Administrator appointed for cosmetic surgery

The Administrator has been selected to carry out cosmetic surgery and save the Premier.

The downfall of Gosford Council was reported in editions of Peninsula News in 2014.

Why didn't the Minister for Local Government take action?

Was the amalgamation strategy already active?

Administrator No 1 was appointed in May 2016, giving the State Government sufficient time to play its part, strengthening its control and chipping away councillor credibility.

Did senior Government officers inspect the Gosford Council chambers to determine if it could be refurbished to safely accommodate 15 councillors with an increased public gallery and then advise the Council time and cost estimates?

All that is required now is a small room to suit a maximum of three senior council officers and one public representative.

Interim Administrator No 2 will not address core issues which leaves the door open for Administrator numbers three, four and five.

Council watchers on the Peninsula should not be alarmed I have failed to report the Council's administration problems did not begin in 2014

Residents appointed to Council's advisory committees often commented on the failings in the Council's administration, many years prior to 2014

However 2014 was the year the division between the Council and councillors deepened, with the public shackled onlookers.

Everyone now knows where the Central Coast is located, for all the wrong reasons.

The first question potential buyers will ask is: Have the amalgamation problems been solved? SOURCE: Letter, 18 Nov 2020 Norm Harris, Umina