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Podcast: Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald
Episode: John MacDonald: Here's how you can tell council elections are looming
Description: Let me give a shout out to Christchurch City Councillor Melanie Coker, who has told her council colleagues that what they are doing by not paying-off debt to keep the rates rise this year lower and then stinging us with an even bigger increase next year, is misleading. That’s how she’s describing this smoke and mirrors way councillors are trimming-back this year’s rates increase with one thing in mind - getting votes. She says the council is showing “poor leadership, poor financial management and is misleading the public”. And she’s bang on. ...