Greens Announce Council Candidate
The Green Party is pleased to announce that it is standing Colin Robertson in the upcoming Nelson Council elections.
“I'm standing for council to bring a Smart, Green Economy to Nelson. I am a problem solver through and through, I
studied Energy Resource Engineering due to a desire to be a part of the solution to climate change” says Mr Robertson.
Colin offers the electorate someone with wide life experience. He has worked in education, farmed, designed homes, built
a low impact off grid home, ran three companies including his own wine label and works in IT.
“It is now time to put my problem solving abilities to a immediate challenge. A lot of good work has been done in the
framing out futures project to create a vision. The challenge is bridging the gap from where we are to where we wish to
be as a community. The second part of the challenge is implementing these changes within a tight fiscal environment”
says Mr Robertson.
“We have experienced growth of less than 1% per year over the last five years and yet spending in the ten year plan
assumes rates and targeted rates will increase by 70% in that period without the intention of paying down any of the
$100 million debt. These are the challenges I am standing to face” according to Mr Robertson.
Mr Robertson’s Council aspirations stem from a passion to see Nelson position itself as national leader in the
transition to a resilient, community focused, clean energy future.
Local Green Party spokesperson Aaryn Barlow is acting as Mr Robertson’s campaign manager. “The Greens are excited about
fielding such a high calibre candidate. Colin would bring an amazing skill set to the Council table and we look forward
to running a strong campaign to get him elected” says Mr Barlow.
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