This is crazy & I'm paying for it!

Waitakere City Council, to whom I pay rates, is prosecuting itself for not following it’s own process. What the…? Waitakere council to take itself to court - 13 Oct 2006 - Building construction...

Waitakere City Council, to whom I pay rates, is prosecuting itself for not following it’s own process. What the…?

Waitakere council to take itself to court - 13 Oct 2006 - Building & construction

Waitakere council to take itself to court - 13 Oct 2006 - Building & construction

The council has found itself on the wrong side of the law after accepting tenders for the removal of six homes on the Henderson Valley flood plain. It contracted out and approved the buildings' removal without the necessary consents.

The council has found itself on the wrong side of the law after accepting tenders for the removal of six homes on the Henderson Valley flood plain.

It contracted out and approved the buildings' removal without the necessary consents.

The council is the authority that grants consents

The council is the authority that grants consents

He did not know how much the case would cost the city council but so far it had spent about $3000 in getting an outside legal opinion.

He did not know how much the case would cost the city council but so far it had spent about $3000 in getting an outside legal opinion.