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 .