Wards abolished by government

In regard to wards and the election of mayor by popular vote, might I say wards in Gosford were abolished by the State Government in 1977.

There were three wards then and they were very much out of balance.

One ward had twice the number of people as the other two combined,

The government and the town clerk at the time agreed that no ward system was a fairer one.

The stumbling block to a popularly elected mayor is that the council must agree to it, and you can be sure they never will, as most of them would have little chance of success.

The problem with the Woy Woy Peninsula is that it has not had representation since the days of Lynne Bockholt.

Hopefully that will change at the next local government election.

Letter, 17 May 22012

Keith Whitfield, Woy Woy