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On Sunday, one councillor reported the capital s mayor to the Auditor-General, requesting an investigation into his proposal to sell part of the Wellington City Library building.
In response, Mayor Andy Foster came out swinging, describing the call for an investigation as without substance and nothing more than a delaying tactic. Fractured, is how one Wellington resident, Eimear described it, and it s not a good look.
A blitz of last-minute amendments from the mayor led to one councillor, Fleur Fitzsimons, reporting him to the Auditor-General.
One amendment was particularly galling to her, the idea of selling off part of the central library to a private company, which would then split the cost of earthquake strengthening the currently-closed building.