At this time of year it’s traditional for political commentators to pick their politician of the year.
And interestingly, the NZ Herald this past weekend went for Simeon Brown.
Now, I think Simeon’s right up there. There’s a reason he’s called Golden Balls. But I don’t think he’s the one.
I think that honour has got to go to Erica Stanford and it’s not even a competition as far as I’m concerned.
No disrespect to Simeon Brown, because he is fixing up a bunch of stuff that needs fixing up like speed limits, potholes, Wellington City Council, speed bumps, Transpower etc.
And he’s done it without causing days of drama. He’s decisive and rarely makes mistakes. You get the impression he’s absolutely not taking BS from public officials behind the scenes.
But that's all regular running-a-Government stuff.
Erica Stanford though, has done something pretty special - she banned phones in schools.
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