[Forum]Over the past few months, we’ve seen the best kind of community spirit from our country.
The Black Summer has united us all in one of the darkest times of recent memory.
We were one.
Sadly, the flooding this February has almost torn the Central Coast community apart.
There isn’t a perfect solution for The Entrance Channel, as has been proven time and time again.
If there was, surely it would have been implemented 20, 40 or 60 years ago.
Sadly, there are some among us who wish to use misinformation and “fake news” to fan the flames that have brought us to boiling point.
Even more upsettingly, this time it’s not faceless people in the comment sections, it’s elected officials.
Councillors Greg Best and Bruce McLachlan, so caught up in their own fragile male egos and rightful fear for their re-election prospects come September, have sparked a rebellion against one of the best and most community minded Mayors we’ve ever had.
What did Councillor Best actually achieve as Mayor for four years?
Why aren’t his followers examining his record on what they are now demanding from Mayor Matthews’ action on Tuggerah Lakes?
Where is his mate, Doug Eaton?
What did he get done in 10 years in the Mayor’s chair to fix our Lakes?
And who is Bruce McLachlan?
A real estate agent, with a political track record limited to spruiking nonsense and talking over women.
This is out of control.
Amidst all of their chest-beating, McLachlan and Best should be the ones handing in their resignations.
Alas, they will not.
Instead they’ll resort to more and more mud-slinging and misinformation until they are rightfully booted from office in September 12.
We, as a community, must decide if these are the kind of people we want representing us.
If you ask me, absolutely not.
Email, Feb 15
Joshua Maxwell,
Berkeley Vale