Get a life -Auckland Council to Mt Eden residents. I had the most extraordinary conversation with a senior Auckland Transport staffer on Sunday afternoon. He introduced himself as a key part of the City Rail Link team and asked if I supported it (Im very leery of it). I said: Well I think its fair to say that while everybody would love to have a train service like London or Tokyo, my constituents in Mt Eden, for example, dont want to live in the kind of density required to support it. To which he replied: Those people need to get a life. Slightly taken aback, I asked him if that is really the attitude of Auckland Council to the people of Auckland, and should I tell them that? He said yes. So here I am telling you. The thing is, I am an elected representative. Ive promised to speak up for my constituents. Civil servants are supposed to be just that. Granted, Im not elected to Auckland Council, but is this what Auckland Councilors and Local Board members get from their civil servants when they express citizens concerns, told that their constituents should get a life? Perhaps this is the kind of arrogance that underlies rates blow outs, fireplace bans, restricted access to mountains, and so it goes on. In any case its an unacceptable attitude from a Council to ratepayers.
Posted on: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 21:27:35 +0000
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