Hi to all the ratepayers of Byron Shire. How can we achieve change because it is obvious that change is needed in the management of Byron Council.
I believe the general manager’s contract has been renewed, but does anyone know Council’s business plan? Does anyone know if its business plan involves change?
Many ratepayers are concerned with the seeming lack of accountability of staff members managing various departments.
There is continued incompetence, inadequate duty of care, even the lack of a code of conduct needs to change. The waste of money is unbelievable.
Who is really in charge?
Why with so many staff members are we paying for consultants?
Why are we having our infrastructure ignored?
Why are we allowing building on floodplains?
Why are we constantly building without the infrastructure in place?
Storm water failure everywhere and (if Alan Dickens is right) we have a failed sewerage system and I don’t doubt that. How are we standing by and continuing to allow these very questionable practices of incompetence and wasted funds?
What have we got to show for our rates? Byron residents I am calling on you to take action against incompetency, and against a lack of accountability, and against a lack of integrity that is leading to more problems than solving them.
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. 
