Author Archives: Lee Vandervis - lee@vandervision.co.nz

An increasing number of people are asking me daily now. Emails, texts, whenever shopping – they have all wanted my opinion so here it is. Having spent 18 years as a Councillor I know all of these people personally and … Continue reading →

And in no time Andrew Barnes Rutherford used some AI trickery to produce this version using my lyrics.

This is the full ODT article [on my FB page but some time ago] in which MP Jones calls the Otago Regional Council’s existence into question, describing the ORC as the Kremlin Council that needs to go. https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/kremlin-councils-need-go

Shane Jones calls for the dismemberment of Regional Councils, having last month called out the ORC for stopping Macraes Gold expansion. Getting Dunedin free of the Otago Regional Council can’t come soon enough, but needs a strong Mayoral push to … Continue reading →

My specific proposals are in contrast to Cr. Barker’s aspirations. e.g. “Cr Vandervis: Dunedin needs to “be free of” the Otago Regional Council. “We need to reclaim our port and our harbourside.” A unitary council should be established in Dunedin. … Continue reading →

“The mayor’s suggestion “core” council debt would drop after five years was presented in council material as DCC debt excluding water, and this metric shows projected decreases from 2030. Cr Vandervis described this as a “future fantasy”. Mr Radich described … Continue reading →

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Very happy with the ODT quotation of me from an informative debate last night. “Cr Vandervis said Dunedin needed to ‘‘lose’’ the Otago Regional Council and restructure its own operation to be financially and environmentally sustainable. The regional council was … Continue reading →

LEE VANDERVIS  Core services must be optimised Age 70 Occupation Dunedin city councillor Running for mayor and council How should your council balance the need for infrastructure spending with concerns about rates rises? Better contract delivery of Dunedin core services is needed to … Continue reading →

The Taxpayer’s Union have not got this Pledge right and have email-bombed Elected Representatives with it. Subject: Re: Ratepayer Pledge: Can we promote you in our ‘How to Vote’ guide? My reply – Dear Sam, I would have liked to … Continue reading →

For more than a decade I have asked DCC staff to plant at least some Family Friendly fruit trees since they plant hundreds of other trees annually, but so far without success. As Mayor I will be able to push … Continue reading →

What electricity lines company Aurora [currently owned by DCC] ‘can earn’ means what profit margin is allowed by the Commerce Commission for Aurora to charge customers. This electricity cost to the consumer is set by the Commerce Commission and not … Continue reading →

Exporting our waste seems wrong until you consider that most of our waste is imported in the first place, and that regional boundaries don’t recognise ideal waste disposal areas.About 80% of Dunedin waste, mostly commercial is appropriately disposed of in … Continue reading →