Interesting to note the differences between the story that appeared on the West website yesterday (below left) and the one there (and in the print edition) today (below right). It's essentially the same story, with the addition of Linton Reynolds' comments, but the main emphasis and headline has changed from Canning Council's being sacked to mandatory training for councillors - the latter, of course, is much more to Homer's liking given that he wants to get rid of half the councillors in the metropolitan area, so implying they are incompetent works for him.
But I'm sure it's pure accident that the revised story has a more flattering picture of the Minister!
To be fair, Kate Emery did report (briefly) Linton Reynolds' remarks from yesterday (below), which confirms
my interpretation posted here yesterday.
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| West Australian, 17th September 2014 |
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Mr Reynolds can suggest more nobility to his dismissal if he wishes, but he had not managed Canning's last year well and now ratepayers have to bear the cost of that.
ReplyDeleteIt is 23 years since the last sacking of the City of Canning Council not 13. the west is printing a correction tomorrow (18/9/14),as follows:
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The page 21 story (Mandatory training call as council sacked again, 17/9) incorrectly said the City of Canning had been sacked for the second time in 13 years. Canning’s council was previously sacked in 1991; 23 years ago.