We’ve provided a set of ques­tions for the may­or­al and coun­cil­lor can­did­ates to answer. First 25 words to an answer get pos­ted. Check our 2013 Elec­tion cov­er­age for all responses as they come in.

When we con­tac­ted can­did­ates with our ques­tions, we asked them to email a spe­cif­ic email address that all the ‘ista could access so that answers could be pos­ted faster. This can­did­ate didn’t use that email address. Hence the late post­ing.

Here’s Dav­id Lee, who did­n’t say where he was run­ning for. 

1. What should be the city council’s role in help­ing home­less

people and beg­gars?

To ensure the home­less and beg­gars have access to the

neces­sary social ser­vices and sup­port so they don’t fall through the

gaps.

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

ped­es­tri­an friendly?

Build work rela­tion­ships across coun­cil depart­ments; in par­tic­u­lar,

parks, park­ing and road main­ten­ance so that act­ive modes are an

integ­ral part of each oper­a­tion­al unit.

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

be improved?

Fix bot­tle­necks in road net­work, improve PT and imple­ment

travel demand man­age­ment meas­ures eg. car­pool­ing, flexi-time,

tele­com­mu­nic­at­ing – work from home, and act­ive trans­port modes.

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?

Wel­ling­ton needs to diver­si­fy. Know­ledge-based indus­tries and

retain­ing our gradu­ates are essen­tial. Wel­ling­ton needs to offer

secur­ity and eco­nom­ic oppor­tun­it­ies for our chil­dren.

5. What will YOU do to get more invest­ment, busi­nesses, and

busi­ness con­fid­ence in Wel­ling­ton?

Sup­port busi­ness by con­nect­ing entre­pren­eurs with busi­ness-savvy

people for guid­ance and pos­sibly fund­ing. Provide industry insight

to gradu­ates by pro­mot­ing gradu­ate pro­grammes, intern­ships and

appren­tice­ships.

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

need less of?

More light and less heat! Work­ing togeth­er (cent­ral and loc­al

gov­ern­ment, aca­demia and industry) gen­er­ates light. Con­flict, just

gen­er­ates heat!

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

people?

Safe and resi­li­ent com­munity, qual­ity amen­it­ies, sports and

recre­ation­al facil­it­ies. Oppor­tun­it­ies to con­trib­ute to soci­ety and

employ­ment oppor­tun­it­ies.

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

ß Encour­age Coun­cil to be more stra­tegic and for­ward-think­ing

ß Advoc­ate for a 2–3 term ten­ure for coun­cilors

ß Devel­op oppor­tun­it­ies for pub­lic involve­ment

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

about your earth­quake kit?

3 x 225 and 1000 litre rain­wa­ter tanks, com­pos­it­ing toi­let, car­bon

fil­ter for puri­fy­ing drink­ing water. 2x 4 per­son tents. Food for ~1

week.

10. Why should we vote for you?

I have 23yrs of stra­tegic plan­ning exper­i­ence in loc­al and cent­ral

govt. I have the know-how, the rela­tion­ships and the con­nec­tions to

make things work!

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

www.davidlee.org.nz