Some peo­ple have asked why we only sent out ques­tions to the may­oral can­di­dates, not coun­cil­lor-wannabes or peo­ple run­ning for com­mu­ni­ty and health boards. That’s a valid ques­tion. To be hon­est, it was part­ly because may­ors tend to be the ones that attract the head­lines, but also because there are a met­ric but­t­load of can­di­dates from all over the city and I just did not have the time to deal with all of them. How­ev­er, since I’ve now dis­cov­ered that one of my favourite tutors from uni is run­ning (he had such a hard-on for the NZ elec­toral sys­tem, it was adorable), I’ve thought a lit­tle bit more about the whole thing. So, let’s see if the can­di­dates are at where you are at. If any­one run­ning for any posi­tion is read­ing this (I won’t be approach­ing any­one), please feel free to answer the ques­tions that we asked the may­oral can­di­dates, answer accord­ing to the rules, and send them to me — joanna@wellingtonista.com, and you’ll get your moment in the sun here on the Welling­ton­ista.