Letters to the editor: Mayor's 'silly chatter' comments disappointing

Rotorua mayor Steve Chadwick. Photo / Andrew Warner

I was shocked and disappointed by mayor Steve Chadwick's comments that calls for an independent council review were ''silly chatter'' (News, June 28 and 29).

People are angry that it appears we have seven deputy chief executives, which in my opinion is a poor choice of position title.

For the mayor to pass it off as ''nonsense'' and ''silly chatter'' is, in my view, an insult to ratepayers and requires a please explain from the council and mayor.

Maybe if the council explains the logic behind the decision there would be a better understanding, and maybe even support for the call.

But at present, it makes little or no sense.

Please, Steve Chadwick, show us the respect that we deserve and explain the logic.

In my opinion, your comments are also just nonsense and silly chatter.

J Smith (Jenny)
Selwyn Heights

Debt figure alarming

Thank you for your article on the Rotorua Lakes Council meeting of Monday, June 28.

One of the key matters was the increase in debt of $197m over 10 years.

To increase the total debt to more than $4​40 million is mad. How is this debt going to be repaid?

With the increase of interest rates there will now be even more money going towards the dead money, which could have provided basic services for the residents of Rotorua.

The council has increased the number of projects at a cost to ratepayers who cannot afford the increase.

Mark Gould
Owhata

Road issues run deep

The roads in and around Rotorua are getting extremely dangerous - and I believe the cause is man-made by the very people who are supposed to maintain the roads.
Bad workmanship is the cause.

When roads are resurfaced - as is often the case, the surface of the road is raised an inch or two - the manholes and inspection covers are not raised. This, over a period of several resurfaces, leads to quite a deep impression in the road, deep enough to damage vehicles, extremely dangerous to motorcycles and cycles and, for people who wish to avoid them, it causes the hazard of having to swerve to not hit them.

A three- or four-inch depression in the road, hit by a vehicle travelling at 40km/h and upwards will cause much damage to the vehicle.

Jim Adams
Rotorua

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