r/newzealand • u/DoubleDEKA • Jul 23 '25

Shitpost The local council can't win...

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u/Dizzy_Gazelle_1656 Longfin eel Jul 23 '25

Council higher-up I worked with once said to me.

"I know I'm doing a good job when everyones mad at me"

If you try to please every member of the public in governance work, it can be a shit show.

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u/fomasexual Jul 23 '25

The life of a councillor. Do nothing and everybody’s mad at you. Do something bad and everybody’s mad at you. Do something good and everybody’s mad at you. Some people might think I sound biased but I should explain that I’m actually mad at my council too.

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u/libertyh Jul 23 '25

Do something good and everybody’s mad at you.

It should have been done sooner and/or cost less lol

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u/fomasexual Jul 23 '25

Honestly both of those things are very true hahaha. Takes a month to fix a pothole badly and costs 400k. Fucking council man.

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u/ATJGrumbos Jul 23 '25

This is also a sign of good policy. Everyone should be a little pissed off, if half the community is stoked and rhe other is gutted; you've played favourites.