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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Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Nedlands Dissents

I have written here several times that part of Colin Barnett's strategy is to create discord in local government and then come in as the 'white knight'. The City of Nedlands has broken ranks with WALGA because it doesn't believe that WALGA is truly acting in the interests of local government.

Whatever the truth of it - and WALGA President Troy Pickard's links with the Liberal Party were apparent in WALGA's early insipid response - all of us need to be careful that discord doesn't lead to weakness. Diversity of view and of strategy can be very powerful, but discord can be debilitating.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-10-02/nedlands-council-pulls-out-of-walga/4993046?section=wa

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