1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,320 Speaker 1: Now Andrew Little is calling on Tory Fano to stop 2 00:00:02,360 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 1: signing contracts to tie his hands. The Wellington mayor has 3 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:09,079 Speaker 1: indicated that she will deliberately stile sign contracts for the 4 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:11,560 Speaker 1: Golden Mile so that he will keep going with the 5 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 1: project if he becomes the mayor and he's with us. Now, hey, Andrew, 6 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 1: do you know I mean, this is something she said 7 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 1: she would do. But is she actually signing any contracts? 8 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:23,439 Speaker 2: I don't know, and I don't have it really a 9 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:25,639 Speaker 2: way of knowing unless they announce it. But I just 10 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:28,319 Speaker 2: think there's you know, she's not going to be the 11 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:31,160 Speaker 2: mayor after the addiction she's stood aside. Who knows she's 12 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 2: going to be on council. But given the significance of 13 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 2: the project and how sensitive it is and some of 14 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:39,479 Speaker 2: the issues that particularly business have expressed about it, and 15 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:41,559 Speaker 2: not being opposed to it, but just a level of 16 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 2: disruption that could cause, it's a project that should just 17 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 2: have a rule run over it reviewed see whether it's 18 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:49,080 Speaker 2: phased right and staged right and all the rest of it. 19 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:52,200 Speaker 2: And for that reason, the Council shouldn't be entering into 20 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 2: contracts for the later stages until the new council has 21 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:56,440 Speaker 2: had a chance to look at it. 22 00:00:57,680 --> 00:00:59,640 Speaker 1: Did you make a mistake. Do you think by saying 23 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 1: that you will not get out of any contracts that 24 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 1: are signed between now and the election? 25 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:06,680 Speaker 2: No, not at all. Well, it's pretty hard to do 26 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:10,279 Speaker 2: that without incurring massive legal costs because the other party 27 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:13,479 Speaker 2: to the contract could sue for specific performance. I don't 28 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 2: want council to be tied up in a whole a 29 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:16,759 Speaker 2: bunch of legal rangers. They've had enough as it is. 30 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 2: But I do think the current counsel it is within 31 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:24,040 Speaker 2: their powers collectively to make sure that given they changed 32 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 2: council landscape after the election, to put things on hold 33 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 2: and then for things to be reviewed after that. 34 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:33,400 Speaker 1: Now, she says in a statement to us, Well, candidates 35 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 1: may have their own views, they do not have the 36 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 1: mandate to demand that our council cease progress on any 37 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 1: democratically agreed upon projects. What do you say to that? 38 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:45,199 Speaker 2: Yeah, look, that's technically correct, But I just think there's 39 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 2: the whole thing about the Golden Mile and the implementation 40 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 2: of it is a political issue. It's an election issue 41 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 2: and there's a lot of disquiet about it, and it's 42 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 2: a business community down that CBD who are under real 43 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 2: pressure at the moment. I just think if the Council 44 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 2: is doing its job, it is it is, you know, 45 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 2: hearing what is going on, reading the room, and taking 46 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:09,960 Speaker 2: the right steps and waiting till the new Council gets 47 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 2: in and can make the longer term decision. 48 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 1: Andrew, is it possible that you may have to renege 49 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:17,120 Speaker 1: on that promise not to break any of these contracts 50 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 1: or go back on any of these contracts? I mean, 51 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:20,240 Speaker 1: is it possible that you may actually have to do 52 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:21,680 Speaker 1: that depending on what happens. 53 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:26,920 Speaker 2: Only if there was sort of completely outrageous things in 54 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:31,079 Speaker 2: the contracts, contracts or contracts that's you know, you're and everybody's, 55 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:33,679 Speaker 2: everybody's laws go over them with a fire tooh Cone, 56 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:36,520 Speaker 2: I don't want. I'm certainly not going to promise if 57 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 2: I'm elected as mere to put the Council in the 58 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 2: position where they think it'll be spending years defending their 59 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 2: actions in courts because they've decided to break contracts. But 60 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:49,799 Speaker 2: I think that the real answer isn't you know, over 61 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:52,799 Speaker 2: going to break contracts? Is it is within the power 62 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:55,640 Speaker 2: of the Council now over the next five months is 63 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:58,360 Speaker 2: to just stop and say, look, things are going to 64 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 2: change after the eleventh of October, whoever is mayor, and 65 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:03,960 Speaker 2: that's a time for a new council with a new 66 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 2: mandate tay to look at everything and make sure that 67 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:09,240 Speaker 2: we are sensitive to the needs of the businesses up 68 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 2: and down the Golden Mile. 69 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:12,240 Speaker 1: Andrew, it's good to talk to you. Thank you so much, Matt. 70 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 1: That's Andrew Little, Wellington mayor or candidate. For more from 71 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 1: Heather Duplessy Allen Drive, Listen live to news Talks. It'd 72 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 1: be from four pm weekdays, or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.