Is there intelligent life on Mars? Saturn? At HRM city Hall?

First it was the Commonwealth Games, Despite almost daily news articles from Melbourne calling the games a 2nd rate circus, stories about the true costs in billions and stories about the total lack of the game's drawing power Mayor Peter Kelly and council followed the Pied Piper of the Metro Centre, Freddie Mc down the yellow brick road spending scarce tax dollars and calling it due diligence.

Our great sewer treatment plant that lasted only months and will now cost the homeowner money to fix (what insurance does not cover). Why don't we see heads roll over these screw-ups?

Now we have new street lights that have been blamed for accidents when to are covered with snow. Couldn't Mayor Kelly and council have learned this in advance? It wasn't a state secret. The reporter for the weekly found it easily enough. Will council have the backbone to admit that, once again they blew it and go back to the old lights or will we pay for crews to travel around sweeping them off or install electric heaters (that will cut down on power consumption)

Not all councillors can be called to task over this. With their attendance records one has to wonder if Councillor Stretch and Deputy Mayor Brad Johns even knew about the new lights.

It seems that city hall is a place to pick up your pay check and continue to do so no matter how poorly you preform, if you continually mess up costing the tax payers money or even if you don't bother showing up.

Bruce DeVenne