Upper Hutt Library Changes - on going
UPDATE: Councillor McLeod has contacted me and is helping me understand how I can approach Council and exercise my democratic rights, with a view to my and any others who wish to come along to the Committee Meeting that will review the Library and how the changes have performed – meeting date - I will let you know.
It is my intention at this stage, to attend and speak and to present evidence of the deep distress that the change has caused many long-time users of the Library.
Please email Councillors and let them know if you are for or against the change.
I’VE BEEN THINKING!
Q. How come certain city councillors are able to completely ignore a ratepayer? For months now. In contravention of their sworn oaths to do the opposite? Oaths to uphold and facilitate rate payers, to understand and access the democratic process?
If I am correct and it is the Mayors job as ‘chief councillor’ to oversee councillors, to make sure that he and everything they do is lawful, procedurally correct, in line with protocols and their sworn duty as elected representatives in respect of serving rate payers needs and issues without judgement, equally, then something is very wrong with democracy in Upper Hutt.
I understand that it is part of the chief councillors (Mayors) roll to help and instruct individual councillors to comply with the laws, protocols and oath that all the councillors swore to uphold, including himself.
Q. So who’s not doing their job?
How come the Mayor has not done his job, as I understand it, in guiding the councillors in their sworn legal obligations to rate payers. How has he allowed our councillors to be derelict in their duty to us?
• Did the Mayor not tell them their obligations as elected representatives to rate payers?
• Did the Mayor instruct them regarding their obligations to us and in this instance they chose to ignore them?
• Did the Mayor instruct them to ignore me?
Whatever the answer is, it all comes back to the Mayor.
Poll: Is it rude to talk on the phone on a bus?
Buses can be a relaxing way to get home if you have a seat and enough space. However, it can be off-putting when someone is taking a phone call next to you.
Do you think it's inconsiderate for people to have lengthy phone calls on a bus? Vote in the poll, and add your comments below.
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64.3% Yes
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33.2% No
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2.5% Other - I'll share below
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