A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.
Opinion
In a previous letter I suggested it was time to put the heat on all candidates for this election. In last night's paper you say 94 percent of people responding to a survey are opposed to the sale of the network. Well, I say the solution is in the hands
of that 94 percent. Each and every one of them has, with the forthcoming election, probably the only time to do something positive about it.
First step is to get rid of the incumbent councillors who, despite being publicly asked three times to state, if re-elected, if they would vote to appoint the same trustees they put in place who wish to sell our network, all of them refuse to answer. So we can naturally assume that since they did it once, they will do it again.
The second step is to not vote for those candidates who state they are in favour of selling the network, or worse, those who wish to sit on the fence and have no opinion.
You, the 94 percent, have the ultimate power, not the incumbent councillors or Trust Tairawhiti — use it. Treat the trustees with the same contempt they are treating you with. Elect a new council that will teach them the rules.
Frank Murphy
