GEE GIVE US A BREAK; COUNCIL CONSIDERS JULY HOLIDAY (HERALD, 1/09/09)
THE FOLLOWING IS A LETTER TO THE NRECASTLE HERALD IN RESPONSE THE ABOVE ARTICLE
After a week or so in office last year, Newcastle City Council, arrogantly, and in ignorance, decided to halve their meeting load. This is despite having a new general manager to advise them with relatively little local government background and with 10 out of the 13 councillors having little or no background or experience.
Now they want a mid-year break. Has it occurred to them that the main reason they a paid a higher fee than most other councils in NSW is their greater workload? Only Sydney City Councillors are paid more. They appear to want it both ways.
