Can­di­date respons­es to our ques­tions are rolling in. First 25 words to an answer get post­ed. Check our 2013 Elec­tion cov­er­age for all respons­es as they come in. Here is Brent Pier­son, WCC can­di­date for South­ern Ward.

Q:What should be the city council’s role in help­ing home­less peo­ple and beg­gars?
A: The coun­cil needs  to under­stand who these peo­ple are, work with them to find hous­ing and sta­ble incomes. Employ­ing a part time social work­er to…

Q: What would you do to make Welling­ton more cycle and pedes­tri­an friend­ly?
A: More car free walk­ing  zones. devel­op a sys­tem of safe cycle lines from Island bay, Seatoun, Kaori and khan­dall­ha into the city,separate bikes from…

Q:How do you think traf­fic flow to the hos­pi­tal and air­port should be improved?
A: Fin­ish the cross city link route to air­port, with­out neg­a­tive­ly impact­ing on the basin. Build a high capac­i­ty pub­lic trans­port sys­tem that pass­es the hos­pi­tal…

Q: What are your views on the sug­ges­tion Welling­ton needs to be “more than just Weta and Gov­ern­ment” – what do you think are Wellington’s strengths?
A:We are a smart city, knowl­edge is the pow­er of the future. We need to devel­op a hub of high­tec com­pa­nies that can tap into…

Q: What will YOU do to get more invest­ment, busi­ness­es, and busi­ness con­fi­dence in Welling­ton?
A: As a coun­cil­lor I would sup­port the exten­sion of the air­port so we can get more peo­ple vis­it­ing the city. We need to have a…

Q: What does Welling­ton need more of, and what does Welling­ton need less of?
A:We need more and high­er pay­ing jobs. We need less infight­ing and more uni­ty.

Q: What would your city coun­cil pro­vide for chil­dren and young peo­ple?
A: Libraries, more play area’s,  more safe road cross­ings, safe cycle lines, cheap bus fares for uni­ver­si­ty stu­dents.

Q: What steps would you take to encour­age civic engage­ment?
A: More pub­lic meet­ings, reward sys­tem for vot­ing, real con­sul­ta­tion with the com­mu­ni­ty. The Coun­cil needs to work as a team.

Q: Tell us about your per­son­al earth­quake plan / What’s unusu­al about your earth­quake kit?
A. quake kit,Food, water and radio.

Q: Why should we vote for you?
A. Vote Pier­son if you want real lead­er­ship, if you want the coun­cil to work as a team and Vote…

Q: Where can we find out more about what you stand for?
A. Vis­it my web­site ” votepierson.org”
Email me;  votepierson@gmail.com
Or text/phone me;  027–2622085