Friday, 23 September 2022, 10:53 am Press Release: Craig Lord
Mayoral candidate, Craig Lord is starting to wonder about
the ethics being shown by his opponents as another debate is
cancelled at short notice.
In what has become a
disturbing pattern during the campaign, Efeso Collins has
put in yet another apology to organisers at the last
minute.
“It’s disrespectful,” says Lord,
“These events are organised months in advance, and Collins
has missed more than I can remember. Some he hasn’t even
sent an apology, he just never turned up.”
The
latest debate, which was to be held in the CBD-based
Commercial Club, was being hosted by respected journalist
Wendie Petrie and would have been a full house of mostly
corporate audience.
“The organisers made contact
twice, first to say Collins wasn’t attending, which
didn’t shock me, but then to say Brown had pulled out as
well. One can only assume he wasn’t willing to debate
against me, it shows a lack of character and respect to both
voters and organisers”
The next event on the hectic
schedule is Auckland Grey Power on Friday morning, the
question being, will Collins show
up?
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