I'm not an Aucklander, but given what I know of Banksie and Whinnie, I think I'd rather ignore the cliche of 'the devil you know' and choose the (to me) unknown Len Brown. Surely he has to be better. Please tell me he's better.
And yes, I think non-Aucklanders can justify an opinion too, since we are certainly going to hear from whoever it is right down to Bluff.
to me at least banksie seems the most straight shooting of the three. Winston has no track record to my knowledge of being a mayor and Len brown ot me is to inexperienced and if he nearly dies of a heart attack during a music show can he handle the big super city ... I know that not a realy reason but the only one I can think of