Shame, Mayor O'Neill, Shame! Democracy Is More Important Than Time

Fremantle Gazette, 4th November 2014

In a response that has, unfortunately, been far too common among local councils in this whole so-called reform process, East Fremantle Mayor, Jim O'Neill, says that a vote "may not end the spectre of amalgamation" and "may waste precious time".

In saying this, he presumably accepts the Minster's unrealistic timetable for so-called reform as being more important than the right of people to have a say in how they are governed.

It was bad enough that Barnett and Simpson consider themselves too important to be bothered by democracy. It is infinitely worse for the leader of one of the few communities guaranteed the right to a poll to say it will be a waste of time.

Shame! Mayor O'Neill, Shame!