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Is this still happening as a projection event?

You're a top man, Glenn. Well-deserved.

This Bumbling Council needs to go.

We are aware that there is currently no sound on this live stream, and we are now working to rectify the issue. - James

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It wasn't streamed live and wheres the video?

It's now almost 3 years since I attempted to read a Public Forum to an open meeting of the Nelson City Council. In this modern age Council Meetings are filmed and filed on CZcams so people who choose not to attend a meeting in person can witness later how Councillors behave. Viewers can see how Mayor Reese interrupts my 5 minute presentation for a variety of reasons. Like her opinion that I am being disrespectful to Council Staff, that Council Meetings are not the appropriate forum, that I am not allowed to revisit a statutory process which has already reached a decision, that Councillors are not allowed to be involved in regulatory matters, etc, etc. So my 5 minute public forum blows out to 27 minutes of Council meeting time. Last Thursday 13 February 2020, Mayor Reese again tries to close down a public Forum by Environmental Lawyer Sue Grey. Mayor Reese attempted to do the same thing to 81 year old ex Nelson City Councillor Kerry Neal late last year. Kerry Neal was an elected member of the Nelson City Council (NCC) for 12 years (1977 to 1989). Surely he would know what is allowed to be said at a public forum? For several years now local Newspapers have reported on a culture of bullying within the NCC. It looks like our Mayor is bullying our Councillors as well as concerned members of the public like myself, who give up our time to speak at public forums. It is clear that the present Nelson City Council thinks it is a law unto itself and is not answerable to the citizens of Nelson whose rates pay their wages and whose elected representatives (Councillors) are supposed to govern. This non democratic thinking by NCC is now common in other Councils around New Zealand and in Central Government. It seems we now have Council dictatorships pretending they are democratic. Be careful who you vote for in the September elections.

Young parents School rules! Go girls xx

Go Mel Go.

Looks like a great place to drink coffee and play with your I pads.

Left bent seems to run thru all councils

good on you ---i agree with every word --these people are trying to destroy the economy and are experts at spending other peoples money

Definitely a communist bent to the Nelson Council.

Climate change has been fully debunked...outside of NZ lol. What a bunch of idiots.

Well done Tax payers Union Louis Holbrooke.

Stop it Nelson. Are you all just a bunch of leftist communist snowflakes? Stop spending our money without consent of we the people of nelson. Stop it.

Well said Stephen and will be interesting to see what immediate action/response will come of Mayor Reeses announcement on Thursday .

Kia Kaha Extinction Rebellion

Ha! where the worm got into the apple!

Boy they got a right telling off - about being rorted, about being ultra viries, about council gross mismanagement of public land, and colluding with commercial interests. !

Very clear and articulate explanation of the issues Christopher.

Now understand it is a panel discussion. Found it very informative and the objecting members very clearly stating their points of view. Hope more information will be disseminated through our own media to the general public.

Where are our publicly paid councillors.?

Does anyone know what is happening? Voice gone and discussion very unclear. Why would I want any of them to handle our rates and city problems?

The issue is if the public are allowed in the workshop then turn the video on, not how council can keep people from attending which everyone seems so concerned about. How about worrying about how to include the people not exclude them.

For more information about the Maitai River see the Nelson City Council's story map arcg.is/1XCCrj

I wonder how my employer would feel if I asked for a 5min break every 1hr.

Very interesting! Good points made by the objectors who stand for freedoms we also stand for.

Kindra Douglas giving us some very valuable advice & guidelines for ensuring good low cost energy efficient options are included in housing development planning.

all the way for a living wage - we all pay for low wages

Living wage - because we all pay for low pay

Awesome video.........love it :-)