Demoted Sayers calls for cap on rates

Greg Sayers Rodney Councillor Greg Sayers has called for a rates cap on the back of Mayor Wayne Brown’s admission that this year’s rise of 7.9 per cent would be used to both pay off and run the City Rail Link (CRL).  “I’m angry because we will be paying the extra money from this rates increase forever as it is now baked into our rates bill permanently,” Sayers said.  “I believe there should be a rates cap of between 2 per cent to 4 per cent maximum annually, or it should be no more than the rate of inflation.“ Sayers says he was demoted by Brown as chair of the important Budget and Performance...