My oh my, how flawed is this expected rates rise.
As if so many hundreds of residents have definitely had enough of our failed and neglected infrastructure.
Then there are those complaining re just the simplest of local government regulations that are never addressed by Byron Council.
I am now convinced an audit is most definitely necessary. So many of us have experienced these issues already and alongside the continued lack of the necessary resources of those much-needed pathways, road upgrades, lighting, maintenance work, etc.
The idea of wards being essential, as per the letter by Anthony Sante – thanks Anthony, you’re so right.
Many associations of our Shire have extensive lists of necessary projects that are being ignored.
The objective now lies with an investigation into where so much of our funding has gone. This sort of neglect has to stop. How many liability cases have taken place! How much of our local government funds have been used for any of these foreseeable disasters?
Council should be instead asking us whether we support an independent audit.
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. 
