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Local Government is going to be faced with ever increasing demands to be more accountable and more inclusive socially. Constituents are looking at wealth creation in different ways and their council needs to keep them on their game and not some interest group's, developer's , whoever's, looking to make a quick buck.
So if communities are becoming more assertive in regard to their right to be informed as well as being more engaged in, and having more influence in, decision-making processes – Government's, Councils' and other public institutions' decisions – it is not too surprising.
Faced with the demands of their constituency, council officers and Aldermen, should be looking for new ways to evaluate their performance and in particular Aldermen should be mindful of evaluating their own performance and and their level of engagement with their constituents.
Strategic planning in Launceston needs a review because up until now this Council and its officers are planning for a future that is unlikely to happen. As a consequence Launceston Council is debt in order to keep the 'council overlords' in 'underlings' – and the ratepayers out of pocket.
So if communities are becoming more assertive in regard to their right to be informed as well as being more engaged in, and having more influence in, decision-making processes – Government's, Councils' and other public institutions' decisions – it is not too surprising.
Faced with the demands of their constituency, council officers and Aldermen, should be looking for new ways to evaluate their performance and in particular Aldermen should be mindful of evaluating their own performance and and their level of engagement with their constituents.
Strategic planning in Launceston needs a review because up until now this Council and its officers are planning for a future that is unlikely to happen. As a consequence Launceston Council is debt in order to keep the 'council overlords' in 'underlings' – and the ratepayers out of pocket.
“A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody
ought not to be trusted by anybody.”
Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine
Social and cultural 'capital' are totally misleading ideas that presuppose that economic language can usefully be used to describe social realities and concepts. The use of such terms is really a sop to economists, perhaps to curry favour or renew grants.
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