In our October edition*, just off the press, we’re offering BayBuzz Digest readers the opportunity to rate councils’ performance.
With two years of their terms now gone, Councillors have a year to shape up before the next local body elections.
Here’s our online Council Report Card — your chance to tell them what kind of job you think they’re doing. We’ll publish the results for Councillors and potential candidates to ponder.
You can also voice your opinion on Mayor Yule’s proposed amalgamation of councils.
Tom Belford
*Here’s the entire October BayBuzz Digest in PDF form.
Good to see a survey has been put together rating the councils – pity though that it's a relatively negative survey approach. I thought a survey was to find out what is good, bad and indifferent – not all based on negativity. In some people's eyes a council can only do a poor job – but this may not be the opinion of the entire community – so why does it have to have a slant?
Damon, there's plenty of opportunity in the survey for residents, including all of your clients, to indicate they think the councils are doing a brilliant job. Tom
I am looking at the survey purely as a resident and there is a question – "Are there any particular issues where you have been especially disappointed by what one of our Councils has done … or not done".
If this was a fair survey and one that would give those that read an insight of things that are on the right track – then these should also be expressed. It would also give the council's an idea of where they should focus their attention.
It's not a case of saying they are doing a a "brilliant" job but where they have had a positive and negative impact.
Lower Hutt council noise control are total morons and have no idea how to handle anything. I have a property at 98 Viewmont Dr and had an alarm malfunction SATURDAY NIGHT and the muppets from Lower Hutt noise control had to break into my property and destroy the alarm system rather than simply undo one screw on the alarm box on OUTSIDE of the house and unplug the sirens.YES JUST UNPLUG.(I AM an electronic engineer and have worked out of my business for almost 42 years) They employed a lock smith and an incompetent alarm company (WITH MORONS WHO HAVE NO IDEA HOW A SIREN BOX FUNCTIONS) to break into my property and then destroy the alarm system (ripping off the alarm key pads and ripping out wiring and ripping out internal sirens (I have photos)) then only to climb onto the roof where the offending noise was coming from (and damaging my steel tiles by dishing them (also photos available)) YES THE OUTSIDE ALARM BOX and then removed the one screw and unplugged the sirens. SILENCE. WOW WHAT GENIUSES. SERIOUSLY WHAT MORONS.
DO DUE DILIGENCE YOU MORONS. I look forward to seeing you COVER THE POINTLESS DAMAGE YOU HAVE CAUSED
EMPLOYED IDIOTS WHO CAUSED DAMAGE. Seriously there was ABSOLUTELY NO REASON TO GAIN ACCESS TO MY PROPERTY. YOU ARE CRIMINAL. I WILL LET THE NEIGHBOURHOOD KNOW.
POSTING THE FACT.
You have picked on the wrong guys.
Do your due diligence. FAILED BIG TIME. WELL DONE LOWER HUTT DROP KICK COUNCIL
Philip Fedorenko your employer
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