Although he achieved almost nothing in 6 years as mayor, Guru had his supporters on the council, particularly his loyal deputy who has taken his place. Guru will not now get his legacy vanity project — oh dear, what can be done?
Former mayors Iver Trask and Brett Ambler, respectively, had a place and a way between the KCDC HQ and the Aquatic Centre named after them.
We looked around the Paraparaumu town centre close to the aforementioned areas and discovered these two unnamed contenders. The criteria should be that it’s short and goes nowhere.
Better idea …………… name the local “rubbish tip” after the “Guru”.
The “Guru Rubbish TIP” – sounds appropriate, considering all the rubbish he served up.
His loyal deputy has taken his place only because dumb people voted her in.
Rather than dumb, we’d use the term ignorant — mostly old dears sitting their armchairs who just look at the official brochure and decide who has the best sounding 150 word blurb and the prettiest picture.