Author Archives: Lee Vandervis

ODT failed to report the budgeted DCC BILLION$ group debt all of last year until after the October election, and has this year failed to report the first ever DCC Annual Plan Unbalanced Budget, where we are borrowing to finance … Continue reading →

Richard Healey There are many people here who seem to believe the maxim “no smoke without fire”. I suggest they follow the link below and view staff comments on the culture of the organisation presided over by Bidrose – the … Continue reading →

A Complaint at the DCC needs to be logged as such, properly investigated, and the person complained of specifically advised of the Complaint and outcome. None of this happened with the “11 Complaints” claimed for the 2016-2019 triennium by Mayor … Continue reading →

The ODT headline below misrepresents the breach of confidentiality identified in my Code of Conduct complaint against Mayor Hawkins. As the following emails sent a week ago to the ODT show, Mayor Hawkins breached confidentiality and did not apologise to … Continue reading →

Today’s workshop produced a wide variety of aspirations from DCC elected representatives in response to the following questions. My response follows: What are your THREE main ambitions/aspirations for your community over the next 10 years? What are THREE key challenges … Continue reading →

The DCC has done just some of 2 of the 102 ways… 102_Ways From: Lee Vandervis <lee@vandervision.co.nz> Date: Thursday, 28 May 2020 at 10:40 AM To: “Council 2019-2022 (Elected Members)” <council.2019-2022@dcc.govt.nz> Cc: Sue Bidrose <Sue.Bidrose@dcc.govt.nz>, Sandy Graham <Sandy.Graham@dcc.govt.nz>, Dave Tombs … Continue reading →

Abuse of the Chair’s powers and Zoom muting of my comments – 18.10 is where these abuses begin. I agree that DCC Standing Orders should be rigorously observed at meetings to promote transparency and Democracy.  The relevant Standing Order 25.2 … Continue reading →

George st retail area Traffic Lanes have just today become a Pedestrian Shared Space, with speed humps, a 10kph speed limit, and over $10,000 worth of 10kph signs that were already purchased in advance of the Council 9-4 decision. The … Continue reading →

My letter to the ODT: “Don’t see the value”. Letter to the ODT Editor Dear Barry, Mayor Hawkins “don ‘t see the value in us going through a process where we significantly reconfigure what it is that we offer our … Continue reading →

My submission to the Electoral Commission and the Minister of Local Government raising issues from the 2019 Election, with the Minister’s reply recently received: From: Lee Vandervis <lee@vandervision.co.nz> Date: Friday, 28 February 2020 at 10:31 AM To: Justice department <ju@parliament.govt.nz>, … Continue reading →

I am all for spending on needed deferred maintenance of pipes and cables, but the $60 million still planned for Surface Treatments is unjustifiable. From: Lee Vandervis <lee@vandervision.co.nz> Date: Wednesday, 29 April 2020 at 10:11 PM To: <jared.oliver@dcc.govt.nz> Cc: “Council … Continue reading →

How to build and deploy testing systems at unprecedented scale – from today’s Economist magazine. Countries will have to do it to end their lockdowns safely Apr 22nd 2020 SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes covid-19, is an unobtrusive piece of … Continue reading →

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from today’s New York Times: Lifted by virus response, South Korea’s governing party wins election President Moon Jae-in’s governing party, credited with an effective response to the coronavirus outbreak, won a landslide victory in South Korea’s parliamentary elections. Mr. Moon’s … Continue reading →

It is not a simple choice, as Economic collapse means extra deaths as well from many causes, and we haven’t seen the increase in suicides info yet…from today’s Economist magazine. Does crashing the Economy really save lives? Future historians will … Continue reading →

From: David Benson-Pope <David.Benson-Pope@dcc.govt.nz> Date: Tuesday, 7 April 2020 at 6:11 PM To: Lee Vandervis <lee@vandervision.co.nz> Cc: Clare Sullivan <clare.sullivan@dcc.govt.nz>, “Council 2019-2022 (Elected Members)” <council.2019-2022@dcc.govt.nz>, Sue Bidrose <Sue.Bidrose@dcc.govt.nz>, Sandy Graham <Sandy.Graham@dcc.govt.nz>, Simon Drew <Simon.Drew@dcc.govt.nz>, Dave Tombs <Dave.Tombs@dcc.govt.nz>, Nanaia Mahuta <n.mahuta@ministers.govt.nz> … Continue reading →

“‘…the new Dunedin Hospital is rock solid.’ he said” ODT 4/4/20. This having discovered [after buying the land without doing due diligence] that the land is a deep pug swamp requiring enormously expensive deep foundations that may not support an … Continue reading →

From today’s Economist magazine… Holed under the waterline The coronavirus may sink the cruise-ship business The industry has few friends and its main customers, the elderly, may shun it for good It seems that the Cruise-ship industry is unlikely to … Continue reading →