Well done Bob, brillant idea putting an entertainment centre in the middle of a paddock, in the middle of winter, with no parking. Are you gonna supply gumboots?

mmmmmmmm higest paid, least effective CEO in the country.....I bet they keep him and rattle off some hakneyed old phrase about stability etc.....

See how he behaves as below from a former mayors book.

"David Braithwaite claims former Hamilton City Council chief executive Tony Marryatt came to his house the day after his mayoral election win with a note outlining which councillors should hold positions of power.

In excerpts from his new book, Making A Stand, Mr Braithwaite, who was mayor during the tumultuous 2001-2004 term, says Mr Marryatt overstepped the boundaries of his position. He wrote: "I was elected on a Saturday and on the following day I was visited by Tony Marryatt at my home.

"He presented me with a hand-written paper on which he outlined who should hold positions of responsibility on the incoming council, who the deputy mayor should be and that councillor Dave Macpherson should hold no positions of responsibility at all."

Mr Braithwaite said that the "chief immediate problem" when he became mayor "was the attitude of chief executive Tony Marryatt".

"My mayoralty began with what was essentially a threat from him, and a clear warning that he thought the mayoralty and its smooth functioning were in his gift and not in the gift of the electors of the city."

Mr Marryatt, who left Hamilton City Council last year and is now chief executive of Christchurch City Council, hit back at the comments, saying he was giving the mayor his "professional wisdom" after the election.

"What he does with that is up to him."