WE have three tiers of government, which is one too many. On Saturday we were forced to vote in 128 council elections across NSW, but why do we bother?
For example, Central Coast council has been in administration since October 2020 and conducting business without elected councillors. They had been sacked by the state government in respect of financial mismanagement. At that time the council was $350m in debt. Under administration the debt has been reduced to $200m, with a current operating surplus of $38.6m and a total surplus of $114m over the past three years.
