Mark4MayorOnkaparinga

06/04/2023

03/01/2023

Do people want to find out what happened at the November 2022 Onkaparinga Council election?

17/12/2022

Is everyone satisfied with the way the election for the Council for the City of Onkaparinga went?

I stood for Mayor in last month’s election along with 11 candidates who stood for the 12 vacant Councillor positions. We were all in agreement that Council Rates are excessive and money has been spent or wasted without the full consent of Rate Payers. We sought to extract the Council from all politics and return to the basics of ‘Rates, rubbish and roads’ to make a truly transparent Council that served the people.

We and our supporters put in a massive effort during the campaign delivering about 62,000 flyers to all rate payers. We knocked on almost every door talking to all we could and placed flyers in letterboxes of those not home. This is when you truly appreciate that there are 1552km of roads within the council area!

The work our volunteers did during the scrutineering process was unmatched to the point that Election Commission of SA staff commented no one had ever bothered to check what they did before.

But we lost.

Can it be that the majority of rate payers did not support rate reductions?

We were however successful in getting one Councillor elected, Kevin Rilett in Pimpala Ward. We all congratulate him on his achievement and wish him all the best for his coming term of office.

I was second place to Moira Were, missing by 280 votes.

We would like to congratulate all of the successful candidates who are now in office.

We are currently looking very closely into what happened during the election and will report again in the New Year.

For now we would like to sincerely thank all of our supporters who did such an amazing effort during the campaign and scurtineering process and we would also like to thank every rate payer who voted for me and for all of our candidates.

Have a wonderful Christmas and a happy New Year.

28/10/2022

This is message that could prove to be more important than most of us think

26/10/2022

If we are elected we will be asking for community consulation on what Onkaparinga rate payers and residents think about the Welcome to Country Acknowledgement that is given at virtually every government meeting. This Acknowledgement makes a statement about the indigenous in this country.. We will also be asking all tribal elders in this country for their say.

25/10/2022

I DO NOT GIVE FACEBOOK PERMISSION TO SHARE ANYTHING OF MINE., THAT I HAVE PUT ON THEIR SITE, . PICTURES, CURRENT OR PAST POSTS, PHONE NUMBERS OR EMAILS.. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING CAN BE USED IN ANY FORM WITHOUT MY WRITTEN PERMISSION OR VERBAL CONSENT.

17/10/2022

A local radio program interviewed Mayoral Candidate, Mark Nielsen to get his ideas on what can be done for Rate Payers in Onkaparinga

04/10/2022

I'm running for Mayor in the Onkaparinga Council Election and I want to see Council Rates reduced as much as possible.
http://mark4mayor.net/qr/