Murray Lobb, whose campaign slogan is ‘Drop the spin’ shares the Official Information response he got from the KCDC.
Highlights
- In 2016 the KCDC had 6 ‘communications’ staff, that figure has since increased to 10.
- Salaries paid to them vary between $77,000 and $150,000 (one person gets that).
- The spend on ‘spin’ staff has increased to an incredible $938,764.
- In addition there are 3 contractors, these cost $170,000.
- The number of media inquiries received by the council has fallen from 258 in 2018 to 34 this last financial year.
Suppose they are forced to use maori at the start and end of letters, like government departments too
Greetings and conclusions are unlikely to cost much? The only time much gets written in Maori is when iwi are recipients, and even then it isn’t extensive as most iwi members are fluent in it.
I always suspected that the disease was contagious, Central Govt, the heart of the source, spreading uncontrolled to local Govt.