Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Political Imperative ? Not":
"Unless of course, you take the matter in hand, as you have before, and let Councillors know what you think of the plan."
How exactly is that different from the "Incoming Deluge" (which you maligned) in favour of the proposal?
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The incoming deluge has not yet materialized. Instead an informative comment was received which shed a more in- depth light on the issue than presented to Council.
When a pressure group organizes to influence a Council decision in their favour, as is their right, there is only one way to counter-act the pressure.
It is for citizens at large to be alerted to the vested interest decision being contemplated by Council and provide the opportunity to get their oar in the water fast.
All is fair in love and war and pressure from citizens for extravagant expenditures that pander to special interests
and counter pressure from the opposition.
The social media provides for timely intervention and I exult in being the messenger .
If pressure is sufficiently intense, the most well-meaning politicians will buckle. They need to hear strong representation from the community with support to follow their best judgement.
When a one-side argument fills the air waves and channels of communication, it sounds like the only argument.of what the people want.
Getting the other side of an argument is called balance .
I stand consistently for balance. The former Mayor was wont to refer to it slightingly as " modus operandi "
It's something else I do not apologise for.
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