As Wingecarribee Shire Council goes to the community seeking a special rate variation of up to 46% over four years, 2ST and the Southern Highland News last week reported there was more “unrest in the chamber”.
A little over a year into a new term, and calls have been growing for the Wingecarribee Shire Council to be sacked. Weekly, acrimonious relationships between councillors and staff, between councillors and councillors, and between councillors and failed candidates play … Continue reading
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First preference votes were counted on election night. Here is how it shaped up: Liberals 16.48%; Gair 13.29%; Labor 12.42%; Scandrett 10.84%; Turland 10.45%; Greens 10.05%; Uliana 8.87%; Whipper 7.06%; Andrews 4.61%; Stranger 4.29%; Mauger 1.64% Wingecarribee has nine councillors. … Continue reading
Bowral Chamber of Commerce hosted a ‘Meet the Candidates’ forum at Bowral Memorial Hall on August 28, 2012. It was a long night and a lot was spoken about. I have collected my tweets from the event in a separate … Continue reading
I’ve banged on about the importance of the internet and local government already, so I took a bit of delight in hearing of a major email faux pas by a string-puller who should know better. Committee-of-one Terry Oakes-Ash recently distributed … Continue reading
Like trickles of water from Boral’s cement works, more candidates have been declaring their intention to stand for election to Wingecarribee Council this September. The Southern Highland News reports that Greens Councillor Jim Clark will return, and second on his … Continue reading
This is a complete list of candidates for the 2012 Wingecarribee Shire Council elections. Group A – Coalition for Change 1 Garry Turland Laurie Adams Nicolas Shepherd Randall Laughton Neil Wallis Group B – Coalition for Change 2 David Stranger … Continue reading
The NSW Local Government elections happen in September this year and candidates have already begun to emerge. There are three Councils I’m usually interested in: Wingecarribee; Wollondilly; and Wollongong. Of those three, Wollongong has recently had elections after several years … Continue reading
