Resignation Necessary
The mayoral imbroglio: more contamination than a P-House
The right thing to do is – resign!
Of course Mayor Len Brown should step down. The list of reasons is overwhelming. The imbroglio he created has raised a lot of questions that have yet to be answered.
The mayor continues to degrade the office of mayor. He shouts about his ‘passion’ for Auckland, as if that is a justification for staying in office – which it clearly isn’t. If he is serious about his ‘passion’ and the good of Auckland, the right and proper way to show this ‘passion’ is to step down and let the mayoralty recover some dignity. Every moment he stays in office, he is butchering the dignity of the office and embedding a lower set of values for the future of leadership in local government.
Seemingly he can’t be sacked. However, the real issue now is whether the citizens of Auckland will show the integrity, courage, and responsibility needed to activate themselves to do whatever they can to pressure a ‘lame duck’ mayor to step down. No amount of philosophical gymnastics justifies him staying in office, albeit he might succeed if hypocrisy prevails.
