Rodney Local Board ‘Ratepayer Raid' Costs
Aucklanders $170k
23 June 2014
The
Taxpayers’ Union is condemning the $170,000
spending spree undertaken by the Rodney Local Board upon
members discovering unspent ratepayer money. Responding to a
local media report that the Board went
on a spending spree when they discovered unspent funds in
their current budget, Taxpayers' Union Executive
Director, Jordan Williams says:
“Instead of keeping
these funds aside to pay for the budgeted projects, or
returning the money to ratepayers, it looks as though there
was a free-for-all spend-up.”
“It is deeply troubling
the Rodney Local Board came up with more than $50,000 of new
spending projects in only an hour-long debate. It’s a
ratepayer raid rather than proper governance."
The New
Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is a non-partisan activist group,
dedicated to being the voice for Kiwi taxpayers in the
corridors of power. It’s here to fight government waste
and make sure New Zealanders get value for money from their
tax
dollar.
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