Showing posts with label Andrew Williams. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Andrew Williams. Show all posts

Monday, June 8, 2009

Andrew Williams; Putting the "H" back in Hypocrite

I see Andrew Williams, North Shore's bent Mayor is desperate for media attention again, getting his bloomers in a twist about his flagging mayoral fortunes.

Mr Key made the comment about Mr Banks, a National Party member and former minister, during a speech at a National Party conference on Saturday.

"Can I start by acknowledging the mayor – more importantly the super mayor of Auckland city – John Banks," he said.

North Shore City Mayor Andrew Williams said he was appalled at the insinuation.

"For a prime minister to come out 15 months before a local body election, already endorsing a candidate is absolutely appalling," he told Radio New Zealand.

"And to John Key I would just say I am absolutely shocked, and Prime Minister apologise." Stuff.co.nz

Sometimes you really should known when to shut your fat gob.

It would nice to see angry boy livid about his North Shore Council's wasteful spending on things like wine for electioneering for his political friends.

Nothing wrong with Key backing his man if he was and Andy's little hypocritical ways just keep digging a bigger hole for himself.


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Monday, April 13, 2009

Fruit cake Andrew Williams must go

"The 'dog's breakfast' as you describe us will develop a co-operative plan for our region. I would recommend that you work with us and not be the lone sheep."

Andrew Williams text to John Banks, 10.28pm last Thursday

Andrew Williams said that the Local Government Minister Rodney Hide misled Prime Minister John Key about his consultation with Auckland mayors. Last week in a TV news report.

Fruit cake mayor Andrew Williams paranoid rantings continue, this time over his impending unemployment  due to supercity elections late in 2110.

He has started a stoush with John Banks, Mayor of Auckland City which has lead to a mistaken text sent to him instead of its original recipient Aaron Bhatnagar:

"I leave this to Whaleoil. TV3 are running this lunitic (sic) tonight?"

John Banks mistaken text to Andrew Williams, 5.57pm Saturday.

Whaleoil wants Williams removed from office and is smearing him as much as it can to bring this to a head. I had no idea part of Whaleoil's motivation was because it is run by Cameron Slater - son of Citizens & Ratepayers president John Slater, and a friend of Mr Banks.

Nevertheless, Andrew Williams is out of control, has abused his political foes and ratepayers of the North Shore City so he deserves a good grilling over an open public flame.

Williams recent behavior has seen him send off abusive emails to his constituents, fight with basketball players, drunken abuse at political functions and a number of other bizarre incidents where his mouth has written checks his brain couldn't cash.

Williams was elected by a small minority of Shore residents (and sadly me) and his popularity has plummeted since then, becoming now one of the North Shores most unpopular mayors in the areas history.

I fear the representation of the North Shore by a drunken, abusive, paranoid individual with clear mental heath problems is not doing this region any good at all.

Time to fall on your sword Andy.

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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Andrew Williams, the Great Panjandrum

More sleaze and innuendo, no not from Dunkin Donut Garner from TV3 but from our self appointed king of the North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams.

I have been called much worse than a selfish nasty person in my life but my favorite description of Andy comes from John Roughan from the NZ Herald who called him "North Shore's panjandrum ".  I had fun looking it up too. 

This from the Sunday Herald:

Heather McCracken

Nobody likes being called names, least of all North Shore mayor Andrew Williams. After the outsider wrestled the city's weighty chain of office and $350 million budget from the incumbent in 2007, Williams now believes he has the qualities necessary to become mayor of the new Auckland super-city.

The problem, he said, is that he is being "victimised" by a "nasty and vicious super-city faction" that is out to get him and seize control of the big new council proposed for the region.

He named right-wing Auckland politicians and bloggers, including the author of the Whaleoil blog, who calls him "the Mad Mayor" and "the Clown of Campbells Bay".

But now the criticism is coming thick and fast: Television's Breakfast show labelled him "egg of the week" for spending $1300 of ratepayers' money on Stop Banks sauvignon blanc for the council chambers; NZ Herald columnist John Roughan tagged him "North Shore's panjandrum", and the Herald on Sunday's Dylan Cleaver dubbed him "a joyless sod" for his objection to an Auckland bid for the Commonwealth Games.

Williams is increasingly responding in kind.

Yesterday morning he emailed arch-critic Cameron Slater, the Whaleoil author, with one word: "Tosser!". Earlier this week he called blogger Darren Rickard a "selfish nasty person"; he called email correspondent Stan Blanch a "loser" and a "tosser" ; and a few months ago he left a council meeting in haste after he called councillor Chris Darby a "smart arse".

His own councillors are now divided about the image he presents of the North Shore. The concerns were exacerbated by his absence - cycling around Central Otago - when the region's leaders gathered for the publication of the Royal Commission's report on Friday.

Most were quick to back Williams yesterday, saying he was a tireless campaigner who was prepared to speak up on tough issues.

"I think there's a silent minority who quietly say 'Good on you, mate'," said Callum Blair. "There's a noisy minority who are trying to attack him."

But Ann Hartley, supported by two others, said: "He's burned his bridges on so many issues on the Shore and offended so many people. I don't think he'd get elected as mayor of North Shore again, let alone anywhere else."

Williams was unperturbed about the criticism, blaming it on a "faction" led by Slater, Auckland City councillor Aaron Bhatnagar and the Newmarket Business Association's Cameron Brewer.

"They're all over there in a super-city faction wanting to get control of greater Auckland," he said yesterday. "They attack anyone who opposes them, and they do it in a particularly nasty and vicious manner."

A vocal opponent of a one-city structure, he said the holiday had been planned months in advance and he couldn't return when the report was released early.

Favourite in a crowded field:

Auckland Mayor John Banks is the favourite for the race to be Auckland's first super mayor, but it's shaping up to be a crowded field. North Shore mayor Andrew Williams hasn't ruled out standing but added there was "a lot of water to go under the bridge".

Auckland Regional Council chairman Mike Lee wants to see the city structure sorted out before making any decision. He said the candidate would need to be someone with a vision for Auckland, who can work collegially.

Broadcaster and columnist Paul Holmes said the increased powers of the new mayor to "get things done" were attractive. However, it was too early to say whether he would run. "I'll be talking about it with friends, and running it past she who must be obeyed."

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    Thursday, March 26, 2009

    North Shore Council Lawyers pay a Visit

    Further to email correspondence from Andrew Williams yesterday it appear that he is wasting yet more council money in asking lawyers to have a look at the article written below (it includes said email) to presumably try and take some action to shut me up.

    The Law firm, Burton & Co, don't come cheap so there goes another grand or two of ratepayer money:

    New Zealand
    mis.burtonco.co.nz (203.97.83.106) [Label IP Address]
    darrenrickard.blogspot.com/2009/03/my-correspondance-with-andrew-williams.html
    darrenrickard.blogspot.com/2009/03/my-correspondance-with-andrew-williams.html
    www.whaleoil.co.nz/?q=content/mad-mayor-jussht-keepsh-digging

    Well, it isn't his money so I guess it is OK?

    mmm.

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    Wednesday, March 25, 2009

    My Correspondence with Andrew Williams

    I will give Andrew Williams, the Mayor of the North Shore of Auckland this, he does reply to his correspondence and you cant say that about many politicians.

    He really needs some anger management though, as you will see at the end of this post.

    I initially emailed him on Monday about a piece I wrote on Political Animal about his shenanigans with ratepayer money, principally his use of NZ$1342 to buy wine for his political allies to popularise his opposition to John Banks and his great idea for one Auckland, one mayor.

    My initial email:

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Darren Rickard
    Sent: Monday, 23 March 2009 9:05 p.m.
    To: mayor@northshorecity.govt.nz
    Subject: Article in Political Animal on Andrew Williams

    Dear Mr Andrews,

    please see the article below that was published on Monday 23 March. I attach
    it as a courtesy to you and hope you take it on board...

    Regards,  Darren Rickard.

    The Mayor's reply:

    date Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 1:21 AM
    subject RE: Article in Political Animal on Andrew Williams
    mailed-bynorthshorecity.govt.nz


    Hi Darren

    Thanks for emailing me this info. Much appreciated. The media love to sensationalise trivia but ignore all the positive work I am doing, and the results of my council.

    Regards 

    Andrew Williams Mayor Andrew Williams


    He thought I was supporting him which would have been bizarre because the content of Monday's Political Animal post wasn't exactly complimentary. It is clear that both the emailer(me) and the writer were the same.

    I tried once again with a similar reply.

    I then emailed this last night to finally get my point across:

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Darren Rickard

    Sent: Tuesday, 24 March 2009 10:43 p.m.
    To: Mayor Andrew Williams
    Subject: Re: Article in Political Animal on Andrew Williams

    Hi Andrew,

    I do NOT support you. Your arrogant, money wasting, rude and sometimes
    downright nutty antics as Mayor led me to write this.

    Regards, Darren Rickard.

    To be sure the content of this email might seem a little strong and my article was even stronger but they are facts as I see them and they are shared my a large majority of people who live on the North Shore of Auckland and the Mayor has been, well , nutty.

    Here is Andrew's unedited reply, 

    from Mayor Andrew Williams
    to Darren Rickard

    date Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 8:51 AM
    subject RE: Article in Political Animal on Andrew Williams
    mailed-bynorthshorecity.govt.nz


    You selfish, selfish, selfish nasty person. How dare you email me in such a mannerwith total ignorance of the facts.

    I work long hours day, night and at weekends helping people and groups all over the Shore. Every day people ask me for help with issues and I assist them. And I also have taken leadership with my council to sort out big problems such as PAK n SAVE, Birkenhead Library, TAKAPUNAkiosk, Albany high school, Long Bay Great Park, Whenuapai airport., Chelsea heritage park. And the list goes on.

    I have revised budgets and expenditure to reduce rate increases from 8.4% to 5.9%. Efficiencies have been found across council spending.

    And yes 15 yr old filthy shabby couches have been replaced. As they should be for important VIP guests to NZ's 4th latgest city. And for 20 years and before that there has been a civic events budget, including wine. This council has had the lowest wine use I am told. We didn't even have wine at our swearing in function.

    The bridge at Campbells Bay has been a 10 year community project. To provide safe access across an all too often sizeable tide of water. To provide safe access to the toilets and playground. Council officers have however over engineered it, OSH rules have added cost. We will deliver this community project at lower cost.

    So, don't email me with uninformed slaggings. You should be grateful that this Mayor is a hands-on Mayor who gets on with the business, takes a 'can do' attitude, and is leading this city strongly...to get the best outcomes for our city.

    What have you ever done for anyone else but yourself?. And what have you done for our city? ANYTHING APART FROM MOAN AND SLAG OFF AT THE MAYOR???

    Andrew Wiliams
    Mayor

    My only conclusion is that Andrew thinks it is OK to waste ratepayers money on expensive bottles of wine for political reasons and that his record rate rise because of his wasteful spending is hunky dory as well.

    Interesting the kind of people that we vote to represent ourselves huh?


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    Monday, March 23, 2009

    "Crunchy the Clown" Andrew William's drunken joke

    "I represent the people of North Shore and the best interests of my citizens". Andrew Williams, North Shore Mayor.

    I voted for Andrew Williams, the Loony Mayor of Auckland's North Shore, because he promised to focus on cutting costs to ratepayers and bringing an open an honest way of operating the council.

    Not only are we going to get a another massive hike in rates this year but Andrew and his mates have been busy spending millions on buying beach front houses to "make parks", putting in swing bridges in Castor Bay at the bottom of his street at the cost of half a million, spending up large on food and alcohol for himself and councilors and allowing private contractors to increase their bills on Council works projects when quotes were given at a set price.

    The latest money wasting exercise is William's use of over $1300 of ratepayer money (see video below) to buy private label wine at 18 bucks a bottle to give to political allies and friends.

    The wine is labeled "Stop Banks" and is a reference to John Banks and his advocacy for a "Super City" for Auckland, which Williams is against because he wouldn't stand a shit show of getting anywhere near being elected, because the guy is barking.




    William's priorities are wrong, he has broken most of his pre-election policies and this latest scandal should surely mean he falls on his highly paddled arsehole and give the Mayoral chains to someone who has respect for the office of Mayor and the ratepayers who have paid for his grand schemes and this latest little tawdry muck fest.

    William's Mayoral term thus far has been mired in controversy, arrogance, paranoid rantings, stupidity and downright nuttiness at times.

    I am truly ashamed that I voted for this mad prick. I wish I could take my vote back.

    Tell Crunchy what you think of his disrespectful ways at mayor@northshorecity.govt.nz  Dont be nasty just state your opinion forcefully.

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