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4 Thursday <strong>September</strong> 6 <strong>2018</strong><br />
Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong><br />
News<br />
East may run<br />
for mayor<br />
•From page 1<br />
“I couldn’t say yes or no, I would<br />
have said definitely no but, I will<br />
think about it.”<br />
Mayor Lianne Dalziel confirmed Cr<br />
East has been stood down from his<br />
position as chairman of the regulatory<br />
performance committee.<br />
He will also face a disciplinary<br />
hearing for his claims on Monday that<br />
city council staff allegedly omitted a<br />
policy in the district plan.<br />
<strong>The</strong> policy enabled people to build,<br />
renovate or extend their homes in the<br />
coastal suburbs of South Brighton,<br />
Southshore and Redcliffs.<br />
Ms Dalziel is yet to confirm whether<br />
she will stand for a third term at the<br />
local body elections next October.<br />
If she doesn’t, the mayoral race is<br />
likely to be wide open.<br />
“I would dearly love to see a council<br />
that is more reflective of the needs of the<br />
city . . . I believe sometimes our approach<br />
to planning at times has not taken the<br />
people with it. I don’t believe we have<br />
ever taken the people of Southshore and<br />
South Brighton with us,” he said.<br />
Yesterday, chief executive Karleen<br />
Edwards laid a formal complaint to<br />
Ms Dalziel on behalf of the city council<br />
in relation to Cr East for breaching<br />
the council’s code of conduct.<br />
Dr Edwards and Ms Dalziel will<br />
discuss it today.<br />
Councillors close ranks<br />
• By Sophie Cornish and<br />
Matt Salmons<br />
CITY COUNCILLORS have<br />
closed ranks when asked<br />
whether they support their<br />
fellow councillor, David East.<br />
When approached by <strong>The</strong><br />
<strong>Star</strong> yesterday, city councillors,<br />
Jamie Gough, Tim Scandrett,<br />
Vicki Buck, Phil Clearwater,<br />
Pauline Cotter and Raf Manji<br />
declined to<br />
comment.<br />
Papanui<br />
Ward councillor<br />
Mike<br />
Davidson (left)<br />
said Cr East’s<br />
approach is not<br />
the approach<br />
he would have taken.<br />
“I support what the mayor has<br />
done,” he said.<br />
Heathcote Ward councillor<br />
Sara Templeton agreed that a<br />
process needed to occur to look<br />
into the policy, but did not agree<br />
that going public in the manner<br />
was “the most useful way” to<br />
resolve the issue.<br />
“It’s clear that that was not the<br />
intent of the independent hearings<br />
panel and there needs to be<br />
a process to ensure that intent is<br />
being met.”<br />
SUPPORT: Coastal-Burwood Community Board<br />
chairwoman Kim Money, Linwood-Central-Heathcote<br />
Community Board member Darrell Latham and<br />
members of coastal communities are backing David<br />
East, two signs have been put up in Southshore.<br />
Cr Templeton said there was a<br />
“lack of clarity” around the policy<br />
which needed to be made clear.<br />
Linwood Ward councillor<br />
Yani Johanson said he could not<br />
comment on Cr East’s conduct,<br />
but said he agreed there were<br />
issues with the policy.<br />
“I want to acknowledge that<br />
this is an issue causing massive<br />
concern in the community.”<br />
Central Ward councillor<br />
Deon Swiggs, speaking from<br />
Perth, said he was aware of the<br />
issue around the policy and said<br />
it needed “addressing ASAP.”<br />
Burwood Ward city councillor<br />
Glenn Livingstone said<br />
he was aware of the issue, but<br />
wouldn’t comment further.<br />
“Personally myself I wouldn’t<br />
be making allegations like this.”<br />
He said the facts need to be<br />
established first.<br />
Some community board<br />
members have spoken out in<br />
support of Cr East.<br />
Linwood-Central-Heathcote<br />
Community Board member<br />
Darrell Latham said he supported<br />
Cr East, “with respect to<br />
the letter he has received from<br />
Sir John Hansen.”<br />
“<strong>The</strong>y are serious matters of<br />
concern, in my opinion, and<br />
these are the matters council<br />
need to focus on and deal with.”<br />
Coastal-Burwood Community<br />
Board chairwoman Kim<br />
Money said she “100 per cent”<br />
backs Cr East.<br />
“Tim Sintes and myself are totally<br />
backing David and support<br />
David in every aspect.”<br />
Ms Money and her deputy<br />
chairman Tim Sintes are also<br />
facing disciplinary action for their<br />
outspoken views on the matter.<br />
“This is exactly what we are<br />
elected to do. We are elected to<br />
represent our people . . . when<br />
we discover or hear the things<br />
that we have heard, we cannot<br />
be quiet, we have to be able to<br />
say something.”<br />
Christchurch Coastal Residents<br />
United deputy chairman<br />
Warwick Schaefer said the<br />
group was “absolutely backing<br />
David.”<br />
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