Poster placement breaches code of conduct

Breaches of Gosford Council's Code of Conduct were made by some Labor Party, Liberal Party and Independent councillors who campaigned for their re-election in the run up to September 8.

The proliferation of political advertising photographed on our public property and power poles for many weeks created a perception that those sitting councillors and the deputy mayor had enjoyed the benefit of Council's habitual sloth-like enforcement of compliance in regard to political activity on our local road reserves and power poles.

The use of our public property usually attracts a fiscal return to ratepayers for its use or a fine of $425 for repeat offenders.

Clearly so-called friends of council get a free ride.

Every time there is an election, Federal State or Local politicians and their supporters may with impunity convert our public property for their own use.

Some of this political material is still in plain sight of those responsible.

Email, 13 Sep 2012

Edward James, Umina