I voted for you in the last election and the one before that; I will vote for you in the next election if you have the stamina to stand again. May I suggest that you stand as an independent?
The Greens are getting bad press at the local government level which can’t help you. In any case, a true democracy would have all candidates for parliament as independents, representing their communities in the parliament, not parties in parliament presenting their policies to the communities.
Politics is essentially a competition for power. Too much time and energy is spent by political parties competing for power instead of spending it actually governing on behalf of the people.
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. 
