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Podcast: Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald
Episode: John MacDonald: Do politicians really think we're suckers?
Description: Christchurch mayor Phil Mauger has some answering to do. The first question he has to answer, is how does he think he’s going to get away with his statement over the weekend that keeping rates increases to four percent or less next year is going to be a challenge? Because this is the guy who said before the local body elections last month that he would be the man to keep rates increases down. At various times during the election campaign he talked about rates increases no higher than three percent, four percent, or so...