Candidates standing for the nine councillor positions at the 8 September 2012 Clarence Valley Local Government Election are being rated on their individual campaigns to win over voters.
The score range is -10 to 10. Every candidate starts at zero (0)
Candidate nominations closed last Wednesday and ballot paper positions were assigned, so one could say that all candidates are now on the blocks.
This week degrees of separation (or lack thereof) come to the fore on nomination forms.
Name Designation Running Score
Paul Parkinson -3 for being unable to decide exactly where he lives, for not supplying local media with a photograph so voters can ‘see’ who it is that is asking for their votes, referring to himself online as an “indigenous white fella” when he admits he has no claim to culture or country
Craig Howe Independent -1 with a LOL for informing the world on his nomination form that he won’t be born until 12 days after election day – thereby creating what would have to be the world’s first in utero candidate
Joy de Roos -1 for not mentioning on her nomination form that she belonged to a political party (ALP)
Greg Clancy Independent 1 for being a only candidate with professional training/background which will be directly relevantif elected to council
Jane Beeby Independent -3 for taking down her election campaign Facebook page before the week ended and for trying to spin the reason for doing so
Karen Toms 1 for being a candidate who stated on her nomination form that she belonged to a political a party (NATS)
Jeremy Challacombe Independent 0.5 + -2 = -1.5 for mentioning on his nomination form that he was a member of a political party but ignoring the fact being an office holder in that party is also relevant (NATS) and then deciding it was a good idea to have his nomination form witnessed by a staffer working for Andrew Baker’s former business partner Nationals MP Chris Gulaptis
Richie Williamson 1 for mentioning on his nomination form that he belonged to a political party (NATS)
Margaret McKenna Independent -2 deciding it was a good idea to have her nomination form witnessed by a yet another staffer working for Andrew Baker’s former business partner Nationals MP Chris Gulaptis
Jason Kingsley Independent 1 for being a candidate who stated on his nomination that he belonged to a political party (ALP)
3 comments:
To be fair Margaret's mother passed away on Sunday night and she has literally be scrambling to get a funeral arranged, organised travel and accommodation for family coming from all over Australia. Margaret did not get her nomination in until 40 minutes before closing time and the JP available in Chris's office was the nearest to the office to where the nominations were lodged.
Apologies to NCV readers for the accidental erasure of this post and comment earlier today.
Hopefully both have been fully restored now.
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