PHOTO: DAVID WHITE/STUFF – Auckland mayoral candidate John Palino would scrap the regional fuel tax and light rail from the city to the airport.

Former Auckland mayoral candidate John Palino has announced he’s running for the position for the third time.

Palino has run for mayor twice before, in 2013 and 2016. He came closest in 2013, securing more than 100,000 votes but still finishing a distant second to Len Brown.

In 2016 he came fourth behind Vic Crone and Chlöe Swarbrick.

The American-born Aucklander is a restaurateur and real estate agent. He’s advocating a different approach to tackling the city’s traffic woes.

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