We have issues

Despite the best attempts of the Mayor to divert attention from the now-imminent buy-election with incendiary personal attacks, it's now 25 days away. And of course many people will complete and send back their ballots before the closing date.

With a relatively small number of votes in the poll (still open, located in the post immediately below) Margaret Campion is out in front, with Mark Simmonds and Allan Anderson pretty much level-pegging for second place. But visitors don't think Wanganui will vote the same way as they do (which is probably a fair bet), with most picking Phillipa Baker-Hogan as the eventual victor.

That's the who. But what about the why? What are the issues that voters want to see candidates address? Bearing in mind that no candidate can change the behaviour of the Mayor (many have tried, none have succeeded...) nor are likely to be able to undo past decisions, what ought they to be addressing in the various bits of propaganda you'll be receiving between now and polling day?

Watchers detect a feeling of ennui about the place, perhaps occasioned by the weather, perhaps the time of year, perhaps tired by the relentless drone of spin, perhaps the realisation that, when it comes to the Diva, every day is Groundhog Day. Or perhaps all of the above. But don't let it prevent you from completing the ballot paper, hopefully having first obtained sufficient information from the candidates to make an informed decision. You owe it to everyone else. And to yourself.

Comments on this post are now closed.