Matthew Backhouse   Big promises in local body elections  Photo
/ File Photo / File  Some of the more colourful candidates in
this year's local body elections are promising big even if their
mayoral election chances seem small.  A moneyless economy,
cannabis law reform and Reserve Bank loans to ordinary Kiwis are
among the ideas being peddled by a handful of the country's
240-odd mayoral hopefuls.  Lesser-known candidates spoke to
TV3's The Nation this morning about their campaigns.  Nelson
mayoral candidate Richard Osmaston, a 49-year-old pig farmer and
former pilot, wants the world to ditch money - starting with
Nelson.  "The moneyless economy will solve basically every
problem you can think of. We don't need any new technology. This
is the answer - I'm utterly convinced of that. How we get there
from here is more difficult," he told The Nation.  Mr Osmaston
is part of the global Venus Project movement, which aims to set
up a resource-based economy where nobody has to work and
everything is free.  If electe