That is the message from Wainoni Avonside Community Services Trust co-ordinator Betty Chapman after Mr Park's bid to make good on his no show for a mayoral debate last week.
Mr Park pulled out of the trust's debate on Wednesday afternoon an hour before it was to begin, prompting an angry response from Mrs Chapman.
About 60 people had turned up for the mayoral debate, which involved Mayor Lianne Dalziel and two other candidates, John Minto and JT Anderson at the trust's new headquarters at the Burwood Christian Centre.
Mr Park has apologised for the no show and proposed he meet with the community on September 25.
Mr Park told Pegasus Post he withdrew due to a "critical," "personal" meeting.
He would not say what the meeting was for.
Mrs Chapman said Mr Park's apology was hard to accept given this.
"He didn't say what it [the meeting] was about, what the urgency was, so it would have been nice to know that, he hasn't given us the subject matter of that meeting."
She said it would be up to the services trust's members to decide if they wanted Mr Park to meet with them.
Mr Park attended the Canterbury Employers' Chamber of Commerce debate on Wednesday night.
At the debate he questioned why the city council was spending millions on cycleways when roads in the east needed fixing, labelling it as "not bloody good enough."
However, his last-minute withdrawal from the services trust's debate earlier in the day was described by organiser Betty Champan as a "slap in the face" for people in the east wanting roading and other improvements after the earthquakes.
Former mayor Garry Moore, who chaired the debate, also criticised the no show.
In a Facebook post, Mr Park also criticised a Dalziel-led council for neglecting the east and failing to look after the basics.
Said Mrs Chapman: “It’s a bit of a slap in the face because a lot of people were here today to see Darryll. Out in the east we know Lianne, she had been our MP for years, the people came to see Darryll to hear what he had to say.”
Mr Moore questioned Mr Park’s commitment.
“To me, that showed no commitment to being mayor because if you are running for mayor you have to go to every meeting,” he said.
Mr Park’s absence put a real dampener on the debate, he said.
“Is he only prepared to talk to the business community and not the people of town?”
Mr Park said the criticism he received for missing the debate was "unfair."
"I don't think it's fair at all. One instance where I couldn't make a meeting and yet, I've committed to being out there in the east and have been out there on several occasions.
"I can't undo something that happened and was unavoidable and I had to be at the other meeting."
