Sorry, Wanganui! You’ve contributed about $100 million in rates over the last three years (not to mention your contributions to John Maslin’s salary) funding Michael Laws’s re-election campaign.
Many of you have, however, fought the good fight and you’ve helped emasculate the party platform that has allowed the Mad Mayor to trample democracy and decency into the Vision mud.
His loyal lieutenant Murray (‘dishwasher’) Hughes has been consigned to the scrapheap and we now wait to see how long it takes for Rangi (‘I forgot to put my hand up’) Wills and the very strange Rana (mad-dog) Waitai to bed down with Vision. With luck Mr Waitai’s tenuous provisional margin will disappear and the independence of this council will be strengthened by substitution of that courageous campaigner Allan Anderson.
With even more luck, the pathetic Randhir Dahya will put the shenanigans of the past three months behind him and realise he’s got as much chance of getting the mayoralty when Mickey runs off to give birth to Vision First next year as Marty Lindsay has of being minister of broadcasting (actually, Mickey, why not take the whole lot of them with you to national ignomy – ed). To the Warburtons, Rewitis, Harknesses, Roses et al, may you drown in the toxic swamp you have personally created at Guyton St.
Congratulations to all those brave non-Vision souls (especially very high pollers Stevens and McGregor) who put their heads above the parapet and were rewarded with a very respectable number of votes from those who believe Wanganui has a future. Kia Kaha to all those who find themselves now in a position to pull back a smidgeon of respect for the democratic spirit.
10454 LAWS, Michael Brian
7044 MARTIN, John Bruce
1082 DAHYA, Randhir
270 FLEMING, Russell William
249 OSBORNE, Chandra Michelle
Blank 238
Informal 43
McKINNON, Dorothy Margaret (Dot) 10400
STEVENS, Raymond Mark (Ray) 10375
McGREGOR, James Roland (Don) 10269
DAHYA, Randhir 9359
BULLOCK, Barbara Lynn 9290
BAKER-HOGAN, Philippa 8911
LINDSAY, Martin Graeme (Marty) 8262
HIGGIE, Nicole Andree (Nicki) 8205
WESTWOOD, Susan Moya 8106
JONAS, Danny Ronald 7484
WILLS, Rangi Marehua 7445
WAITAI, Rana 6984
ANDERSON, Allan Royce 6978
HUGHES, Murray John 5976
EDMONDS, Matthew Lyle (Matt) 5960
MITCHELL-ANYON, Ross 5760
MOORE, Robert Joseph (Rob) 5475
SIMPSON, Kirsty Nicole 5423
BROWN, Ian Grant 4923
FLEMING, Russell William 4319
KEELTY, Gordon James 4064
SMITH, Rory James 3925
FORLONG, Shaun Graham 3922
MILNES, John Ingham 3898
OSBORNE, Chandra Michelle 3405
McNABB, Andrew 3102
SEARS, Victor Frederick 2686
HUDSON, Phillip Edward 1950
STEVENS, Gary John 1875
JANGO 1676
LITTLE, Ian Paul 829
Blank 215
Informal 78
AND IT’S THE MICKEY n CLIVE SHOW AT THE DHB:
SOLOMON, Clive 6717 1
LAWS, Michael Brian 3941
BAKER-HOGAN, Philippa June 2870.75
FAUMUI, Penaia Albert (PJ) 2848.24
ANDERSON, Allan Royce 2689.08
STEWART, Ailsa Crawford 2627.91
WAITAI, Rana 2494.04
DOUGLAS, William John 2340.34