1 Candidate details
Name: Jack Sugarman
Council: Byron Shire
Town/city:
Number of years in shire/LGA: 25+
Current councillor? No
Clubs/sports/interests: Reading
Are you a member of a political party or an organised ‘ticket’?
Member of Hemp Party but not on ticket
Brief description: A frustrated older Australian having watched rates going up and services decline.
2 What has motivated you to stand?
Have a gutful of failed promises.
3 What is your vision for the shire/LGA?
Merge Ocean Shores and the north with Tweed Council, and Ballina, Byron, Lismore and Rous combined and administered in Goonellabah.
4 In your opinion, how can council best balance the need for further residential development with the need to preserve the local environment?
I don’t know.
5 What particular issues do you feel strongly about?
Lack of infrastructure – world ‘pothole capital’.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
