How do we find a majority of 8 Candidates across all the Wards who will say no to the constant spending

How do we find a majority of 8 Candidates across all the Wards who will say no to the constant spending ?

Here at the Alliance we have been making no secret that we need a majority of 8 people sitting around the NPDC Council table who will say no to the constant spending on projects we do not need at this time.

There are 15 Council seats up for grabs (including the Mayor), so across the 15 seats, and the 4 wards, we are trying to come up with 8 candidates who want to:

• Reduce Debt
• Pause/change activity in the current long term plan
• Make Infrastructure and Core Services a priority
• Stop current Rates and Debt doubling
• Review operational and staffing costs
• Review council systems and processes
• Consider a form of rates cap

And, we need a good mix of sound financial management experience among these candidates – not all of them of course – but some good experience.

Every voter DOES NOT need to vote for the 8 candidates – the candidates will come from across the 4 wards.

So how does everyone vote from where they live ?

It is so important to remember – only vote for people YOU TRUST WILL STOP the spending trend.

You DO NOT have to vote for 8 candidates to get 8 non spending candidates in across the whole city.

The people in the Inglewood and the North Wards will vote for 2 candidates that the Kaitake ward voters won’t see. So only 5 other candidates are needed from Kaitake and District Wide – Plus the Mayor.

Kaitake Ward may find it easier to come up with more non spending candidates you trust from the 11 votes available – say 5 or 6 - PLUS the Mayor.

Kaitake, Inglewood and the North Wards may all manage to find the non spenders in the District Wide Ward – there may only be 2 or 3 of those.

But if everyone can spot the non spenders across all the wards we could piece together:

1 Mayor

1 North Ward

1 Inglewood Ward

2 - 3 District Wide Ward

4 – 5 in the Kaitake Ward

Do not forget with STV, if you vote for people you do not trust to stop spending, and the other people you do trust don’t meet the STV quota, so don't get elected, the people you don’t trust will have your extra votes transferred to them.

ONLY Vote for the candidates you trust not to keep spending.

In the Inglewood and North Wards DO NOT be tempted to vote for extra candidates because you don’t think you have voted for enough to make up the 8 candidates.

Please just look for the non spenders in the District Wide Ward.

Some of the past spenders are telling you they won’t spend if you vote for them this time – but – they have a long list of new things they will now do if elected. Many of these new things will mean new spending

Hopefully we can all work together, and piece together, how we get a new majority of Councillors who will stop the plans to double our rates and debt in the next 9 years.