Rates rise of 2.75 not acceptable

Rates rise of 2.75% not acceptable Wellington city councillors must go back the drawing board and cut back the rates increase, says Wellington Employers' Chamber of Commerce CEO Raewyn Bleakley."It's not acceptable that councillors have allowed the budget to blow out to the extent it has."It was bad enough at 2.5 per cent but 2.75 per cent is simply not acceptable. It ...