Council history repeating itself

Is history repeating itself?

I noticed a story about water and rates increases (CCN 440) and a few pages further on a story from Central Coast Council CEO David Farmer on projected budget surplus.

Seeing as how the Council blew millions on bad investments (twice) and the ratepayers suffered, why are they hitting us up again?

I have a brilliant idea. Why not get a Council that puts the lot back into services?

This could work better.

Get rid of the plush carpets, the top-end salaries and buildings, and instead fix the roads, sewerage, water (hidden storm water).

Or do we bring back a working man’s Council?

The Council cannot have the ratepayers as a cash cow, we are going under already. 

Remember Dick Perssons, the Administrator before Ric Hart?

He was the guy who said: “They will soon forget about the rate hike”.

I am reminded every time I pay the mortgage, rates, water, power, food, fuel, and school things.

Stop the regular increases and use the Budget surplus to fix the last schemozzle.

We do not need a repeat disaster. 

Email, June 1

John Strang, Woy Woy