Mayor’s concert for seniors a set up

Mayoral candidate Bryan Pepperell is right to lodge a complaint with the Wellington Electoral Office after Mayor Kerry Prendergast organised a concert and afternoon tea for seniors in the Town Hall today, just six days out from polls closing, said Seann Paurini a Southern Ward candidate for the Wellington City Council.

“Wellington voters aren’t politically naïve and will see straight through Mayor Prendergast’s blatant electioneering, considering the event was held in November for the last three years,” Seann Paurini says.

“I would encourage Wellington’s senior citizens to question what Kerry Prendergast has actually done for them during her three terms as Mayor, and I would ask them to think carefully before supporting her for a further three years.”

One of the policies at the top of my list if elected is a 24 hour, seven days per week mobility transport service for senior folk and people with disabilities. Many people in our city cannot access health care or a social life because the private companies that run the taxi vans charge too much and there are only six mobility vans available in the region.

“When asked if she supported my policy, Kerry Prendergast said it wasn’t a priority. She seems more interested in the Rugby World Cup, creating more super cities, allowing profit-making from car parking to sky rocket, and working alongside Local Government Minister Rodney Hide to ready our water for privatisation.”

If Kerry Prendergast seriously cared about seniors, then she’d do something about the many people in this city who are unable to access life outside their homes because of physical disability and fragility,” concluded Seann Paurini.

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