First term councillor wants to buy historic building and give it his name
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A first-term city councillor has proposed spending a significant sum of money to purchase a closed former theatre. Under the proposal, the historic building would be renamed after the councillor himself.
The initiative follows a pattern of attention-getting behavior from the official, who has previously engaged in headline-generating antics within local government.
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Stuff (Wellington/Auckland, New Zealand)Critical portrayal highlighting the councillor's history of attention-seeking antics.