WHAT THE WELLINGTONIAN DIDN'T SAY REGARDING MY TIME IN REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE OF WELLINGTON

Now is the time to talk about some personal history in matters of public record. I was active in the following issues:
Part of the Save Capital Power Campaign
Voted not to sell the parking buildings
Voted to not sell the airport shares
Formed the Clean Water campaign in the early 1980s
Called for the peoples’ bank which became Kiwi Bank
Voted for the Embassy when it was going to be sold.
Voted for retaining city operations when Council wanted to sell
Voted for better cycle ways
Introduced lower speed limits around schools
introduced the idea of public advocate
Introduced Newtown alcohol ban to Council
Voted to not sell public land on the South coast
Voted to stop business rates being switched onto home owners
Introduced and voted for income related rents for social housing which resulted in a rental cap.

Helped set up the Pilot Newtown Market.

I’ll give more examples when I’ve gone back and looked at the past 14 years.