Don Briggs joins the fray

Former Kāpiti Councillor Don Briggs says Council cannot be allowed to continue to submit to private self-interest, at ever increasing cost to the community.
“I want change. I have no wish at all to simply support a council bent on any more approval of private changes. Changes that are counter to all the plans we set in place by democratic process.
“It is my intention to return council to its declared mission statement of serving the best interests of the community it is sworn to serve,” said Mr Briggs who is standing for a District-wide seat.
“Delivering on the District Plan can no longer be allowed to belie the fact that the district plan has quietly been changed almost 100 times, all in service of private developments and at ever increasing cost on rates.
“We owe it to ourselves and to our future generations to at least preserve the values we have all worked hard for and cherish, rather than see them continually eroded at our cost in the false name of development.”