The Winston S. Churchill quote “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others” that gets an airing anytime that the quality of democratic decision making is challenged. Well it turns out that Launceston is a great place to begin to debunk democracy in a local governance context.
It turns out that in Launceston at least what passes for democratic representation is anything but 'elected representation' when push comes to shove looks a lot more like a 'two up game' or a 'chook raffle' at the bottom pub. To read more click on the link below
And the graphic below is more to do with 'marketing' than the real life on the ground experiences of ratepayers and residents when the chips are down.
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