### whaleoil.co.nz Fri, 31 Oct 2014 at 5:20pm
Why is there no law to rein in dodgy ratbag local body politicians?
By Cameron Slater
Former ARC Councillor Bill Burrill is not the first dodgy ratbag Councillor to trough from abuses of power to his own pecuniary advantage in recent years. A few years back in 2009 Council Watch was calling for a number of Councillors from the Canterbury Regional Council to be prosecuted and sacked from their positions after an investigation by the Auditor General Lyn Provost found that four individuals had broken the law by acting in conflict with their official role. Back then those Canterbury Councillors failed to declare a conflict on interest that [led] to a financial benefit for themselves by participating in discussion and voting on proposals before Council. Under investigation the Auditor General’s office chose not to prosecute stating that whilst the Councillors should have withdrawn as a matter of principle – they had each received and shared legal advice that they could participate. And here in lies the problem. The Auditor General and Office of the Ombudsmen publish clear guidelines for Councillors and council staff but the reality is that the law is erroneously filled with holes that are exploited and there is precious little oversight of Local Government leading to the Auditor General loathing to bother and the Courts uninterested.
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Posted by Elizabeth Kerr
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Tagged as "Serious conflicts of interest", Athol Stephens, Auditor-General, Carisbrook, Carisbrook Stadium Charitable Trust, Chief Executive Officer, Citifleet, City Development Team, City Forests, City Property, COC, Conflicts of interest, Council debt CRISIS, Council staff, Councillors, CSCT, CST, Daaave Cull, Darren Burden, Dave Cull, DCC, DCC CEO, DCHL, DCTL, Delta, Delta Investments Ltd, Delta Utility Services Ltd, Dunedin City Council, Dunedin City Holdings Ltd, Dunedin City Treasury Ltd, Dunedin Cycle Network, EDS, EDU, Enterprise Dunedin, fubar stadium, GRATER Dunedin, Greater Dunedin, Highlanders, Investigations, Jacks Point, Jim Harland, Jinters, Jinty, Jokers bars, Lesser Dunedin, List goes on..., Luggate, Lyn Provost, Malcolm Farry, Mike Coburn, MintyJinty, Office of the Auditor-General, ORFU, Otago Chamber of Commerce, Otago rugby, Otago Rugby Football Union, Otago Stadium, Paul Hudson, Peter Chin, Private trusts, Ratepayers and Residents, Ron Anderson, Rugby, Stadium Councillors, Stadiums, Stewart Barnett, Syd Brown, Terry Davies, Toothless investigations, Tourism Dunedin, Water and waste services, Whistleblower policy
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Wednesday, 12 March 2014 1:48 p.m.
The CST’s latest financial accounts – link to full financial statements and a copy of the summary below [click to enlarge].
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[enter in your browser] *Carisbrook Stadium CT 30.6.13 signed Accounts.pdf*
Download: Carisbrook Stadium CT 30.6.13 signed Accounts (PDF, 255 KB)
For more, enter the terms *cst*, *csct*, *carisbrook*, *charitable*, *trust*, or *farry* in the search box at right.
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Filed under Business, Construction, CST, DCC, Economics, Hot air, Name, New Zealand, People, Politics, Project management, Property, Site, Sport, Stadiums, What stadium
Tagged as Annual report, Auditors, Bill Baylis, Carisbrook Stadium Charitable Trust, Carisbrook Stadium Trust, Charities Commission, Charities register, CSCT, CST, DCC, Donations, Dunedin, Dunedin City Council, Eion Edgar, Financial statements year ended 30.6.13, Fubar, Kereyn Smith, Malcolm Farry, Otago Stadium, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Product, PwC, Ron Anderson, Stadiums, Stewart Barnett, Trustees
### whaleoil.co.nz Fri, 31 Oct 2014 at 5:20pm
What if? Dunedin... 