This is the personal blog of Ian Ker, who was Councillor for the South Ward of the Town of Vincent from 1995 to 2009. I have been a resident of this area since 1985. This blog was originally conceived as a way of letting residents of Vincent know what I have been doing and sharing thoughts on important issues. I can now use it to sound off about things that concern me.

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Saturday, October 5, 2013

Hubris for the History Books

This piece in The West Australian today, about the splitting of a State in India prompts me to ask the rhetorical question: What would Die Führer's reaction be if the Federal Government were to say it was going to split WA? perhaps because the Pilbara and Kimberley have more in common with the Northern Territory than with the southern parts of WA. Or because the Northern Territory needs more resources to be viable.

Now, I know that there are constitutional reasons why this couldn't happen without a referendum. But why, Col, are you set on denying us the right to have a similar say in respect of your proposed changes to local government?

What are you scared of? If your proposals are so good and in all our long-term interests, surely you should be able to convince sufficient of us of their value and ride to victory and into the history books.

As it is, you will slide into the history books as an exemplar of hubris, a loss of contact with reality and over-estimation of one's own abilities and competence.

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