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

Comments

#1405

He is a clown

Craig Robinson (Dunedin, 2020-05-21)

#1407

This council is totally out of control, and totally imcompetent. They listen to no one, or if they do "consult", they screw the scrum by only offering stated alternatives that allow them to avoid the real alternatives, an example being the proposed changes to the rating system. They need to be replaced with a commissioner. This latest debacle on george street, is just a continuation of a long list of disasters promulgated by council. The council is simply a de facto stand in for the green party who have their agenda. They know what is best for us, and with missionary zeal, they are going make sure we get it whether we like it or not. They want to drive us all back to the stone age, but with a bridge to nowhere but an empty hotel in the harbour. What a pack of absolute clowns.

Denis Albert (Dunedin, 2020-05-21)

#1409

I have no faith in our council

Jamie Mcfarland (Dunedin, 2020-05-21)

#1410

I consider this is a total and complete waste of money particularly in times of financial hardship , maybe not the council but certainly a lot of small businesses hurting like hell right now .

Frank Harper (Dunedin, 2020-05-21)

#1412

This “mayor” is a waste of space and money and needs gone

Kathryn Tisdall (Dunedin, 2020-05-21)

#1413

I can’t see how this is beneficial especially in a time of financial hardship.

Will Bourne (Dunedin, 2020-05-21)

#1414

I think the new mayor is an idiot closing down octogon planter boxes taking up car parks now and with what they did to George Street when there was no need for it I don't believe he is doing a good job just causing disruption to main parts of town

MICHELLE MORAHAN (Brockville, 2020-05-21)

#1416

The council are not listening to the people of Dunedin and have there own set agenda

Dianne Bezett (Dunedin, 2020-05-21)

#1417

Because This Mayor Hawkins does not have the skills to do this job. We need someone with good business savy that will listen to the people of Dunedin who pay their wages. Some of the councillors are making our beautiful city into a circus. They are using covid 19 now as a way of getting the main street pedestrianised.

Derryn Fewtrell (Dunedin, 2020-05-21)

#1423

It is such a ridiculous idea, you are making our city a big joke

Di Wind (Dunedin, 2020-05-21)

#1425

The council is wasting money on thongs without consideration for what the people of dunedon want. This is both undemocratic and stupid. The council are wasting money on silly projects while a recession is hitting the world, the money would be better spent feeding those that lose their jobs

Matthew Reily-Bell (Dunedin, 2020-05-21)

#1428

A disgraceful example of shoe-horning in ideological changes in a time of crisis, when what is most needed are innovative, well thought out actions to boost Dunedin at a time when many are struggling. Hawkins and Co are recklessly backing their own ideological agendas. Saw it coming when he was elected to be honest, but this is just ridiculous.

Mark Hathaway (Dunedin, 2020-05-21)

#1429

sick of being ripped off by people not living in the real world. Easy to spend someone else's money and put up the rates to spend it so unwisely

David Hyslop (Dunedin, 2020-05-21)

#1432

Social engineering, ulterior motives and reckless use of rate payers money is not acceptable.

Ben Pickles (Dunedin, 2020-05-21)

#1434

consult us the ratepayers before spending unnecessary money

Margaret Fairbairn (Dunedin, 2020-05-21)

#1436

Total disrespect to rate payers with absolute incompetence of Mayor and most councillors

Sergiy Gumenjuk (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1437

This low speed limit is unnecessary and has been done without consulting the general public and was done during a time where it was barely used due to a pandemic. It feels sneakily done.

Veronica Laney (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1443

The majority of the council do not listen to the public, the rate payers (who in effect pay their wages). They steam on ahead with their mind boggling schemes that the majority do not want. They are destroying our city. Mayor Hawkins portrays himself as nothing but arrogant, smug, and this total pedestrianising the city, no cars etc is all about what he wants and his , to quote, ‘10 minutes of fame’. It was an utter embarrassment when TV 1 news reported on the new ‘dots’ along our Main Street - there was barely a soul to be seen. Not to mention the cringe I felt when our mayor spoke.

Sandy Lauder (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1448

This council has been making decision after decision with little to no consultation with massive effects on local businesses and residents. This needs to stop, people need to have some say in what is happening in the city they live and work in. We need a leader with business acumen now more than ever and the current mayor does not posses the skills to get us through these times. We need to stop paying for these people to give away millions of dollars for projects that are actively hurting our city.

Callum Cormack (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1453

The performance of the council under Hawkins leadership is an absolute joke.

Cameron Miller (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1454

No consultation with the public regarding any of these stupid changes that make life harder instead of easier for people to use local businesses and live life in Dunedin!

Suz Fox (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1455

What they have in mind is against all common decency

Wolfie Gerber (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1458

I'm strongly opposed to the the manner in which the current mayor and councillors push through whatever grand design they like, without consultation with residents. The blatant and total disregard for business owners struggling to survive is ridiculous. Leave George Street the way it is, 30km, 2 lanes and get rid of these traffic blocking Barnes Danes. Nightmare!!!
Block half the Octogon only for an evening for a special big event, after 4pm. Stop killing the city, the parking and current convenience for shoppers. Im SO disappointed with the Mayor, what a sap! No confidence in his ability to lead or to listen to the citicisn. He just pushes his own barrow disregarding everyone he is supposed to serve. Have all the councilors forgotten...you work for us!!! What a joke.

Paulienke Buyck (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1461

I am signing this as I feel as a rate payer , my money I pay is not getting spent in the right places. At this time when $$are in short supply, the council should be spending $ on fixing things like roads,drainage etc NOT wasting $ on hired flowers that could of been made for less $ and painting dots and changing of the main street to 10km. . Ripping out seating just makes our elders who most still come to city on buses have to walk for many more metres with no seats to rest on .. A lot of these councilor's and our mayor have their heads in the sand . NEED FOR A CULL OF THE COUNCIL & STAFF WHO ARE AGREEING TO THESE PATHETIC $ WASTING IDEAS.. the country is on the verge of a recession and our city is ripping out seating and painting dots.

Chris Ashton (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1464

The council are spending copious amounts of ratepayers money on senseless George st changes and need to be held accountable.
Using covid 19 as an excuse to push personal agendas is borderline corruption.

Janice Laing (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1472

I have no confidence in the current major

Joseph Reid (Dinedin, 2020-05-22)

#1485

The money that is being spent on stupid, unnecessary things is utterly ridiculous especially when he is talking about putting the rates up. He needs to get a grip!!

Leanne Neame (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1490

I have no confidence in the current mayor and council desitions.

Martha Bell (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1495

The mayor is wasting tax payers money on useless stuff that shouldnt be wasted on

Stephanie Powell (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1499

Of the incompetence of the current Dunedin Mayor.

Alan Heard (Waihola, 2020-05-22)

#1502

He’s bloody useless.

Jo Matthews (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1509

Council are wasting rate payers money on dots and redicoulous speed limits. No consultation absolute idiots get rid of them !

Ryan Edwards (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1512

I have no confidence in this Mayor nor the Councillors being willing to listen to the very people they are meant to serve. They appear to have their own agenda and public consultation and opinions are ignored.

Raewyn Young (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1516

I have no confidence in our mayor or his cohort Benson-Pope. Spending ratepayers money on stupid things and to heck with anyone else. No consultation with those involved.

Helen Ashton (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1521

They have no idea what the people want. They're just pushing their own agendas onto people without proper public input.

Brenton Duncan (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1523

They are so arrogant and out of touch
No communication and couldn’t run a kindergarten although it look like it is where they think they are

Stewart Bell (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1524

The new mayor of Dunedin is makeing bad moves and spending mony on things that are not need for Dunedin where the mony is better off els where not waste if 40 thousand dollers on some stuped paint dots on the main st of Dunedin

Jeremy Sime (Dinedin, 2020-05-22)

#1525

I have had gutsful of unnecessary spending of hard earned rate payer money on projects that have no economic benefit to the city, and extreme left leaning council (not all of them ) driving there green ideals

Craig Blackie (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1533

This mayor has no idea at all.communication is a vital component of public service. This he does not do.

Sarah Jones (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1535

I am, along with my Brother are Dunedin ratepayers, and am signing this petition due to the Mayor and Councils lack of proper consultation on a range of issues that have resulted in short sighted decisions that are having a huge impact on the economic and social well being of the city. In these uncertain times Council needs to be setting an example on efficient spending, and not throwing money away on needless whims. This is ratepayers money we are talking about and Council needs to be prudent and responsible on how they spend our money.

Roger Cotton (Lawrence, 2020-05-22)

#1537

This council is not running our city with any sort of structure and fiscal responsibility.

Aaron Cooper (DUNEDIN, 2020-05-22)

#1538

Because the mayor is a Muppet .......

Chris Jones (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1541

I have guinue concern for our beautiful city and its intergerty is being undermined by current decisions that make us all look incompetent

Jeana Keillor (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1542

The council are not listening to the rate payers. I fill in the surveys , but they don’t seem to want to hear what the ratepayers want in these hard times. Stop spending our money on silly flowers etc. we were always so proud of our pretty City. But now all we see is cheap silly things happening. The Main Street is disgusting and to welcome visitors to our city is embarrassing. We are the laughing stock of the nation.

Philippa Gaye Hayward (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1543

Our city council led the Mayor showed no leadership during the COVID19 crisis and are proving to be incapable of running our city since.

Chris Grave (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1544

Disregard public sentiment at your peril. People are hurting more than they can ever remember.

Sharon Brenton (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1545

They are reallymaking stupid decisions that are costing rate payers money

Bronwyn Connell (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1557

I'm signing because I am disgusted at the lack of proper consultation by our Council. It appears that they have an agenda and they will proceed with it at any cost and will not take into consideration ratepayers and business owners' input.

Kaaren Dooher (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1558

I'm sick of our counsel wasting our money

Stef Kerr (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1559

I expect our council to listen to the public, and not dictate what is happening. Wasted money based on some loopy ideology

Helen Paton (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1561

I truly have no confidence in the Mayor of DUNEDIN

Robert Nisbet (DUNEDIN, 2020-05-22)

#1563

The rate payers money must stop being wasted in dunedin on poorly planned (and executed) schemes

Will Bathgate (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1564

They have not been listening to the rate payers and the colour dots are the last straw

Ronwyn Bell (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1566

I’m over of seeing and hearing about the stupid ways tax payers dollars are being spent in Dunedin. The mayor needs to be someone that understands what the city and it’s citizens needs and wants rather than just pushing for something of his own agenda like blocking George st of traffic and wanting a sandpit in the octagon. Don’t know about everyone else but I think sandpits belong at preschools not in the city centre.

Matthew Burns (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1567

I think the mayor and the council have taken things too far. They are claiming this is all because of Covid 19 but is it really? Would those plans be out in place that quickly or were they already on the table before all this? The mayor putting giant dots on the road and sandpits in the Octagon? I'm all for progress, in fact I welcome it - but we aren't building a playground here folks

Shanla Bell (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1570

The things money is being spent on without any regard to ratepayers

Peta Maloney (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1575

The ridiculous painting of the roads in the Main Street was the last straw. Absolute waste of money.

Beth Brown (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1576

As above. Hawkins needs to be stopped and ousted from the DCC and stopped from ever entering any other form of government. His refusal to listen to the public, waste ratepayers money on unwanted play things and rate hikes(which is probably worst of all), is just absolutely appalling, disgusting in fact. This needs to stop and stop now. Get him and other council members who support him out now, before they ruin Dunedin

Gene Stephenson (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1577

A total lack of empathy for the rate payers of Dunedin at this time

Jason Moore (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1580

This clown trying to run this town has no idea a 2 year old has better ideas and acts smarter than this moron

Hayden Ferguson (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1583

I beleave our current council are being inapropriate in the way they they are conducting business on behalf of the whole of Dunedin

Barrie Jenks (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1586

I feel a ridiculous amount of money has been wasted when there are so many more important things that should be done by the council. I also believe there new rules will deter people from coming into the city, causing enormous loss of income for retailers.

Rowena Corbett (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1589

This Mayor and his council have repeatedly ignored the voices of the Dunedin ratepayers on many topics. I believe they only got into power with a flawed voting system that allowed the mayor into power on the 12th recount. Most of NZ use the FPP system. But that can be another petition.

David Allnatt (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1592

The new council is just wasting money hand over fist. It’s time for them to stop and listen to the people of the town.

Quillan Gutberlet (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1593

This is really a bloody joke. There are much more important things to spend $40k on then some dickens splashes of paint on the street that makes Dunedin look like a bloody kindergarten. Use your heads or get the hell out of town. You have no idea how to run a city.

Jessic Wilson (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1594

The mayor has proven to be be extremely incompetent in leading our city and making our city into only what he wants like his own personal backyard he needs to be gone

Bonny Casey (Mosgiel, 2020-05-22)

#1596

I have no faith in a young inexperienced upstart.

Sue Johnson (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1597

This is our city. As a rate payer I expect The council to act responsibly with our hard earned dollars.
Remember the people that have the money to spend at the shops in the central city drive cars.
How about putting some effort into improving the basic services to the greater city area instead of these focused battles to waste money on the central city area only.
Stand down as mayor you incompetent fool.

Phillip Boult (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1599

Im sick of the council wasting our money on these initiatives when there is no need for them. Change for the sake of change and no real benefits plus a complete lack of consultation

Warrick Dodds (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)

#1600

The Mayor and some councillors are set on a course that does not meet the needs of the majority of the voting Dunedin population. They are frittering away money to push their own causes with little regard for how it affects the people of Dunedin.

Stacey Gribben (Dunedin, 2020-05-22)