Larry Williams Drive

I sort of hate saying this because I actually really like Viv Beck, but I do think she needs to think very seriously about throwing in the towel in the Auckland mayoral race for the sake of the city. John Banks has got a point in what he was saying in the Herald this morning. At this rate, she can’t win. Her polls are slipping, her campaign is not good enough to lift those polls. All she’s doing right now is splitting the vote between the two candidates on the right — herself and Wayne Brown — and ensuring Efeso Collins on the left gets into the mayoralty. Have you seen Efeso Collins’ policies? Are you sure this is the guy you want as the mayor of Auckland? There are three things I worry about: 1. He supports giving a lane on the Harbour Bridge to cyclists. Permanently. That’s gonna screw the traffic coming in from the North Shore big time when it’s already screwed up enough. 2. He supports building another harbour crossing that doesn’t allow cars on it. So just for the climate friendly transport. That’s not