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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Thursday, September 11, 2014

Homer's Confused 'Logic' - Yet Again

In the debate on David Templeman's motion opposing the Government's policy of forced local government amalgamations, Local Government Minster, Tony (Homer) Simpson, managed an astonishing feat of self-justification that defies all reason.

He said that: "The golden rule in local government is that a high turnout of voters tells us that there is a problem in local government. If no one votes … the local government is doing well".

He somehow then managed to attribute the low turnout at the October 2013 local government elections to a lack of concern about the 'reform' process. He said: "If the wider community had been very anxious about the reform process in the metropolitan area, I would have expected to see a big jump in the number of people voting in local government elections when the reform process was fairly and squarely on the table".

Au contraire, Minister.

According to your first (correct) statement, the low turnout reflects the view that local government is doing well. If local government is doing well, there is no need for your so-called reforms.

In any case, in October 2013, whilst local government 'reform' was 'on the table', no one knew then the extent of your duplicity and deceit - and people were expecting to have a democratic vote on proposals. The proposals you submitted to the Local Government Advisory Board were very different from those you released in July 2013 - and all with the objective of avoiding giving communities access to the Dadour poll provision.

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