2010

Christchurch City Council community board, council and mayoral campaign 2010, to bring

• Retirement of the earthquake mayors, whose emissions policy warms the planet and drives tectonic plates faster..
• CLEAR THE RUBBLE! Get Christchurch moving again, saving what heritage we can or reproducing it, quickly!
• A clean, ‘green’ building program, using sustainable new technologies for training, employment, industry and growth
• Progress beyond disaster economics: jobs, training, industry, homes and transport in harmony with environment
• Good care for City Care staff, focus on repairing infrastructure and keeping Christchurch well-serviced and clean
• Ethical governance, transparency, accountability and balance to corporate public service
• Conservation-oriented, clear community values, for sustainable economic development
• Better transport systems, with roading de-congestion and safe, energy-efficient routes
• A guarantee that public assets like Port Lyttelton will stay in public hands, a brake on privatisation
• More youth opportunity, democratic engagement with the community, politics is fun! when you know how
• Council elections by Single Transferable Vote (STV) proportional representation for a kaitiaki multiculture
• No fluoridation of water supplies ~ keep our water pure! ~ kids can use fluoride toothpaste’ say Plunket

Integrity is the core value for water sources as in politics
– making Bob Parker and Jim Anderton unelectable

• The course of the former over water resource management is taking us in the direction of chlorination.
• The promise of the latter is the same, and worse – inadequately-mitigated nitrogen leaching and pathogenic microorganism release from sponsored dairy cattle over-population, but adding fluoride via central government decree.
• Anderton lost the 2010 election, and because of his campaign’s resort to The Big Lie tactics: “Dairy farming is too intensive for our water. Jim Anderton wants to keep the water for the people, and that’s important to me” says Doggie dos and water don’ts.
• Anderton’s track record and statements are all for farming intensification around Christchurch, whom his policy is to impose annual water meter reading upon (the precursor to volumetric charging).

– Gross deceivers, out!

Puraho maku, kei ngaure o mahi: To catch fish you must place your basket in the water (and get to work):

Save Our Water – Our City independent candidates

(You can download, distribute, print & display this poster at A3 or A4 size from .pdf here – thanks!

Standing for Christchurch Mayor, Councillor and Community Board, Burwood-Pegasus or Hagley-Ferrymead ward: Rik Tindall – facebook : community and environmental advocate, elected Environment Canterbury regional councillor for Christchurch East 2007-2010, certified Resource Management Act decision-maker : B.A. (Hons) Canterbury University & Victoria University of Wellington, Cert. Business Computing CPIT, independent Free and Open-Source Software consultant : RikTindall - twitter : email – rik@infohelp.co.nz: +64 03-332-1069 / 027-406-0077 : policies of elections2010.co.nz/2010/candidates/rik-tindall

Standing for Councillor and Community Board, Riccarton-Wigram ward: Juliana Venning – facebook : community and environmental advocate : M.A. (Hons), B.A. Canterbury, Dip. Tchg. (Comm.), Cert. Counselling CPIT : member of Alcohol Action NZ, Disabled Persons’ Assembly, & Neighbourhood Support Ilam : email – JulesVenning@gmail.com : phone +64 027-486-6713 : policies of elections2010.co.nz/2010/candidates/juliana-venning

Top Issues – STOP:
#1 Chlorinated water supply – over-allocation, pollutants, Central Plains Water policy u-turns, excess Synlait and Fonterra milk-drying plants, etc
#2 Fluoridated water supply – http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/3864753/Oral-health-on-Andertons-agenda - expensive mass medication
#3 Impediments to clean roads, parks, rivers and coast, and to full community employment – e.g. relieve substance abuse and related negative effects in crime and health etc – make constructive community engagement
#4 The excessive subordination of community boards to council – reinstate community board delegations and remuneration

More policies:
- sustainable food, building material and biofuel production from council rural land assets, new industry jobs boost!
- new, affordable council housing program, central city and satellite towns under Urban Development Strategy
- link rural and urban communities to pressure Government for large reduction of Canada geese numbers
- complete the Estuary walkway, safe walking transit from McCormack’s Bay (properly drained) to Redcliffs and Sumner
- a modest coastal marine reserve near the city, for the lasting replenishment of fish life & tourism, grow Eco-city status
- declare the Estuary a marine reserve, at least until it stops being a hazardous food source, which may be forever

More information:
2010 August campaign letter to read and print out (9KB .doc) + Press Releases: September Sustainability race yet to be won + October Earthquake election result shaky & Remediation of unhealthy water environment & Save Our Water campaign rally +
See Save Our Water.org.nz campaign site, that won Environment Canterbury seats in 2007 + ECan in Exile wordpress blog 2010

Facebook: Save Our Water & Our Water Our City
Twitter: save_our_water & OurWaterOurCity + email: info@saveourwater.org.nz
Come meet us: Save Our Water Forum, Saturday 9 October 2010, Local Body Elections day – the result; 3pm-5.30pm at Workers Educational Assn (WEA), 59 Gloucester Street, Christchurch city. A chance for everyone to get together and survey the changed local government landscape, as the voting results roll in.. Open mic session facilitated by Rik. Guest speakers, all welcome, koha afternoon tea. Join facebook event here.

* The removal of elected public oversight of the Canterbury Regional Council, by central government intervention in April 2010, was strongly encouraged by all of the Canterbury mayors under the particular influence of the Christchurch Mayor. Transparency of regional operation, quality of science and public accountability have all been compromised by the subjugation of water values to the mayors’ commercial prerogatives. With less public monitoring, in the face of increasing industry pressure on an already-stretched natural resource, water quality can only reduce. Give your verdict on these unsettling actions now – Your Water, Your Vote!

Be the change – Enrol and VOTE on local issues

If you have a fence or somewhere we can place a campaign billboard, please let us know: 332-1069 / 027-406-0077 (download & print campaign billboard / poster 2 here .jpeg 454KB

Earthquake response links and analysis esp. Canterbury Earthquake .org.nz – stay away from rivers around Christchurch and estuaries – improve emergency waste management by councils and emergency accommodation provisions! Stay safe – keep torch and transistor radio by bedside, and water, food and camp-cooking stocks in house, etc. – have emergency household pet care ready too.

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Our Water Our City old site

Our Water Our City ~ keep our water pure! ~ enrol & VOTE