MEDIAWATCH: Q+A review: Auckland Mayoralty Special
New TVNZ Mayoralty Poll:
Collins 29
Brown 35
The impact of Beck and Leo pulling out is being felt now and the right are coalescing behind Wayne Brown.
43% still don’t know and that’s where the real issue is.
The problem with Wayne is that his live performances look like an elderly moment lost in the fog of yesteryear. The difference between his ZB adverts and his actual performances are so divergent that the more people who see Wayne in debates, the more they can’t vote for him.
He drifted 4 times in this one interview – and that wasn’t live – that was pre-recorded, that was the best he gets.
Watching him is like watching Grandad forget where his car keys are while finding them in the better conditioner in the fridge, and then forgetting them again.
Efeso needs to point out that the half price public transport so many Aucklanders have become dependent upon can become free public transport!
51% of people polled want free public transport!
IF YOU WANT FREE PUBLIC TRANSPORT VOTE EFESO!
It really is as simple as that.
Efeso can specifically point to budgets where he will fund free public transport, it’s a real possible public transport policy that can actually be implemented!
Wake the fuck up Auckland!
Wayne won’t fix anything because no one will work with him on Council, Efeso is on Council, he already has the existing relationships.
Wayne’s very polished ZB advertising is in stark contrast to his slightly confused Grandad routine you see live and the gap between performance and the brand is like paying for an iPhone 14 and getting a fax machine.
The real challenge is the 43% undecided which is enormous.
What they will be asking is ‘free public transport with Efeso vs ill defined productivity gains with Wayne vs a kick up the bum for Council with Craig’.
This race is simply too close to call.
If someone as old as Wayne gets elected as Mayor it will be such a depressing slap in the face to everyone under 65 in this city.
Simeon is on.
He’s become a mouthpiece for the roading lobby and it’s tedious and stupid. It’s just more cars, fuck the environment.
I loath Simeon, he manages to trigger every threshold I have for fuckwittedness but he has justification to criticise Nanaia over the allegations of nepotism.
I’m a supporter of Nanaia, and believe she will be ultimately vindicated by the investigations, but Simeon is right to question the procurement and consultancy issues.
Jack then lists all the conflicts off interest that the National Party have indulged in.
It’s a long, long, long list.
Transparency is Simeon’s main issue, so why won’t National release the Uffindell report?
It’s transparency when it’s Labour doing something wrong, it’s not transparency when National hide a report on an MP?
Simeon’s definition of ‘transparency’ is as hypocritical as you would suspect.
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The tory candidate flogfest has come to an end, Ms Beck and Leo have fucked off, albeit Ms Beck is still on the voting papers. The shit is about to hit the proverbial in this woeful Supercity contest.
–People under 35 have little idea what a postal service is, let alone taking a special vote–which you can do if you did not receive your voting papers–if you are fucking well enrolled in the first fucking place of course.
–Transient renters are more likely to be not enrolled or receive voting papers
–Property owners are more likely to receive voting papers via having stable addresses, and if boomers, more likely to return a vote for a tory bastard like Brownie.
So, whoever wins this lottery of alienation vs privilege, it will be on a minority vote, for a minority Super Mayor. At least if Efeso Collins surprises there will be no more asset sales, and time to develop a coherent campaign for next time to sort out the CCOs.
Interesting 3 comments from Nathan and Bob. No comment on policy or abilities just association. Seems like people forgot Labour/ NZ First gave Brown the opportunity to revolutionise Ports of Auckland and Northland and the transport links between and he fucked it up like he did with the Far North mayor’s job.
He does not work for the good of those he is elected to support or those he works for but purely for his own ego on back pocket.
I think Collins is disadvantaged because of his colour not his political affiliation or abilities and that shows what a dumb lot we voters are.
Speaking well isn’t enough. Has Ardern taught you nothing?
Efeso represents the status quo. Aucklanders don’t want the status quo. They want the corporate gravy trains like Panuku and AT taken to task. Only W Brown will do that.
Local Govt is a mess. Poor quality candidates and no one cares enough to vote.
Well run, vibrant local communities can achieve so much more than National government but few people understand this so we sleep walk away from local democracy to less responsive and more expensive centralist ‘solutions’.
Agree Simeon Brown would give Paula Bennett a run for her money in the likeability stakes.
Brown being elected with lead to a mass bonfire of services, libraries, parks, pools, will all be closed down and sold off so rates for the rich pricks are kept down.
So why is Viv Beck’s name still listed on the voting paper for Mayor. She pulled out of the mayoral race on the 16th of September- what will happen if she polls enough votes to be mayor? How might this effect the election?