MEDIA RELEASE
31 May 2018
The Councillors who today passed the regional fuel tax failed should have instead held Phil Goff to his pre-election
commitment to find 3-6% in savings in the Council budget, says the Auckland Ratepayers Alliance.
Ratepayers Alliance spokesperson Jordan Williams says “When Phil Goff campaigned on finding 3-6 percent efficiencies
across the Council budget, we committed to holding him to this promise. If the Mayor had done his job and delivered
those savings, the fuel tax would not be needed.”
“The Councillors that voted for the fuel tax should have held the Mayor to account for his campaign promise, rather than
heaping more financial burden onto already squeezed ratepayers.”
“This tax will hurt the city’s poorest the most. Families that commute to work from the outer suburbs and struggle to
make ends meet will feel abandoned by this Council.”
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