Whangārei Mayor Vince Cocurullo is being slammed by five of his councillors for refusing to allow council debate on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict next week.
Mayor Cocurullo said he had turned down both representations under the Local Government Act because the matter was not related to the council’s role or function.
He said his position to refuse the quintet’s notice of motion and the petition was not an affront to democracy.
It was in contrast protecting democracy to ensure an overall dispassionate view, rather than the position of one group of people dictating to others, Cocurullo said
Finally a Mayor who understands what the job of Council is. It isn’t foreign policy.
David Farrar runs Curia Market Research, a specialist opinion polling and research agency, and the popular Kiwiblog where this article was sourced. He previously worked in the Parliament for eight years, serving two National Party Prime Ministers and three Opposition Leaders.
3 comments:
How delusional that anyone thought this matter was relevant to a local council in NZ. People really have gone mad.
Again, an instance of officials " out of their lane"....... while local problems go ignored and unresolved.
Power does indeed delude feeble minds......
(e.g. Ardern as The Supreme Being)
Finally, just finally amongst all the woke tossers finally a mayor doing what's right. I do not want my elected council representatives worrying about stuff that is totally and utterly irrelevant to my council and their functions.
I'm willing to bet that the 5 councilors you mention are far left loonies.....would I be correct?
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