Latest Reader Comments on Bay Post-Moruya Examiner

• Allan Brown From “Nathan: ‘I am not on holiday’”
  Voting is the most important Duty.
• Terry McGee From “Letters to the editor, June 21, 2017”
  Hmmm. An interesting article in the Conversation on the topic: "Our pets strengthen neighbourhood ties". http://theconversation.com/our-pets-strengthen-neighbourhood-ties-79755 Although I guess it could be argued that, in the dog park situation, dog owners would mostly strengthen ties with other dog owners!
• Bradstreet Paul From “Letters to the editor”
  This public leaking of Catherine Dale’s recent performance review results is self-serving and potentially in breach of the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998. Clr Nathan uses her revelation of the general manager’s “outstanding” assessment against the last council’s KPI requirements to justify the faulty process used for Dr Dale’s reappointment. The NSW Local Government Act and related guidelines require that the appointment of general managers is made using competitive, merit selection principles. It is open to councils to reappoint general managers by contract renegotiation, however, when this is done it is sound administrative practice to take account of changed, forward looking circumstances. In Eurobodalla in 2017 we have a new council and a buyers’ market for local government senior executives. The new council has neither articulated its requirements of the GM as new KPIs nor tested the market for promising external or internal applicants. So, the rushed decision to reappoint Catherine Dale is fundamentally flawed. Regrettably, had councillors spoken to informed members of the community about an appropriate response to Catherine Dale’s request for a five year extension they would have been advised to hasten slowly and consult widely. After all, a response did not have to be made until September. The only urgency attached to the decision appears to be Councillor Nathan’s insistence that it be made before her imminent departure for France. Serious reform of council to make it more open and responsive to community concerns is the only way to avoid poor governance manifest, yet again, by a deluge of leaks from councillors. Perhaps, Catherine Dale should take action against Councillor Nathan for her breach of her responsibility to uphold the State’s privacy law?