OPINION
Tauranga's commission wants local elections delayed by a year and for a Government appointee to oversee the city council for at least three years.
Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta replaced the last council and listed seven "key issues" she believed prevented elected representatives in the last council from delivering effective
governance - including "poor behaviour", "infighting" and "leaks of confidential information" to the ability of elected members to "set rates at a realistic level".
But one ratepayer group says some members are vowing to stop paying rates if the commission doesn't move on. Here are some opinions.
Read the full story: Tauranga commission asks Local Government minister Nanaia Mahuta to delay council elections
If the local body election is postponed for a year, who's to say it won't be postponed again, and again - as in the minds of many, conditions will never be right for a restoration of local democracy to Tauranga. You can see how we can go down the slippery slope with this kind of thinking.
Stan G