Len Brown’s tame lickspittle CEO Leigh Auton has shown himself to be a greedy little piggy at the rate-payers trough, just like his boss. Now we know why Leigh Auton has been running interference for Looney Len, they’re as bad as each other.
Manukau City Council chief executive Leigh Auton’s spending habits are contained in 129 pages of material covering the period June 2008 to April 20 this year, obtained by the Sunday Star-Times under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act.
During that time South Auckland ratepayers have spent more than $5000 wining and dining Auton and his guests, nearly $10,000 on hotels, more than $1000 on taxis, more than $5000 on various airline and professional memberships and concert tickets, and $137.78 for having his council-owned Mazda washed and polished.
Auton is paid $412,079 a year. His council Visa bill for the period was $26,724.57 and included trips to some of Auckland’s best restaurants – such as $541.50 at Cin Cin in June 2008, and $717 six days later at Parnell’s Tribeca. It also included $911.04 for a newspaper delivered to his home.
Lord knows why the CEO of Manukau City needs to get his car groomed at Auckland Airport or newspapers delivered on the rate-payer is beyond me, especially when the same guy is paid more than $4oo,ooo per annum. Why is it the more the get the more they take?
