So happy to read that the Byron Shire Council are balancing their books by selling off assets (the Roundhouse site in Ocean Shores for one), and despite local opposition and promises to the contrary prior to election (but that’s another story).
What will they sell next year, pray, to plug up the potholes then? Any idiot will tell you this is disastrous economics but why am I not surprised? Pass the deficit on to the next lot who get voted in and have a good whinge about how it’s not their fault?
And while I’m on the subject, can someone please explain why we need more meetings to discuss the fluoride issue as our beloved mayor says Council have already decided to vote against adding this toxin to our water supply? Is there something he’s not telling us… again?
Kate Johnson, Ocean Shores
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