Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Saturday’s class action headline shows precisely what is wrong with the Liberal party (“ Furious Libs seek class action” , August 17). Suing their own machine for not doing what they should have done themselves anyway.
Strewth, some are complaining of lost councillors’ fees. I want no councillor who is there for the fees – there are far too many career politicians already. The debacle is simply the latest example of the incompetence that blighted the NSW government.
Massive cost overruns, planning failures, apparent corruption in some processes, iCare, the great toll road rip-off, unseaworthy ferries ...
the list is long. Jock Webb, Narromine Government in training. Credit: Alan Moir As reported, the omitted candidates are seeking damages for lost earnings.
Perhaps this preoccupation with financial rewards – coupled with party aspirations – shows the shallow commitment these people offer those they wish to represent. Surely a claim for damages for professional negligence or breach of party rules and procedures would have been more appropriate? Adrian Bell, Davistown How things have changed. In the former Pittwater Council, councillors may have had political affiliations, but in general, ratepayers voted for the individual who promised to address areas of concern.
Now, as a casualty of the Liberals-forced amalgamation into mega-Northern Beaches Council, Pittwater ratepayers are expected to vote for a.