John Clydesdale 229 Report post Posted August 13, 2021 When the payer for water rates is the consumer, is not that consumer the part owner of the system. He/she is paying for the service of water supply, maintenance of the system, consumption of the volume of water, expansion of the infrastructure as required and also administration of the supply chain to deliver water to that consumer. The administrator of that infrastructure is the local council. The local councils vary in their delivery of many things, some good some not so good. The Wgtn Council not so good with water, nor is Akld. But why does Labour believe they have ANY right to takeover the infrastructure it does not own, has never paid for, never contributed to, and has absolutely no expertise in management of. The ratepayer of NZ own that infrastructure and if there is to be any change in the ownership of said infrastructure it should be a referendum staged by each Council with ratepayers. There is a short timeframe as the Minister wants answers from Councils by the end of September regarding the 3 Waters proposal, what rubbish. The Minister has not right to demand such an answer as each Council needs to ask each ratepayer whether they support such a proposal, and only after each ratepayer has the information to make an informed decision. That is how democracy works, we are not in Putin territory……yet. Cheers John Pam Robson, chevy86, 100 1 and 1 other 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archer 296 Report post Posted August 17, 2021 Its okay, in the end you will find out that ALL the water is mine ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
