+010 Deputy Mayor Announced

A new deputy mayor announced. Jeff Gash

And Mayor Shattock used the new rules from central Government to place Jeff Gash in a deputy.

The case could be made that three years ago Jeff Gash would be Deputy Mayor over Cr Jenny Shattock going on the public votes and highest polling candidate.

With a twist if fate Bill Machen gained higher votes than Jeff Gash in 2016.

It was like a passing manuvior on the high way where Cr Shattock retained deputy 2013 to then go into Mayor 2016 and Jeff Gash gets deputy not in 2013 but 2016. 

So a new look council with an old voting result and the public can rest easy that it has spoken Central Government.

I do not the chicken coup is empty of 47 council car night after night out the back of My Torphan crescent and Cr Bill Machen still want to cage those costly bad PR council cars flapping all over the place on private business of staff.

With a 50,000km replacement policy on each car owned by the council why should half those kilometres be run up on private business. 

I say keep the cars for 15 years and let the staff drive the oldest first. No depreciation buying new.