So, Phyllis Miller thinks it undesirable that ratepayers should be informed about Council matters that directly impact them (LGNSW disappointed with ruling that briefings be public, CCN 503).
Councillors are the citizens’ officers, and Council staff members are the citizens’ servants, and ratepayers have every right to know everything that their employees do.
Mayor Miller says that briefings “ensure councillors are properly equipped with the background and technical information they need” before making a decision, but, apparently, the public they are responsible to should not be allowed the same information by which they can judge the value of councillors’ performance.
Keeping the public in the dark is the age-old wish of politicians, and it is good to see that the Minister has, unusually, taken the side of citizens in this debate.
Email, Sep 14
Bruce Hyland, Woy Woy
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