Reference Come On Collin (Gazette, 17 September) the following is relevant.
The best means of knowing what a councillor’s position is on various issues is to sit through a council meeting.
Having regularly attended council meetings over many years, I can verify that councillor Ross has been consistent in opposing annual rates increase and advocacy for a CPI based calculation. However, on all occasions, the remaining majority councillors have voted for the increased rates as proposed in the budget.
Whatever the issue, one councillor’s vote cannot not alter a majority decision, however councillor Ross has continued to maintain his position regarding lowering council rates.
Regarding Tactical Tactless (Gazette, 17 September), frankly I would prefer to hear from someone with genuine concern for the community, despite occasional verbal gaffs or lack of clever “politically correct” language, rather than listening to the constant glib rhetoric and bragging of the current Member for Gembrook who represents a government that has not done much good for Victoria and is now relying on promising expenditure of billions of dollars to stay in government.
The Interface Councils Fairer Funding campaign has just released a report advising that over the past four years, there has been a shortfall of $9.8 billion for infrastructure investment in outer Melbourne government-designated residential growth “suburbs”.
Who is supposed to pick up the tab for that, councils and ratepayers or state government?
Maybe politically motivated letter writers should be considering this important issue rather than personally attacking individual election candidates.
Gloria O’Connor,
Cardinia Ratepayers and Residents Association.
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