Friday, 29 April 2016, 4:02 pm Press Release: ACT New Zealand
Auckland Transport needs to get back in its box
Press
release: ACT New Zealand April 29, 2016. 3:40pm
ACT
Leader David Seymour is encouraging mayoral candidate Vic
Crone’s stand on political billboards. Crone has been forbidden by Auckland
Transport to use billboard sites for her campaign by
Auckland Transport, even though the sites have already been
approved for commercial uses.
“She is absolutely right.
Why should candidates not be allowed to use billboard space
that would have had some form of billboard anyway?
“Does
Auckland Transport think that the Electoral Commission has
failed to run democratic elections in New Zealand, and how
are they qualified to take over?
“It would be
understandable if there was a traffic safety issue, but
there is not. Auckland Transport need a reality check,
their role in life is to provide transport, not be a kind of
local Electoral Commission.
“No wonder there is traffic
congestion in Auckland when the agency responsible for
transport is so hopeless at focusing on its proper
role.”
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