Blumsky angry about failed v8 bid

Mark Blumsky, former Wellington mayor, claims small minority have used RMA as tool to stop V8 race

14 May 2005
Former Wellington mayor Mark Blumsky is angry the difficulties involved in getting resource consent have resulted in Wellington not pursuing its bid for the V8 Supercars' street race.

Wellington City Council has decided it will not go ahead with a bid for the event because there is no guarantee it will be able to get resource consent in time.

Mark Blumsky, who is the National Party's candidate for Wellington Central, says he is extremely disappointed.

He believes there are tens of thousands of people across New Zealand who will be appalled that a small minority opposed to the race have used the RMA as a weapon.

Mr Blumsky says the event would have brought millions of dollars into Wellington.

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