Seems a bit whiffy
If you have walked around the Mount shopping area lately, there's a funny smell in the air.
Is it a pussy in the well? Who do you tell? A plumber or the council sewerage department?
Looks to me like the utilities need some of the ratepayers' money redirected to where it is urgently required.
IE Waite
Mount Maunganui
Priorities
Tuesday's editorial confirmed to me the short-sightedness of some councils and authorities in general when 'flag waving' projects come before needed infrastructure such as sewerage, stormwater and water reticulation (Opinion, January 25).
Tauranga certainly doesn't have a monopoly on missed priorities and, in my opinion, we in Rotorua see seemingly mindless spending on projects that please the eyes rather than provide core services.
In my view, projects such as a Hemo sculpture, a pretty but unnecessary lakefront revamp, come at the expense of the underground services so critical to a growing city.
No, we can't control global warming, population growth, and a myriad of other stuff but we do need to sit back and consider the legacy our governance will leave.
John Williams
Ngongotahā
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