We've just received the following which has also been sent as a 'letter to the editor'. This is quoted in full -
"I have previously wrriten about the overt practice of censorship by Glen Eira Council. This week's council meeting (Sept. 2nd) provides further evidence of this. Submissions to the domestic animal management plan were denied publication and I was told I could not address council on this issue since this would infringe 'privacy'. Instead the community was provided with a bastardised summary of individuals' submissions which often neglected to highlight the major criticisms, or worse, many of the comments were taken out of context. Now we have the following scenario: submissions on the sale of land in Station St. Mckinnon are published and submitters allowed to speak. Also published in full are submissions on the proposed amendment to the councillor code of conduct as well as the environmental policy. The question remains: why were submissions and speakers denied their rights when it came to animal management and yet the above are 'permitted' by council? The only conclusion that any reasonable person could draw from these events is that censorship is alive and well in the city of Glen Eira!"
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I'd like to know who decides such things? Is it councillors or the mandarins that sit in their little offices all day? I wonder if the reason that people are allowed to speak to the McKinnon Road sell-off is simply because they are in favour of the sell-off? Those who submitted to the environmental and code of conduct stuff were almost unanimously critical of council. So is it a case of we'll only let those whom we know will support what we intend to do open their mouths in public - especially since the press will be there. Ah censorship in all its glory plus a little pulling of the puppet strings.
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