I was absolutely gobsmacked by the response to Central Coast ratepayers by the Administrator, Dick Persson.
His remarks are nothing more than a disgusting show of arrogance towards the ratepayers. (Coast Connect column, Chronicle, p10 Jan 20).
To even suggest that we are shareholders in a failed business is mind boggling.
It is more than obvious that this Council has been badly managed for some years.
Should this be the so-called fixer-upper’s way of dealing with this huge problem, then he too should be reprimanded for his remarks towards the ratepayers who have had to put up with second rate footpaths and roads for over 50 years.
Should we be shareholders, why then have I not received dividends?
He is suggesting that we, the ratepayers are responsible for the mess that this Council is in at the moment.
I can only assume that the Administrator obviously lives in another world and must come from a place where we can only dream to live.
Email, Jan 21
Warren Smith, Halekulani