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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Monday, October 13, 2014

Tony Can't Take a Trick

Local Government Minister, Tony 'Homer' Simpson, has been forced to delay the release of the Local Government Advisory Board report on metropolitan local government so-called reform proposals because he knows that drawing attention to it could cost the Liberals the seat of Vasse in Saturday's by-election.

Deny it all he might, the fact of the matter is that the Nationals have clearly differentiated themselves from what Barnett and Simpson are doing in the metropolitan area - and Simpson has publicly stated that country WA is next for the same treatment.

Of course, if he hadn't made the whole process so complex by continually shifting his ground and alienating people across WA (both metro and country) in the process, he might have been able to release the report more in line with his original 'timetable' - but that timetable was, itself, a huge piece of arrogance that assumed people would simply go along with what he and Col were trying to force on us.
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  1. AnonymousOctober 13, 2014 at 10:52 PM

    His hat is full of ‘tricks’, he is a real magician.
    He will continue to pull rabbits out of his hat right up til Nov 25th.
    He should go on Australian Got Talent.

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  2. AnonymousOctober 14, 2014 at 2:00 PM

    Must have overlooked this story in today's West.
    City of Canning residents are still maintaining the rage, every week letters to the editor and this week's Canning Times no exception. I did read in the West (October 13) that "The Government’s ninth-most marginal seat is Treasurer Mike Nahan’s seat in Riverton, which he holds by 9.2 per cent". The Riverton electorate is quite capable of pulling that off, just ask Graham Kierath.

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