Like every Mayor before him. Once you get a taste of the trough, you make the most of it. The biggest increases in Upper Hutt is the number of ex criminals living here and not moving back to where they came from and shop closures because landlords are asking for central Wellington rents. The Mall is half empty and now they are building a huge food court that will look deserted. One of the bigger mistakes was letting the Army move into the main street shopping area - Hazelwoods building. Immediately killed that whole area.
PS, don't start me on the ice block sticks on the side of the motorway down at Silverstream. Some Twit got paid big money to create something that resembles one of those Warehouse chairs.....
