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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Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Spot On, Trev.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-05/victoria-park-mayor-opposed-to-new-plan/5069784
Victoria Park Mayor, Trevor Vaughan, is spot on when he says that the new City of Perth proposal is all about politics - although I'd argue it is also about pragmatism.

Marginal seats are always political levers, but the pragmatism comes from the agenda of keeping major assets and projects such as the Burswood Stadium in the hands of a 'friendly' council that is not very concerned about their impacts on surrounding communities - because those communities are in other local governments.

And there we were thinking that the Local Government Act might mean what it said when it mentions 'community of interest' as a guiding principle for establishing local government boundaries.
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