Short-sighted draft plan vision riles Manawatū councillor
Warwick Smith/Stuff Hilary Humphrey is unimpressed changes to the district’s long term plan will affect funding for community groups. The vision of a district council has been slammed as short-sighted for asking ratepayers to focus on two “tiny” proposals while ignoring long-term issues affecting the community’s wellbeing. Hilary Humphrey has challenged her colleagues on Manawatū District Council to think bigger, while questioning why its consultation document for the next decade proposed slashing community event funding to provide incentives for commercial landlords to bring their ...
Source: stuff.co.nz