Future West Candidates Announced
PRESS RELEASE - For immediate release, 24 August
2010
Future West Candidates Announced
The Future West
team has selected the candidates they wish to stand
in
the Waitakere Ward for the Auckland Council elections in
October
under the banner "Future West".
The values
Future West candidates are campaigning on include:
-
keeping public assets in public ownership, no
privatisation;
- restoring local democracy;
-
retaining local identity for communities and ensuring they
have a
strong voice.
"The candidates that we have
picked to stand for the Future West
team have a great
mixture of skills, experience, background, age,
enthusiasm and ethnicity that we think reflects the
diversity of the
ward" says Future West Chair Greg
Presland.
"The candidates we have selected represent the
grassroots community
and will be working together to
restore democracy to the Super City
for the future of
everyone in the Waitakere Ranges, Henderson and
Massey"
says GAG President Mels Barton.
The candidates standing
for the Waitakere Ranges Local Board in the
Waitakere
Ward for Future West are:
Greg Presland
Denise
Yates
Neil Henderson
Steve Tollestrup
The
candidates standing for the Henderson-Massey Local Board in
the
Waitakere Ward for Future West are:
Jeremy
Greenbrook-Held
Melody Shinnick
Gary Stewart
Lyndon
Walker
Lincoln Dam
Richard Prakash
The candidates
standing for the Portage Licensing Trust for Future West
are:
Lorraine Wilson
Ami Chand
Neil
Henderson
Brett Austin
The candidate standing for the
Waitakere Licensing Trust for Future West is:
Jeremy
Greenbrook-Held
More details regarding all candidates are
available on the Future
West and City Vision websites at
www.futurewest.org.nz
Future West is a coalition of the
Labour Party, Green Party and
independent community
groups.
ENDS