Peter Williams: We don't want fries with that

A well performing local council listens to its ratepayers and residents. If the people don’t want something to be built, then it shouldn’t go ahead.

Which means the proposed new McDonalds in Wanaka should be a non-starter, dead in the water.

But will the deep pockets of the fast food giant keep pushing the case all the way to the highest courts in the land?