RE: Politics with Sam Uffindell.

I was led to believe that once a person was elected, they should represent the whole electorate. However, it would appear from Mr Uffindell's comments in his column in The Weekend Sun's April 28 edition that it is only the deep blue constituents that matter to him.

If he is really in touch with his electorate and the wider Bay of Plenty, he would be aware that at the recent Mayoral Forum, every Bay of Plenty Regional, City and District Council leader voted unanimously to consider that the Bay of Plenty region be early adopters in the ‘Affordable Water Reform programme'.

In my opinion, the National 'repeal” proposal, where every council will pay its own capital costs to become compliant with National Standards by July 1, 2024, would lead to forced amalgamation of the small rural councils in New Zealand.

Mr Uffindell, with all due respect, I suggest you get outside your little bubble of deep blue constituent advisors if you want to see which way the wind is really blowing.

Garry Webber, Omokoroa.