Liz Whiteside, 71, has written to all seven regional councillors and chief executive Darryl Lew, taking them to task over soaring rate bills.

I don’t agree with throwing money away on a service I am not receiving.

Ah, yes. That argument. She’s fine with other people paying for her superannuation though.

Alternative headline: Pensioner Benefits Whole Life from Unsustainably Low Rates

A special fuck you to these kinds of people.

  • @[email protected]
    7•21 days ago

    Is there a reason that the Council are closing in on a 70% rates rise?I’d be outraged also.

    • @[email protected]English
      10•21 days ago

      I’m assuming it’s because one of new Zealand’s national sports is neglecting infrastructure maintenance for decades and then selling it off because it’s too expensive.

      Then 40 years later when we can’t have nice things any more, we need some infrastructure, we realise it has to be paid from somewhere and rates includes a lot of that ‘somewhere’

      This has been a nationwide issue for generations, sadly - we’re not really a first-world county (although technically, that’s a political distinction, not about the std of living)