Does WALGA really think that it is not "a publicly-accountable body paid for by ratepayers through councils"? If so, it goes some way toward explaining the difficulty in getting WALGA to reflect the views and interests of its members (http://ianrker-vincent.blogspot.com.au/2014/08/walga-told-to-represent-its-members.html).
Whether publicly-accountable or not, it beggars belief that WALGA President, Troy Pickard, could ban reporters from the Post from attending the WALGA AGM - apparently on the grounds that he doesn't like what the POST has written about him. It's even worse, if true, that he has, apparently, ordered WALGA staff not to speak to the POST.
Oh! And here's another give-away. Pickard apparently said that WALGA is already involved with the government on plans to reform (for which read 'reduce the number of') country councils. Little wonder that many country councils presumably supported the AGM resolution criticising WALGA for its support of weakening the Dadour poll provisions (http://ianrker-vincent.blogspot.com.au/2014/08/walga-told-to-represent-its-members.html).
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