by Cimino | 29 Aug 2016 | Berger for the board, Local board, STV, Youth voting
Voters, reasonably, seek to get their money’s worth. But thanks to obdurate royal commissionersin fairness, also to other governments and Auckland councils before and since, Auckland Council remains stuck in the bad old days of first-past-the-post, and voters are...
by Cimino | 25 Aug 2016 | Local board, Regional parks, Rivermouth ferry
Car-free Te Muri with coastal trail no mirage The indications were entirely auspicious, even before the wrap-up. Then the commissioners, who had just finished hearing submissions on the future development of Te Muri, outlined the points they expected Auckland...
by Cimino | 10 Aug 2016 | Berger for the board, Local board
Although sick was more likely word for a millennial to use, snazzy was the immediate reaction of one of Tessa Berger’s strongest local supporters, and, no doubt, that of the majority of the Mahurangi Magazine’s...
by Cimino | 4 Aug 2016 | Berger for the board, Local board
Mahurangi ‘bulletins’ had been getting progressively more ambitious, climaxing, in January 2007, with the first, glossy magazine format, Mahurangi Magazine. The proximate spur was the need to fill the void left when the Mahurangi Cruising Club briefly decided that its...
by Cimino | 29 Jul 2016 | Berger for the board, Election turnout, Local board, Youth voting
In 2013, Len Brown was elected by a mere 16.5% of Aucklanders registered to vote. This was the result of an abysmal 35% turnout, and marginal popularity combined with the inevitable consequences of first-past-the-post. Dazed and disillusioned with the new governance...
by Mahurangi Action | 14 Jun 2016 | Local, Local board
As lodged 1.00 pm Friday 24 June 2016 Alternative application under Schedule 3 of the Local Government Act 2002 Alternative application applicant: Mahurangi Action Incorporated Representative of applicant: Cimino Cole, secretary 590 Mahurangi West Road RD...
