Epiphany needed???

[grassfarmer]

Seems to be a lot of that in this part of the world Braveheart. Nepotism is probably worse than anywhere I've lived before. MASC staff doing crop insurance inspections that are clearly in conflict of interest positions. Seems lots of people have no ethics.

[oneoff]

C'mon council members...defend your peers. Tell us your personal secrets of success in protecting your ratepayers from instances such as expressed above.

Tell us how clay capped roads just don't happen to all run by council members land. And how does clay supply giv associated families, close friends and typically the member themselves.. cheques of $20,000 to $470000 and no limit is theoretically possible.

Who gets to bill for a full day "dealing with lawyers confirming my defence to right to privacy act".

NO I DIDN'T MAKE THAT UP.

And on the same expense sheet how about another full day "fighting fire", and another full day spent on "oil company concerns".

All billed and all paid by out of my and other's taxes. And all OK'd by the rest of council which one must assume does look at billing; but considering it isn't nearly all "their" money; one should expect that such crap gets tossed before being paid.