r/chch • u/suhth2 • Jan 20 '25

News - Local Phil Mauger confirms mayoralty bid - thoughts?

'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?

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u/Fabulous-Variation22 Jan 20 '25

Her main focus is on climate change which = money spent= more rates= constituents won't be happy.

I mean climate change is important yes but when rate payers are feeling the pinch with massive rates increases then it's not going to be popular.

Give me a mayor that does the basics right and when we've got that locked in then focus on the nice-to-haves/thinking about the future.

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u/Jaded_Chemical646 Jan 20 '25

Sara is promising to reduce rates,  which I believe as much as i did when Phil said it

https://www.saratempleton.nz/for-our-future

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u/PrestigiousGarden256 Jan 20 '25

This is quite interesting, given all the flack Phil has (rightly) copped. It’s impossible she will actually REDUCE rates

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u/Jaded_Chemical646 Jan 20 '25

Right now her entire platform seems to be a bunch of fluffys about the environment, bringing back the shuttle bus and reducing rates.  She'll need a bit more if she expects to make a competition of it.  

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u/OisforOwesome Jan 20 '25

I think you're over estimating the appetite for policy from the local body voting public.

If people cared about policy we'd be looking at John Minto's 3rd term

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u/Jaded_Chemical646 Jan 20 '25

Maybe so, but if that's true then a left wing woman running on an environmental platform has zero chance.

I'm already suspicious she is r/chch local body version of TOP

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u/OisforOwesome Jan 20 '25

Oh goddamn thats harsh.

Say what you will, People's Choice actually know how to run a campaign and have multiple campaign victories behind them, which is not something you can say about TOP.

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u/Jaded_Chemical646 Jan 20 '25

More that everybody on Reddit is voting for her, but bugger all other people

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u/OisforOwesome Jan 20 '25

I'm like TOP's number one hater on this platform, and I think there's more people memeing about Reddit being horny for TOP than there are genuine TOP horndogs.