for me in the recent elections. I would also like to thank all of the people who supported and worked so hard throughout my campaign. It is unfortunate that the Regional Council receives such little attention from the media. There were over 2000 informal votes which most, I am presuming, were the result of people not knowing any thing about the work of regional councils and/or the councillors. The local media need to take note and be proactive re regional issues, it is ineffective to discuss them post an election campaign. Secondly and most importantly: a huge Thank You to all the good folk who baked and helped for the Howdy Neighbour Christchurch project, the feed back has been fantastic with lots of very happy people, we did make a difference! Actual comments can be seen on the website.
Karen Summerhays, Welcome Bay.