Failed mayoral candidate Reynold Macpherson continues to promote his own importance and that of the Rotorua District Residents and Ratepayers group by now claiming that they should be considered as "key stakeholders" in our city. He offers some 40,000 votes as being evidence of this.
Reynold Macpherson should understand that by and large his endorsed candidates at the triennial council elections were rejected by our community.
Councillor Bentley stood and was listed on the voting papers as "a Sensible Man" and was elected on his own merit.
Councillor Kumar on election night thanked his own local community of Springfield for his success. The other endorsed candidates failed.
A total of 40,000 votes could sound impressive, but there were 167,000 votes cast, meaning the remaining 127,000 votes were telling Dr Macpherson and the RDRR group to go away.
