Say nothing and take the money
Sharon Martin from the Umina Chamber of Commerce has launched an attack on Cr Vicki Scott for supposedly politicising the funding of the Carols By Candlelight.
Not a good move.
Cr Scott has every right to ensure that organisations like Sharon Martin's Umina Chamber of Commerce are fiscally sound and that they have a viable business plan in place to hold community events.
Ms Martin says that she is apolitical.
Not quite true.
Sharon Martin is a fully paid member of the Liberal Party and is a member of Cr Chris Holstein's Brisbane Water branch.
Cr Holstein is the endorsed Liberal candidate for the state seat of Gosford.
The request for council funding for the carols was combined with a request from the president of the Terrigal Chamber of Commerce Darren Jamieson, who is also a fully-paid member of the Liberal Party and the much-touted likely candidate for the Federal seat of Robertson.
The funding for Ms Martin's Carols by Candlelight was backed by all the Liberal-aligned councillors.
And who will open the carols but Cr Holstein?
Sharon Martin would have been wise to say nothing and take the money!
Katie Smith, Umina
23 Nov 2009