Random thoughts and observations
I’m slow catching up with the local news, but this extraordinary article from the Weekly Times Messenger caught my eye: “Charles Sturt Council has asked media representatives to sit on opposite sides of the chamber’s gallery in each meeting in order to get a different perspective of the debate. The council’s staff approached a Weekly Times Messenger Reporter last week and asked her to stop sitting on the same side of the chamber each meeting.
Regular commenter Adam linked me to the Facebook version of his letter to the editor on Mount Gambier City Council’s unimaginative decision to officially name the main corner development “Main Corner”. Adam liked one councillor’s suggestion to call it the “Woo Cultural and Civic Complex” instead, apparently in recognition of Aboriginal heritage. He went on [...]
Mount Gambier City Council must have run out of ideas when somebody started allocating the names of early explorers and New South Wales governors to streets in a relatively new estate near us. The names include Matthew Flinders, James Cook, Stirling, Dampier and Macquarie. Most councils these days name streets after local historical figures, native [...]
This takes the prize for the worst media release I’ve seen for a long time. The headline is unbelievably: “Councils oppose corruption”. Wow! Do they really? It’s from the Local Government Association of South Australia. It would be more newsworthy, of course, if they supported corruption. The introduction is nonsenical: SA’s Local Government Association has [...]
I don’t understand why the West Australian Government doesn’t just get on with the job of local government reform. It’s another example of indecision and lack of leadership. Add it to the list with daylight saving and retail trading hours. There are too many councils in WA, no argument. Tweet Pin It
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