AGAINST ADVERSITY GEORGE TOWN IS A WINNER

Northern Tasmania does it again as George Town shows the way with its persistence. Not to be deterred by a noisy minority the Mayor and GM soldiered on to get the money spent. Right now that is what is important, getting the money spent and getting a hub. 

When history gets thrown at you, you need to inform the throwers that there really isn’t all that much that you can do about history right now but there are lots of things to be done right now. 

Launceston’s GM has used this as a mantra for a long time and it is good to see it being heeded down the river at George Town. Against adversity Cr. Broomhall is maintaining his focus on the future and putting the past behind him. That’s leadership for you! 

He has his hand on the tiller and he knows that things are looking very good for George Town into the future. It is time for the town’s detractors to get out of the way. If they cannot say something positive it would be greatly appreciated if they played a part in getting things going again even if it is against adversity. 

In the scheme of things $6.4 million is nothing to be sneezed at. George Town Council has known that for a very long time and has put its shoulder to the wheel to win the money even if it will be 2015 before the prize is on the shelf. Other councils in the region could very well learn from George Town.

REALITY CHECKS FOR COUNCILS: It is time!

Look all this rubbish going on at Huon Council tells you that mountains can indeed be made out of molehills. Imbeciles need to called for what they are IMBECILES! All this so called polite nonsense gets us nowhere in the end. It is a fact that we need to call things for what they are and get over it.

The interesting thing about Huon Council is that it lost a General Manager who was able to control his councillors. Whatever his methods were it is time someone started running seminars on how to do that. That's called in service training. Interestingly, there is a GM up there in the north, if the reports are right, who has his aldermen eating out of his hand. The Mayor may be out there having his picture taken here and there but the GM is doing all the real stuff and keeping the aldermen at heal.

Another council, George Town, knows how to take charge of a situation. They are publishing members' profiles and in time they will have their constituents on side and accepting all their decisions without any problems.

But back to Huon Council. We need smarty pants like Bob Hawkins pointing out this and that every time some minor issue arises with council works ... well we need them like a hole in the head.  Bob and his like need to get out of the way and let things happen. It is Bob's like who are all mouth and NO action and if they were to attempt to do what they say councils get wrong, well they would stuff up big time.

Picking up on George Town's initiative we would welcome some Tasmanian Councillors' and Aldermen's profiles and especially profiles pointing out all the good work they do. That also goes for council officers who all too often get it in the neck for doing good work. Let's expose all those good folk who get a bad rap!

KEEP OUR COUNCILS STRONG

URGENT ALERT: RoLG Survey Project

It seems that this survey is being promoted by that happy band of Tasmanian Council bashers and they are encouraging anyone with a temperature and a pulse, and who will listen to them, to say something really negative about their local council. The word around town is that they are taking a lot of time with people in their networks and tutoring them in "how to complete the survey in negative and credible way".

They are promising that if enough "evidence can be gathered" these people who normally do not do this sort of thing can get back at a council person who made life difficult for them. Some are even saying they might be able to get them sacked. There are even people gathering material to put to that toothless bunch at the Integrity Commission. A silly idea but it tells you something.

It is just too bad that these people are trying to corrupt this process and put local government in Tasmania under threat. The only way to deal with all this is to meet these people head on and play them at their own game. We need to protect council jobs and do so complete with all side benefits that it has been possible to put together over the years. 

It is not only operational staff who will be under threat here it will also be councillors and aldermen. Therefore, in their own interest, everyone should participate in the Role of Local Government (RoLG) project. To do so complete the survey via this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VYHCCHT

KEEP OUR COUNCILS STRONG

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