Balance in All Things

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Political Imperative ? Not":


"Unless of course, you take the matter in hand, as you have before, and let Councillors know what you think of the plan."


How exactly is that different from the "Incoming Deluge" (which you maligned) in favour of the proposal?
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The incoming deluge has not yet materialized.  Instead  an informative comment was received which shed  a more in- depth  light on the issue than  presented to Council.

When a pressure group organizes to influence a Council decision in their favour, as is their right,  there is only one way to counter-act the pressure.

It  is for citizens at large to be alerted to the  vested interest decision  being contemplated by Council  and  provide the opportunity to get their  oar in the water fast.

All is fair in love and war and pressure  from citizens  for   extravagant expenditures  that pander to special interests
and counter pressure from the opposition. 

The social media provides for timely intervention and I exult in being the messenger .

If  pressure is sufficiently intense, the most well-meaning politicians will  buckle. They need to hear strong representation from the community with  support  to follow their best judgement.

When a one-side argument fills the air waves and channels of communication, it sounds like the only argument.of what the people want.

 Getting the other side of an argument is  called balance .

 I stand  consistently for balance. The former Mayor was wont  to refer to it slightingly as "  modus operandi "

It's something else I do not apologise for.