I am disturbed that the local board (and the Auckland Council) can play Santa Claus with our rates money.
We pay our rates demand with the expectation that the money will be used to provide goods and services to us, not to see that the local board has given out $31,000 (the Auckland Council gives out millions) to local groups while others have to fundraise for their money.
In this time of skyrocketing food prices, every dollar counts and we don’t want to see our rates money misappropriated in this manner.
The $31,000 represents the rates paid by 12 to 15 people and may not proportionally be a great number but it is the principle that counts.
Arthur Moore
Pakuranga
