23/10/2024
I find it a bit rich that the Government are persecuting Wellington Council. The Government do not pay rates do imagine, how much the Wellington rate payers are subsidising the rest of the country. Think of all the water/pan tax that all others are paying which is only part of it. Millions $$$. Government, NO. The Wellington parks dept. will be maintaining all the grounds, at the rate payers costs. We have all suffered, even here in sunny Nelson with a council giving them selves a warm fuzzy feeling when they tell us that they have kept the rates down. Wow! we will not do any maintenance of water etc but the bill will be much larger for the next council. And then Someone said,"Hey wouldn't it be great if we paid the staff more than a pittance" and immediately a huge cost which hadn't been budgeted on. Maybe the Government would be better employed getting their books sorted, where are our Hospitals, Schools etc that we have been promised.