Issue No 103 | 20 July 2001 | |
Letters to the EditorHigh Farce
What a travesty as exposed in the article "High Farce", Daily Telegraph, Monday July 16 , 2001.
There can be no more compelling reason for reform, than the excision of any corrupt behaviour from those that are exceedingly well paid to serve , and it could be found that some spheres of Local Government are as corrupt as the whited sepulchers. How else can one explain these trips to destinations that have no real consequence to the ratepayers who fund these trips? In our city of Penrith , the council can afford to send the Deputy Mayor Greg Davies , and two other councilors plus two staff on a jaunt to America and Europe to examine housing estates . To get ideas for the rape of the A.D.I. site? A development which Penrith Council has publicly opposed. Then these ratepayer funded tourists , are off the check out White Water Facilities in Europe. Is not the Olympic White Water facility at Penrith the best in the world? Unfortunately this council is unable to fix the potholes in its roads, keep its parks mown and free from rubbish , or its streets safely kerbed and guttered. This $40 000 expense could be better spent in repairing roads, cleaning parks or funding to provide employment for local youth or unemployed. We can no longer afford the luxury of providing a kindergarten at the ratepayer's expense for the toadies of political parties. Its time for real reform, and the State Labor Government must now grasp this stinging nettle of local government mismanagement, incompetence, and inappropriate use of public monies and govern for all the people. What is needed is a man for All Seasons , a man who wants his pound of flesh , Shylock , Perhaps or Frank Sartor , Even!
Tom Collins
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Interview: Political Witch Hunt CFMEU national secretary John Sutton on the mooted Royal Commission and what is really needed to clean up the building industry E-Change: 1.3 The Nation State in Crisis In the latest instalment in their study on the new politics, Peter Lewis and Michael Gadiel looks at the rise and fall of the institutional State. Unions: Industrial Violence Rowan Cahill agrees with Tony Abbott that thuggery and violence are part of Australian industrial relations landscape - but it's the bosses who do most of the bashing. History: Total Recoil Neal Towart looks at how Royal Commissions designed to kick unions have typically come back to haunt their architects. International: Behind the Eight Ball Jubilee Australia's Thea Ormond looks at the international activity being generated around this week's Group of Eight Summit in Genoa Politics: Now We The People A new group believes there is an alternative to corporate gobalism and economic rationalism Satire: Marsden Now to Sue Himself Sydney solicitor John Marsden is suing himself for defamation, claiming the recent libel case he brought did irreparable damage to his reputation. Review: In The House Resident Four-Eyes Mark Morey attempts the impossible with this attempt at a serious analysis of Big Brother.
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