Red zone stayer runs against Brownlee in Ilam electorate as protest campaign
(WorldNews New Zealand)

DAVID WALKER/Stuff After seven years and five court cases, red zoner Martin Francis has decided to fight Gerry Brownlee and National by running as an independent candidate for the Ilam electorate. Martin Francis has an unusual strategy for a political candidate. `I don`t want to get elected. `There will be no posters and no nothing.` The Christchurch red zone stayer is standing against National Party cabinet minister Gerry Brownlee in the Ilam electorate to protest the way uninsured homeowners have been treated since the 2011 earthquakes. READ MORE: * Bexley suburb...