Quick with credit, slow with debt

I read with interest the mayor's report as printed in your last edition.

He was very quick to claim credit for projects which came from funding from the State and Federal Governments.

He was less quick to accept responsibility for his council's failures which do not even rate a mention.

Most notable was the omission of the loss, or potential loss, of $55 million of council funds.

While he spent the year in denial, the sad fact is that at the first opportunity to redeem the debt, we ratepayers made a loss of 79 cents in the dollar and the council's response at the time was it was a good outcome.

Who is he kidding?

Email, 19 Jan 2010 Katie Smith, Umina Beach