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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Friday, November 8, 2013

Insightful Cartoon - Watch Out For The Gerrymander

Perth Voice, 9th November 2013
I love this week's cartoon in the Perth Voice. It sums up everything the City of Perth fears about the proposed amalgamation with Vincent - that it would actually have to engage with real people in the community.

Individual councillors might be insulated to some extent if there were a ward structure, but that wouldn't help Lisa S as the Lord Mayor would still be elected by the community at large - and would need a sizeable chunk of the 21,000 Vincent voters (compared to the 10,000 or so in Perth).

It would be no surprise, therefore, to see the City of Perth pressing for a ward structure with a heavy bias towards the existing City of Perth and the Lord Mayor to be elected by Councillors from the gerrymandered Council so elected.
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