''They might feel differently this time, but I am a local person and I do fight for local issues,'' he said. A resident on the Taieri for 25 years, Cr Lord was elected for the Mosgiel Taieri ward in 2013. Cr Lord pointed out that the councillors had help from a ''really good chief executive and a really good top staff '' and as a result ''there has been some good stuff happening''. He was happy there was ''committed money in the budget'' for the Mosgiel pool project. ''It is difficult to talk about individual achievement, but as a council we have made some really good gains,'' he said.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 09, 2016 18:22 UTC