hawkesbaycouncilwatch

The submission game being played out in the Hastings Council chamber has evolved into a standoff between those who stand to benefit and those with a host of concerns.
Meerkats scouts have noticed a distinct split, that has sports groups who have been consulted  and who stand to benefit from  huge expenditure by ratepayers  and  unknown parties  ,  at odds  with those who  are more down to earth  thinking people  trying to warn of impending  disaster  at ‘investing’ in such a massive money gobbling complex.

Those sports groups who stand to benefit also indicate problems about coughing up for the ongoing funding of the facilities.They have indicated they want subsidies for transport ,cheap subs, someone else to provide equipment,buses,security and a creche etc, etc.

The simple answer to all this is that the ratepayer just can not afford to be Father Xmas. It’s always the council or the government who is expected to fund and where does that money come from?

Is there any commonsense floating around that council chamber? 

If Napier CC did not send a message to Hastings District Council by indicating that thier ratepayers preferred to put thier rates into local sports rather than a pie in the sky sports Park, come everything to everybody , then I have got the message wrong.
If Napier had been approached about putting a regional velodrome at Park Island then they may have bought in to it.But to  fund a  proposal that raises more questions than answers  and has dubious  benefits for Napier ratepayers  then  they probably have it  right.