Introducing Dean McNamara:
I have a connection to the Tasman region stretching back as many as 6 generations.
In my 50
My colleagues, friends, and customers would say I am a person you can trust, to do what I say, and to do the right thing.
I believe as a Council we can do better.
This term the Council will be facing some tough decisions if we want the Tasman district to remain independent:
Should Council spend less on Bureaucracy and focus on roads, rivers, core services?
Should we cut ballooning staff numbers before sweeping the streets less?
Should we be funding staff to harass tiny home owners when the district is barely out of a state of emergency?
Should our Council hold referendums on significant decisions?
Has the Council got its priorities right?
Make no mistake, it will take a generation to recover from the reckless spending of the Kempthorne/King/Bryant dynasty, but only if we start this term. Another term of more-of-the-same and the situation will likely be terminal.
I want to ensure our children will not be paying for the mistakes of this generation. When my great-grandfather was on council they achieved a lot more with a lot fewer resources. I believe the key to returning to those performance levels is to focus more on services and less on monuments. Get our debt level under control, and plan better for the future than we have in recent past.
My wife works in a local pre-school, and my daughters attended Waimea College. I want them to have an affordable future in the beautiful Tasman district.
NEW VISION NOT JUST A NEW FACE
Local government is a runaway rates locomotive. Before it derails completely we need to learn to do more with less. But this will require working very differently with public services, communities and users to achieve better outcomes.
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