Tauranga citizens have two shots at democracy this year. Yes we have lost the Tauranga City Council election, but there are still the byelection and the Bay of Plenty Regional Council elections. We have lost one out of three elections this year. We are not silenced like a lot of loud people and organisations like to make you believe. Let's focus on what we can do rather than what we can't do. That's what a ‘can-do' attitude is about, right?

J Cole, Poike.