Both Len Brown and John Banks need to come clean with voters.
Who will be their choice for Deputy Mayor?
This is important because the legislation places the burden of choice upon the elected Mayor to choose their own deputy. It is becoming clear that Len Brown has promised that position or at least the Chair of an important committee to Andrew Williams meaning that Andrew Williams would be just a heart beat away from the Mayoralty of Auckland in the event Len Brown won.
Noth Len Brown and John Banks need to make it clear to the citizens of Auckland who their preference is for deputy so that voters can know what they are getting.
The legislation says that we should be worried.
3) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), the mayor has the following powers:
(a) to establish processes and mechanisms for the Auckland Council to engage with the people of Auckland, whether generally or particularly (for example, the people of a cultural, ethnic, geographic, or other community of interest):
(b) to appoint the deputy mayor:
(c) to establish committees of the governing body:
(d) to appoint the chairperson of each committee of the governing body and, for that purpose, the mayor—(i) may make the appointment before the other members of the committee are determined; and
(ii) may appoint himself or herself:
(e) to establish and maintain an appropriately staffed office of the mayor.
Of course you can avoid all that mess by Voting for Slater in Albany and booting the Clown of Campbells Bay into obscurity.
Meanwhile I call on john Banks and Len Brown to clear up who their preferred candidates are for Deputy Mayor.
