As the NSW election looms, it is clear that candidates are unofficially on the hustings with the so-called independent and Mayor of Ballina running a spurious line in The Echo about public transport.
In typical opportunistic fashion she proclaimed that the Northern Rivers should have a comprehensive ‘public’ transport system.
In principle this is a magnificent proposal, but the proposal contradicts the policy stance of the candidate who by any measure is a staunch political conservative, and is a strong proponent of private sector involvement, in any community service or infrastructure.
This is an example of ideological disorientation and hypocrisy, at its best.
I challenge the so-called ‘independent’ to provide concrete evidence of how this policy proposal has any chance of being implemented?
The current NSW Labor government is not a progressive government by any stretch, and if you are saying that if a LNP government is elected, then the Northern Rivers will have an integrated public transport system, then that is just ludicrous.
Be transparent and put your credibility to the test.
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. 
