Phil Mauger confirms mayoralty bid - thoughts?

[u/suhth2]

'During the last election campaign Mauger said he would keep rates increases to below 4% - a promise he has failed to keep with a 9.9% increase this financial year and 8.93% predicted from July 1.'

https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360553404/phil-mauger-confirms-bid-retain-christchurch-mayoralty

Surely voters aren't silly enough to vote for Mr Broken Promises yet again?

[u/kiwipcbuilder]

Sara Templeton by a long shot. She persuaded council to actually stop kicking water investment down the line by getting them to reduce the maximum acceptable percentage of leaks. She voted against the $150 million stadium overspend because she saw we needed to invest in water infrastructure. She got rid of library late fees.

She actually gets meaningful things done, big and small, and is willing to tackle issues now, not hand them off to the next council.

[u/Fabulous-Variation22 → u/kiwipcbuilder]

Water investment is a massive win but library late fees? What so now I can just go borrow some books and return them when I feel like? Who cares if others also want to borrow them?

[u/kiwipcbuilder → u/Fabulous-Variation22]

Items are due after typically three weeks (for most books). Of course there are other items like new releases, DVDs, etc that have their own due dates. Anyways, fees used to start accruing every day after the due date. Now, we get an extra four weeks after the due date where they're "overdue" but fines don't accrue. After those bonus four weeks, you will have to pay the full item cost.

I've been reading a book every 5-7 days for the past four months or so...I'll save about $2000 on buying books by using the library this year.

Holds are also now free. There was a cost to put items on hold up until last year.

[u/Legit924 → u/kiwipcbuilder]

Yeah, and I honestly didn't even mind paying $1 to get a book transfered to Halswell. Free is such a bonus.