A vote of no confidence in the Mayor and Several councillors of the DCC

Comments

#801

This will cause major gridlock and be incredibly detrimental to the city

Ethan James (Dunedin, 2020-05-18)

#804

I feel strongly against spending our tax money on frivalous ideas

Cathy Smith (Dunedin, 2020-05-18)

#806

He is incompetent. Spend the money on stuff that will make a difference to the city

Amanda Dickson (Dunedin, 2020-05-18)

#807

I'm sick of this Council making decisions without appropriate consultation and with blatant disregard for what appears to be the majority opinion of ratepayers

Joy Smart (DUnedin, 2020-05-18)

#810

I feel that the current Mayor and councilors have not consulted with the public on this issue.

Maggie McDonald (Dunedin, 2020-05-18)

#811

Aaron Hawkins needs to go.

megan davey (dunedin, 2020-05-18)

#813

I strongly oppose changes to the city being undertaken without consultation with all affected parties and the need for transparency. The focus at present is to support the economics and welfare of our city and residents.

Carol Laing (Dunedin, 2020-05-18)

#815

I believe that his actions are a waste and as myself and others us making dubedin a laughing stock.

Sara Thompson (Dunedin, 2020-05-18)

#817

I find the road changes to be a dangerous distraction and the 10km speed limit causes congestion

Daniel Carvell (Dunedin, 2020-05-18)

#818

I agree with the majority of Dunedin - this is a terrible idea

Samuel Leaper (Dunedin, 2020-05-18)

#819

The mayor and some councillors have pushed this through without regard to the honourable democratic process

Patsy Knox (Dunedin, 2020-05-18)

#824

I resent my rates being wasted by deceit on a project that was never publicised until it became a fait accompli. Dishonest and underhand tactics.

Barbara Dineen (Dunedin, 2020-05-18)

#826

I am sick of being surprised at the blatent waste of tax payer money on renting flower sculptures, sand pits, seats in random places, and now 10kms through town. And god only knows what those random dots on the road are...

Wendy Fairbairn (Dunedin, 2020-05-18)

#827

Something has to change, our city is being ruined

Diane Shaw (Dunedin, 2020-05-18)

#835

im signing because i feel the current dcc and mayor of dunedin are spending their budget unwisely and not consulting the public and their ratepayers on important descsions

Angela Wilson (Dunedin, 2020-05-18)

#841

We elected the Mayor and Council to serve the people of Dunedin and greater Dunedin. By acting without consultation they have significantly failed to do this, or to assess ther impact their decisions make on businesses in the CBD

Liz Drain (St Kilda, Dunedin, 2020-05-18)

#843

The Mayor is ruining Dunedin’s efficiency of getting around the roads that are already well over-congested. It is a waste of money when so many people are in a time of need. It is ruining all of our small businesses.

Ella McCall (Dunedin, 2020-05-18)

#846

Town will become so congested the fumes from the cars at a standstill is so strong when walking with my kids and family. The dots on the ground look like a game for children causing a real concern for safety

Tamsyn Park (Dunedin, 2020-05-18)

#849

Waste of money in octagon and George street

Margaret Vorgers (Dunedin, 2020-05-18)

#854

I think that our most recently voted council are acting on their own belief structures rather than the wants and needs of the people who pay their wages via rates etc.
The centre of town looks like someone let kids loose with sidewalk paint. ridiculous but still better than dangerous cycle lanes. Another mayor creating a monument to himself that brings no benefit to Dunedin people.

Denise Anderson (Dunedin, 2020-05-18)

#855

Our current mayor doesn't have the ability to lead Dunedin nor follow Democratic processes

Hamish parker (Dunedin, 2020-05-18)

#858

The council are a bunch of money wasters - didn’t see or hear anything from them during lockdown - now they are wasting all our rates which are overpriced to start with.

Kathleen Ring (Dunedin, 2020-05-18)

#860

I have no confidence in this mayor and also most of the councillors. Decisions being made without consultation with public. Not listening to the people, spending our money on stupid things for the octagon and the 10km speed limit through town is ridiculous. Get gone Aaron Hawkins, Lee Vandervis should be mayor I think, at least he listens and has more commonsense.

Lyn Billing (Dunedin, 2020-05-18)

#863

They are makeing ridicules decisions using tax payers money and it makes the city look stupid and a joke

Tracy Elliott (Dunedin, 2020-05-18)

#864

The city is going backward Get rid of the ridiculous cycle lanes. Hardly anyone uses them. Waste of money Get smaller buses more economical m

Yvonne Ludlow (Dunedin, 2020-05-18)

#866

because i do not believe the current clean and green focused mayor leads by a true clean green example.

mitch burford (dunedin, 2020-05-18)

#871

Too much agenda pushing without proper consultation. No awareness of the complexity of a city like Dunedin.

Gary Shields (Dunedin, 2020-05-18)

#872

The undemocratic and dictatorial behavior of most of the council and worst of all the mayor,,none listen to the ratepayers and the public,,closure of the Octagon and now despite protestations from businesses in the main st they are going ahead with ruining George and Princes streets by making it oneway and a 10kph limit with speed humps and amateurish paintwork on the street with the b/s its all for "safety".All this will achieve will be the ruination of the business sector which attracts people to Dunedin central including The Octagon,,its my opinion these and any further projects will because of the inability to listen to criticism be the death of our city.

Ken McHoull (Dunedin., 2020-05-18)

#874

Our Mayor is totally wasting our money on the most stupid ideas of 10k through a main street, plus stupid dots on the ground that money could of gone elsewhere, And taking parks and closing a main Street should be our choice done on a vote not his.. He has no good leader ship at all..

Lynn Patrick (Dunedin, 2020-05-18)

#877

I don't trust what the mayor of Dunedin is doing is right.

Ben Marshall (Dunedin, 2020-05-18)

#878

He dose not take public opinion into account when making choices on how to “improve” Dunedin just dose as he wishes and so far has cocked it up twice

Flynn Allen (Dunedin, 2020-05-18)

#886

I am tired of rate payers money being wasted on stupidity instead of actual infrastructure, or roads etc that actually need it.
Thousands of dollars wasted on hiring art work and plant boxes and dots on the frikken roads etc.... time for Aaron Hawkins to go

Carla Seyb (Dunedin, 2020-05-18)

#887

10km in the CBD is a joke...

Jodine Phillips (Dunedin, 2020-05-18)

#896

I am so embarrassed to be part of this city. I see other cities and the amazing things they're doing, and then I look at ours and I almost weep.

Mark Scott (Dunedin, 2020-05-19)

#901

The Mayor & Councillors do not listen to the opinions of the ratepayers, businesses & others of this City. There is a feeling of dictatorship happening in this city by this council & the rights of what people want & the freedom to be able to vote or have a say has been taken away.

Natasha van Staden (Dunedin, 2020-05-19)

#903

Reducing tge speed limit to 10 Kph has absolutely nothing to do with covid 19. It is virtualky impossible to drive a car at 10kph. Why were Lime scooters available on Friday 15th May with no sanitising of hands available. If you want to make George Street pedestrian friendly remove lime scooters from this area as they will be going faster than the cars. I will not be in a hurry to return to this area of town to shop it is a circus.

Beverley Eaton (Mosgiel, 2020-05-19)

#905

I'm fed up with the useless excuse of a mayor and local council making ridiculous decisions and wasting our rates on pointless crap

Haydie McNulty (Dunedin, 2020-05-19)

#907

As a ratepayer I'm feed up with this councils lack interest in ensuring every day basic maintenance is carried out around the city, yet the mayor and some councilors continue to waste ratepayer hard earned funds on rubbish that no body wants. Its time for a complete change with the rubbish old boys girls club we call a council.

Errol Thompson (Dunedin, 2020-05-19)

#909

This is a waste of money.

Olivia Legg (Dunedin, 2020-05-19)

#917

I am so tired of seeing ratepayers money wasted things that the majority do not want.

Evan Mitchell (Dunedin, 2020-05-19)

#921

Its hard to watch dunedin starting to fail as a city.

Nick Edgar (Dunedin, 2020-05-19)

#925

I'm signing this because it's a public embarrassment. This is a waste of money and will not encourage people to shop on the main street. The DCC are killing Dunedin rapidly just needs tumble weed...

Sarah Clark (Dunedin, 2020-05-19)

#927

I'm upset at the street changes that were clearly expected by the mayor and cohorts, prior to council meeting. The money was already spent on road signs.
Total arrogance! As for practicality it us absolute nonsense.

Mike Wyatt (Dunedin, 2020-05-19)

#931

I have no confidence in the Dunedin city council to maintain unity between the people and it's self

Jay Mcphee (Dunedin, 2020-05-19)

#933

I think it's very silly for the council to***** dunedin the way its ******* us

Jack Greenwood (Dunedin, 2020-05-19)

#939

At 2 pm 18/5/2020 yesterday I saw the cars banked up on the cross roads because of the extra phase with the traffic lights, when there was very little foot traffic. The dots on the road make the city look like Disney land.

Gary Douglas (Wakari Dunedin, 2020-05-19)

#941

Because I don't believe that our current Mayor has the knowledge or experience to competently lead or manage the City of Dunedin. I think if he continues to stay in power, our city will fail before the end of next year.

Matt Black (Dunedin, 2020-05-19)

#946

I'm sick of them making decisions for our city which we never asked for. Money down the drain.

Terrie Allpress (Dunedin, 2020-05-19)

#947

My manual car keeps stalling at this ridiculous speed limit. Also the painted dots on the road will be slippery for pedestrians and cyclists... not good!

Kerri Dryden (Dunedin, 2020-05-19)

#951

I am sick of being treated like an idiot by a bigger pack of idiots! What a childish move to paint big coloured dots all over the road in a pathetic attempt to restrict access to citizens going about their business!!

Suzanne Lane (Dunedin, 2020-05-19)

#953

Aaron Hawkins is wasting rate payer funds on unnecessary, and nonsense projects in and around Dunedin City following his own personal agenda with disregard to the opinions of the general public.

Carol Wright (Dunedin / Hawkesbay, 2020-05-19)

#954

This is a joke and totally unsafe

Alan Williamson (Dunedin, 2020-05-19)

#956

The mayor is a plonker

Clint Roberts (Dunedin, 2020-05-19)

#958

They have caused major disruptions to our excellent city with no thought of the effects on ALL citizens. Incl the elderly, the mothers with prams and little children, and the FACT most people use cars for moving from place to place with totally disrupted parking throughout the City. Look at the structure: hills, harbour suburbs in all directions, near empty enormous busses, climate, walking in the rain. And so on ...., Make it easy to move around and park IN the city, as it used to be. Heed also the 6000+ who signed the petition on George St. LISTEN to the people. Look after their needs.

John Tulloch (Dunedin, 2020-05-19)

#961

Hes a total*****wit

Craig Foster (Dunedin, 2020-05-19)

#964

I do not have confidence in the Mayor and Council

Stephen Watt (Dunedin, 2020-05-19)

#965

Fed up of the wanton destruction of the CBD and wider city and the undemocratic manner in which this and a number of other issues is being handled.

Gordon McKay (Dunedin, 2020-05-19)

#966

That is totalitarian and that stupid decision lead to already traffic jam chaos and also to air and noise pollution eventually gridlock. Virus had a horrible impact already to business here but this rule make the business even dead.

Sulaiman Elyar (Dunedin, 2020-05-19)

#968

I am so dissatisfied with this council-not listening to rate payers who fund every stupid idea that they have decided to do to OUR DUNEDIN....

Annette Thompson (Dunedin, 2020-05-19)

#969

They are a law in themselves they have forgotten they are supposed to be working for the people that live in dunedin

Ross Cameron (Dunedin, 2020-05-19)

#971

Hawkins needs to go

Karl Trent (Dunedin, 2020-05-19)

#973

The process was wrong. There was no good faith consultation. An arrogant decision was made. We can't have a democracy based on such methodology. Councillors and the Mayor need to be recalled and another election held.

Norman Wood (Dunedin, 2020-05-19)

#974

He’s a dumbass

Mykala Tuxford (Dunedin, 2020-05-19)

#975

No confidence in the current Mayor

Gaye Thornley (Dunedin, 2020-05-19)

#979

I believe that it the petition is true....that the DCC and our Mayor have and do expect the current changes will continue as permanent.

Debbie Green (Dunedin, 2020-05-19)

#982

he is hopeless

judy lapslie (maryhill, 2020-05-19)

#986

The lack of consultation with community and businesses is appalling.

Vicki Scott (Dunedin, 2020-05-19)

#998

This is not the council I voted for..... especially the Mayor!!!! Given the recent choices with no public consultation I strongly believe they will destroy our city. The mayors recent choices and decisions are based on a personal preference, personal view and personal gains financially, it is most definitely not one that sits well with his rates payers, his community or in actual fact his employers, as we the rate payers pay his salary, do we not??!!!!!

Stacey Sydney (Dunedin, 2020-05-19)