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.