Like Adrian Gattenhof (Letters, 13/4), I voted for Council candidates I believed would really represent the community interest and employ common sense where required. It was bad enough when they failed to support a time limit on holiday letting, but then came the fining of the woman who dared to paint her house purple (lilac?) in the heritage area. This was ridiculous and obviously harmful to the woman in question – Council shouldretract that decision or somehow refund the fine.
Now Council has refused to allow internationally-recognised filmmaker, David Bradbury, to film a Council meeting; whatever happened to transparency and open government? (Thank you Duncan for your stand.)
Possibly most of these Councillors don’t know that way back in the ’90s some of us stood for Council to stop the rampant development happening at the time, notably in rural areas. David made a film, The Battle for Byron, which helped us enormously and in turn helped preserve some of the features of this shire which most of us value so much.
I can only offer a sincere apology to David.
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. 
