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Gore's ratepayers are likely in for a rates hike of over 11.5% but will have little say in the matter, thanks to their dysfunctional council.
With months of strained relations between the mayor and councillors apparently behind them, they held an extraordinary meeting yesterday to discuss the critical annual plan in public.
Our Otago-Southland reporter, Timothy Brown, was there.
