Boom – And Richard Hills is out – the Auckland Mayoralty meltdown continues
TDB called Richard Hills a candidate with a glass jaw.
TDB called the establishment Left’s desire to back him over Efeso Collins as the worst factional clusterfuck since Trump Qanon infiltrated the Republicans.
And now, before the first punch is even thrown, the glass jawed Richard Hills crumples and folds.
The Auckland Establishment Left are in disarray.
Their spiteful malice towards Efeso is now at fever pitch and they would prefer to listen to Mike Hosking than publicly support Efeso.
The Establishment Auckland Left prefer to control the losing team than lose control of the winning team.
Phil Goff is now being begged to stay and they are desperately trying to get David Shearer back in play. He pulled out because he heard Paula Bennett was running.
She’s not, so they are trying to coax him back.
Their pride has formed into an ‘Anyone But Efeso’ mindset as they scramble to get a candidate.
The Labour leadership asked Hills to run and he’s fallen over before the fight starts. There needs to be a serious internal debate on how their dislike of Efeso has become so personal and threatened losing Auckland.
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Does this mean the anti car brigades vision of turning Great South Rd into a “Playstreet”™️ over?
Not definitively sure of the genesis of Auckland Labour’s view on Mr Collins but his conservative social views could have something to do with it do you think…?
I know a number of the Labour local Govt veterans which means some of them have been around way too long! I have not seen most of them put their heads up to campaign against CCOs and other Supercity corporatist bollocks.
Fer crissakes–surely a person that supports working class people could be supported for once, not rejected because he does not tick every identarian box in the known universe.
Efeso needs to run a community organising campaign, vote/mail in events to get those ballots actually in, and reach out to the middle class on the basis of it is TIME for a Polynesian Mayor in the biggest Polynesian city. How many more coots in suits do we need?
Denny you are a minority tory Hori or Ngati Paoa tory – your tupuna will be turning in their graves. Ill be voting for Efeso but very few of our brown bros and sis’ south and west of the border ever vote in local body elections. All you right wingers and Auckland ratepayers and the greedy public wont vote for a pohara brown boy. It will be all yours Natz and Act – heres your chance Denny. I’m ok in Ponsonby – the greedy right will keep our rates low and ensure our pohara whanau south and west of the border will help fund our major infrastructure works – eg separation of our old combined sewer and storm water mains.