Blow the whistle to restore confidence in community
Blow the whistle on council:
Broken promises and unfulfilled undertakings. Delays, denials, dishonesty. Facilities, projects that benefit minority groups and/or favour small, special interest groups who are "in the know".
Meanwhile our infrastructure goes from insufficient to unsatisfactory and unacceptable.
Pot-holed roads, blocked gutters and drains, or no gutters or drains or footpaths.
Council-government land unkempt with weeds and rubbish, services delayed and denied.
Unwanted, unnecessary and detrimental development, asset sales without adequate consultation and even against community wishes.
And all we do get is continuing mistakes and mismanagement which are continually blamed on "the previous council", among other excuses.
A council which hides behind bureaucratic barriers and will not be open, transparent or honest with us.
A council that does not seem to understand that it is our money, resources, facilities, estate and assets that they are meant to be managing to meet our requirements.
The fundamental requirement is to benefit most of the people most of the time and to provide us with value for our money!
All this from too many privileged and protected council employees who remain unaccountable to the community - we the public - who they are employed to serve.
And no longer can they blame interference from councillors.
Some will just not accept or admit they got it wrong before and are still getting it wrong now.
However, there are others who do know the story, who do want to get things right.
How about you get in touch with your local newspapers and community groups and "blow the whistle"?
Hold the guilty who are ripping us all off to account.
Let's work together to get some confidence back into the community.
SOURCE:
Email, 19 Nov 2021
Ian Weekley, Umina Beach