Can­di­date respons­es to our elec­tion 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 Rex Nicholls, WCC can­di­date for Lambton Ward.

1.      What should be the city council’s role in help­ing home­less peo­ple and beg­gars?

Move the beg­gars on after explain­ing where they should go to get Social Wel­fare help. Home­less can be offered help; most won’t want it.

2.      What would you do to make Welling­ton more cycle and pedes­tri­an friend­ly?

It is OK as it is.

3.      How do you think traf­fic flow to the hos­pi­tal and air­port should be improved?

Build the bypass and get the sec­ond tun­nel asap

4.      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?

Of course it needs more. Main­ly it needs an atti­tude that Welling­ton can progress and investors will build on that pos­i­tive.

5.      What will YOU do to get more invest­ment, busi­ness­es, and busi­ness con­fi­dence in Welling­ton?

Make deci­sions sen­si­bly and quick­ly, be pos­i­tive about devel­op­ments that will enhance Welling­ton and pro­mote them.

6.      What does Welling­ton need more of, and what does Welling­ton need less of?

It needs job cre­ation to bring more peo­ple. It needs less whing­ing.

7.      What would your city coun­cil pro­vide for chil­dren and young peo­ple?

Pret­ty good already. ASB Are­na great for them. Would sup­port strong­ly the Marine Edu­ca­tion Cen­tre.

8.      What steps would you take to encour­age civic engage­ment?

A very dif­fi­cult thing to do when cou­ples are work­ing hard and see lit­tle inter­est in local gov­ern­ment. Get­ting more of them to actu­al­ly vote…

9.      Tell us about your per­son­al earth­quake plan / What’s unusu­al about your earth­quake kit?

I loved watch­ing our build­ing (from fifth floor) mov­ing in the earth­quakes. The city sur­vived well. We have a kit, but in a large shake…

10.   Why should we vote for you?

I will bring busi­ness acu­men and expe­ri­ence, sad­ly defi­cient at present, to the table. Will pro­mote the loan/rate scheme to strength­en Cuba St

11.   Where can we find out more about what you stand for?

Come to the sev­er­al meet­ings, includ­ing at our CQ Hotel 10 Sep­tem­ber. See http://www.vote.co.nz/2013/can­di­dates/rex-nicholls-8610 .