Voting Turnout
It is interesting to read comments from other blogs and newspapers in relation to why there was a low voter turnout at the local body elections.
There is some great discussion on this at kiwiblog.co.nz and it is pleasing to see some constructive comment about super councils.
They don,t work and remove people further from the political process and give the wrong people more power.
Arguments that it is better to have more councillors so that people can identify more easily with them recognise that it is this connection that is important and probably why more people don’t vote.
It is obvious that the HB Chamber of Commerce does little in the way of research in support of its approach.
Get rid of District Health Boards .Now theres an idea.If Kevin Atkinson is replaced as chair in HB then we will see how manipulated this setup is.
There is some great discussion on this at kiwiblog.co.nz and it is pleasing to see some constructive comment about super councils.
They don,t work and remove people further from the political process and give the wrong people more power.
Arguments that it is better to have more councillors so that people can identify more easily with them recognise that it is this connection that is important and probably why more people don’t vote.
It is obvious that the HB Chamber of Commerce does little in the way of research in support of its approach.
Get rid of District Health Boards .Now theres an idea.If Kevin Atkinson is replaced as chair in HB then we will see how manipulated this setup is.
