Today - Cr Glenda Fryer, seeking re-election to Council in the Eden-Albert ward.What is your favourite place in Auckland and why?
All the parks are my favourite places...and I have taken my four children to most of them over the past eighteen years. Gribblehurst Park used to be tops as my local, but now Rocket Park in Mt Albert is probably the favourite with Maungawhau/Mt Eden the next most favourite. A little bit of countryside in the middle of the city, and looking down into the crater where the volcano blew out of all those hundreds of years ago is always magical.
Name one policy you would like to implement in your local area.
I would like Auckland City to buy more parks... just small ones so that mums and dads only have to walk a couple of blocks to get to some greenspace and let their children run around, and let themselves calm down. Life is busy and parks are our 'breather' mechanism with their trees and flower gardens and play equipment. With apartment living or smaller units with no backyard now a way of life as we become a more compact city, it is even more important to have our free city parks that are an enjoyable experience for families and friends.
Why are you standing for your position?
I am both big picture and community focussed and know the economic and social pressures on Auckland families. The City needs people on Council who think at the community level as well as at the bigger picture level. My big picture focus this term has been to put together how transport and land use combine to affect communities.
If John Banks is the answer, what's the question?
Why is rude and mean better than nice and considerate?
Vote for me and the City Vision team for...
A more sustainable city for families.
Tag - David Rhodes, Council candidate for Avondale-Roskill
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