[Forum] In response to the article ‘Councillor resigns from committee after enduring hostility’ that appeared in Coast Community Chronicle, edition 191, Cr Louise Greenaway has always supported and represented her electorate vigorously and well, as she should, over the issues that affect the residents.
So, is it the scourge of party politics that rears its ugly head, forcing her to resign from council’s Risk and Audit Committee?
Party politics has no place in local government, it corals party members, however proud they are of their membership, to vote along party lines rather than for the good of the whole electorate.
It is difficult for councils to hold out against state, who hold the purse strings.
If you don’t promote and practise what state wants, then we will withhold all sorts of investment.
Such is the quandary of our council.
The Central Coast has to understand that it is state that is calling the tune and it will be to our detriment if we don’t comply.
It is not what we want, but it is what it is.
Email, Jun 4
Susan Zgraja, Fountaindale