A good Mayor

Radio NZ reports:

Christchurch Mayor Phil Mauger is backing calls for the government to cap rates rises.

Mauger told RNZ he could not agree more.

“Everyone campaigns ‘ohh, we gotta stick to basics’, right? And then the first thing some of us do is go away and not stick to basics,” he said.

“We need to be stronger around the council table to say what’s basics. Now … someone’s basic might be someone else’s must have … but it’s good to have rates caps. I feel it’s good. I really do.”

He gets it.