Yamba developer grows wordy

 

Not content with having his West Yamba subdivision passed by Clarence Valley Council on a vote of 8 to 1 at the 16 October 2012 ordinary monthly meeting, Yamba land and property developer David Mitchell quickly fired off a letter to the editor accusing Cr. McKenna of having flipped flopped and asserting; The question needs to be answered as to what or who changed Cr McKenna's mind over the last week?

The Daily Examiner published his needless rant on 18 October.

Is the rather arrogant Mr. Mitchell signaling that he will only accept an unconditional 100 per cent vote from councillors in future?
 

Update:

Apparently David Mitchell may have to look in the mirror when asking what or who changed Cr McKenna's mind.

A letter in reply from Cr. Margaret McKenna, published on 20 October, reveals that an email he sent her before the committee meeting caused her to later ask for staff comment on its contents and she; took their answer into my further deliberations for the council meeting.

The words hoist and petard come to mind.

Mitt Romney: the shot heard round the world

Arrggh! I shot my foots! cries Mitt Romney after he said this:

“And – and so we – we took a concerted effort to go out and find women who had backgrounds that could be qualified to become members of our cabinet. I went to a number of women's groups and said: "Can you help us find folks," and they brought us whole binders full of women.”

So now Teh Netz has Binders Full of Women (tumblr), Binders Full of Women (Facebook) and #bindersfullofwomen (Twitter)

And in Oz.....
Greg Jericho ‏@GrogsGamut

Wonder if Abbott will give the "binders full of women" line a go in his next censure motion? 

Now the NSW Speaker becomes involved in Cansdell-gate

 

Rumours have been circulating on the NSW North Coast that there are more revelations to come in the matter of the O’Farrell Government, North Coast Nationals and disgraced former state government MP Steve Cansdell - this media report would seem to be the first of these.

 

The Sydney Morning Herald 18 October 2012:

ALLEGATIONS that the former NSW MP Steve Cansdell rorted a staff allowance to benefit a Nationals colleague were referred by corruption authorities to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly a year ago but not investigated.

The allegations, similar to those over which the former Labor MP Karyn Paluzzano was convicted last month, were made to the Independent Commission Against Corruption by Mr Cansdell's former staff member Kath Palmer.

Ms Palmer alleged Mr Cansdell, who was the member for Clarence and parliamentary secretary for police, abused a staff allowance by requiring her to work on the 2010 federal election campaign of the Nationals candidate for Page, Kevin Hogan…..

Ms Palmer also said Mr Cansdell submitted claims for the allowance that differed from the days she worked.

The ICAC referred the allegations to the Speaker, Shelley Hancock, Ms Palmer's employer, last November. But Ms Hancock, who is also the Liberal MP for South Coast, did not pursue the matter.

''I considered material conveyed to me from ICAC, noting that they had not taken any action in respect of the allegations,'' Ms Hancock told the Herald. ''On the basis of the nature of the material, it was concluded at the time that it was not appropriate for this matter to be pursued since verification of the material would be difficult.''

Following inquiries by the Herald, Ms Hancock has asked parliamentary officers to review the material, which is understood to include Ms Palmer's work diaries and claim forms.

The decision to review the material could pose difficulties for Mr Hogan, who has been preselected to contest Page for the Nationals at next year's federal election.

The revelation adds to questions surrounding the handling of allegations against Mr Cansdell, who resigned from state Parliament in September last year after admitting to falsifying a statutory declaration to keep his driver's licence.

Mr Cansdell admitted to falsifying a statutory declaration to say Ms Palmer was driving his car when it was caught speeding in 2005……

Mitt 'n' Tony sitting in a tree....

The Political Bobbsy Twins- America's Romney & Australia's Tony Abbott

Sound familiar?

“It has dawned on Mitt Romney that he has a problem with female voters. He just has no idea what to do about it, since it is the result of his positions on abortion, contraception, health services and many other issues. On Tuesday night, he bumbled his way through a cringe-inducing attempt to graft what he thinks should be 2012 talking points onto his 1952 sensibility.” {New York Times 17^th October 2012}