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Keown under fire over comments Jones, Cotter fire back on cycleways, sex workers stance ANDREW KING
A major rift has erupted between two city councillors and a community board deputy chairman. City councillors Ali Jones and Pauline Cotter have slammed Shirley-Papanui Community Board deputy chairman Aaron Keown over his stance on two separate issues, cycleways and sex workers. Last week, Mr Keown, a former city councillor who failed in his re-election bid, criticised the slow progress of cycleways in an opinion piece for the Nor’West News. He also said publicly last week the city council needed to have a bylaw requiring
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sex workers to be licensed to help clean up the industry. Cr Jones said Mr Keown had made a “pig’s ear of it� in a public forum. “Why on earth does he not ask questions of the experts first or us, I can only guess that it is grandstanding,� she told the Nor’West News. “You can’t put anything into a bylaw that contradicts the legislation of street prostitution,� she said. After the February 2011 earthquakes sex workers were pushed down to the residential parts of St Albans, due to inner city road closures.
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Though restrictions had been put in place, sex workers still lacked toilet facilities - something the city council had tried to address. Cr Jones said solutions were “taking time� due to the complex nature of the issue. Cr Cotter took issue with Mr Keown’s stance on cycleways saying they were “on-time� and “on-budget�. In a letter to the Nor’West News she wrote that the two cycle sections had been opened with another on the cards for next year. Mr Keown said he was merely making
suggestions and used the words “couldâ€? and “shouldâ€?. He said an email sent to all community board members from Cr Jones on Thursday had a “bullying toneâ€? to it. In the letter she wrote: “Well I thought we were a team . . . I have had enough of this uninformed grandstanding from Aaronâ€?. She wrote that she was getting city council staff advice on the issues before making public statements. “Something I wish Aaron, you would do before putting your position in stories like this,â€? she wrote. Board chairman Mike Davidson said it was a shame to see “in-fightingâ€? in the community board. He said there had been “a bitâ€? of infighting at the start of the term but it had subsided. “We have to remember that this is Aaron’s personal view, he was not representing the board and has the right to his opinion,â€? he said. “It [city council] is doing some good work in the area with prostitutes, it may be slow but work is being done,â€? he said. “With a year to go [until elections] we don’t want this discussion happening every week,â€? he said. • Cr Pauline Cotter’s letter, p4
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