Wednesday, Aug 7, 2019 Since Sept 27, 1879 Retail $2 Home delivered from $1.25 THE INDEPENDENT VOICE OF MID CANTERBURY www.guardianonline.co.nz Speedsters Deputy mayor and long serving councillor Neil Brown confirmed yesterday he will be among those seeking the monitored district’s mayoralty in October’s local body elections. P3 Brown issues mayoral challenge BY SUE NEWMAN table after another election. Five terms and vice versa, that is key and it needs
[email protected] is long enough, you have to go the next education.” The race for Ashburton’s mayoralty is step or you go out,” he said. Having both farm and urban business likely to be contested by at least four One of his key drivers if elected will be interests gave him the advantage of un- candidates, with deputy mayor and to ensure the district’s new civic centre derstanding the unique issues facing long-serving councillor Neil Brown con- and library project is delivered on time each community, he said. firming yesterday that he will be among and on target with its new budget. The next term of council would see those seeking the district’s top job in Oc- “Council has some big projects ahead the start of a new era with councillor tober’s local body elections. and we need a steady hand to ensure numbers dropping from 12 to nine and Early With his 15 year background as a coun- common sense prevails over our spend- that meant it was vital all elected mem- cillor, Brown said he would bring the ing,” he said.