Tony Randle: Wellington City Councillor on the council u-turning on its decision to sell its stake in the Wellington Airport
The Mike Hosking Breakfast · Newstalk ZB
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Show Notes
There’s a feeling bad blood may linger in Wellington City Council.
The council has voted to overturn its decision to sell the city's 34% stake in Wellington Airport after a process one councillor described as the “dirtiest politics” she's been involved with.
Mayor Tory Whanau's suggesting the council will have to look at further cuts in the wake of this decision.
Councillor Tony Randle told Mike Hosking he only agreed to sell the shares if it kept the millions of dollars as emergency funding.
He says when they saw the Long Term Plan was going to spend this money, he withdrew support.
Randle says it's been rough for everybody, and things have been said that will be hard to un-say, but the council needs to move on.
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