My Wife Kathryn and I are standing for the Whau Local board as independents under our own brand of 'Voice of the People'. We have no affiliations to any of the political parties and will bring an independent oversight and perspective to Board decisions. We are both committed Christians and treat everyone equally with love, compassion and empathy. We bring many terms of previous service both here in Auckland and Canterbury, so we know how local bodies works. Local boards have been dominated by political party ideologies for decades and have not produced productive decision making for our communities. Rates monies are delivered to groups based on their popularity with party candidates rather than what they provide to our communities. We will hold bureaucrat decision making accountable, such as the proliferation of speed tables and bumps everywhere, and stand up against the behind 'closed door' rubber stamping by Boards.