Retiring councillor drops bombshell on the "Woke Seven"

Phil Halse is retiring after 33 years on the Whangarei District Council (WDC). LETTERBOX has obtained a copy of a tell-all interview he had with Concerned Ratepayers of Whangarei (CROW). Here are extracts.

When asked, who is driving the woke agenda within the council, he replied, “A group of seven who are working together: Deb Harding, Scott McKenzie, Nicholas Connop, Patrick Holmes, Phoenix Ruka, Carol Peters, and Ken Couper…Because we have that woke block at the top, every time it gets hard, they take the soft option.”

Woke Madness from Cr Scott McKenzie

The Whangarei District Council has voted in favour of constructing a dedicated 6km bus lane going south along Kamo Road between Kamo and Whangarei. The estimated cost is $2m. For two hours a day, cars carrying one person will be prohibited from using the lane and may be fined for doing so. 

A bus lane in Whangarei? Why? 

According to Cr Scott McKenzie, it is because Auckland and Wellington have them, and it (as reported by the Advocate) “provided interesting and innovative public transport options”.

This is ideological madness and shows how captured our local councils have become.