On Mon, 22 Oct 2012, Brent Wallis wrote:
If a company owns a property...lets say a small engineering firm in a shed in a place like Corowa... employing 5 locals , who has their garbage, sewage and water rates increased 100% in one year surely they deserve a say?
No. But the people working there will be locals - and voters. They may vote accordingly if they see their workplace at risk. Businesses are not exactly powerless. To give them voting rights is just wrong. Before I came to this place I never dreamt of a democratic country having such voting system. I wonder whether it should go to court. The Victorian Constitution clearly demands "democratically elected Councillors" - and the laws in place preventing a truely democratic election. Personally I don't feel represented by such a council. Regards Peter