Clutha and Central Otago are being raised as possible bedfellows for the Gore district as discussions continue around the reorganisation of local government. Last week the government announced it was imposing a three-month window for councils to put forward reorganisation proposals or face those decisions being made on their behalf. The Gore district is no stranger to reorganisation debates, following the Southland District Council’s push for an amalgamation of the four main entities in Southland — Gore District Council, Southland District Council, Environment Southland and Invercargill City Council — to two, although opinions have been mixed. Gore District Mayor Ben Bell has voiced scepticism over this reorganisation in the past and said this week the new push from government was a good, but difficult, conversation to have. "Three months is a very short timeframe purely because these are once-in-a-generation decisions you have to make.…