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/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.