Spreydon-Heathcote ward public meeting
I'm just back from a meeting at the Cracroft Community Centre (Old Stone House) - the only candidates meeting in the ward this election. A good turnout - members of the public outnumbering candidates 2:1 (some meetings I've been at recently had the opposite ratio!)

There were a great range of issues raised - I got asked about light rail and bus priority, as well as waste reduction. I promoted The Great New Zealand Bottle Drive as a way of reducing broken glass litter, and reducing community groups' reliance on funding from pokie trusts.

The City Vision candidates spoke a lot about crime and safety, which got us on to tagging and security cameras. Some good issues raised but quite a bit of politics-of-fear stuff too.
Oscar, Chris, Karolin and Phil all spoke well, so did young independent candidate Matthew MacDonald.

Tomorrow I'm off out delivering flyers to council housing.