South Ward councillor
Sir,—By appointing a councillor outside the South Ward to fill a vacancy, our Labour Council has admitted that it had no suitable local- person available and never bothered looking for an independent when one or more already known for community involvement exist. That would have been a change from narrow party politics, better left out at the local level because they are too divisive. This ward cries out for leadership because it lacks cohesion and community spirit except in lively, small pockets. In the past, the cost of a by-election has .often been far outweighed by uncovering talent for public service. New Zealand has been well served by a long list of people whose first success was in a Parliamentary or local byelection. Indeed, it contains some of our most famous public figures, among them men in the first Labour government. The South Ward has such potential within its own borders. Labour introduced the ward system; so it should stick to it to be credible.—Yours, etc.,
A. M COATES. March 1. 1982.
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