For what purpose one might ask? Well for just about any fiscal foible that comes Town Hall's way, and in locked step, and it'll be uncritically embraced. So,
- It is alarming that Town Hall appears to be in locked step with a fiscal partner that is clearly experiencing serious and very concerning financial difficulties!
- It is alarming that it is said that at Town Hall accountability is seemingly envisaged as a discretionary activity!
- It is alarming that Town Hall seems to think that it is okay for rate payers and renters to underwrite highly risky enterprises that do not seem to promise a 21st Century outcome!
- It is alarming that it is said that atTown Hall seems quite comfortable sharing a platform with a developer who for whatever reason is apparently reluctant, for whatever reason, to call upon funding options to pay staff, pay for professional advice and indeed pay an outstanding rent bill!
- It is alarming that Town Hall appears to be pursuing development at any cost on the basis that any short fall can be recovered from ratepayers vis a levy, rates or a tax!
- It is alarming that Town Hall is so, so willing to be 'in business' on ratepayers and renters' behalf with an operation that has not, and appears unable, to pay its bills in full and on time!
- It is alarming that Town Hall can see its way clear to claim funding, $19 Million, and in "good faith", for a drought the city didn't experience as did so many other local government jurisdictions!
- It is alarming that Town Hall cannot see the lack of morality in the apparent politically manoeuvres devised to dud truly deserving funding applicants!
- It is alarming that Town Hall might consider using such funding for a civic project totally unrelated to 'drought mitigation'!
- It is alarming that Town Hall would even consider 'compulsory acquisition' to facilitate ill founded, inequitable and self-serving development proposition that is likely to deliver long term debt to ratepayers and residents without delivering commensurate benefits!
- It is alarming that Town Hall might even consider stooping to what is said to amount to bullying in order to gain access to property!
- It is alarming that Town Hall continually engages in development projects that falter at every turn, that inevitably exceed budget allocations and that fail every pub test on close scrutiny!
- It is alarming that Town Hall demonstrates what is said to be fiscal incompetence relative to almost every civic development!
- It is alarming that Town Hall expects all elected representatives to be sycophantically compliant and to disengage in any form of critical discourse!
- It is alarming that Town Hall, and on the record, is antithetic to meaningful 21st Century community consultation processes, to wit citizen's assemblies/juries!
- It is alarming that it is said that at Town Hall every opportunity to squash elected representatives opportunities to deliberate upon contentious civic matters in open council!
- It is alarming that at Town Hall elected representatives cannot request, and expect to get, credible financial reporting as it is in evidence and on the record!
- It is alarming that at Town Hall there appears to be nobody, not a single councillor in particular, with 'the bottle' to call out a lack of accountability, blinding inequity, fiscal folly, flawed sustainability, non-performance, or anything in any way contestable in reality!
- It is alarming that it is said that the press in Tasmania is so, so disinclined to engage in any kind of critical discourse that would disrupt the status quo at Launceston's Town Hall, despite the evidence that it well might be serving its public better by doing so!
No comments:
Post a Comment