well, well, well - the pen is mightier......

Well, well, well - it looks like the mandarins running clowncil may just have been shamed into further action on the bushfire appeal front. I cite their latest 'update' -


Bushfire update 12 February 2009

Councillors are finalising the details of the donation that Council will make to the Bushfire Appeal Fund. A formal decision is likely next Tuesday. The amount will be in excess of $10,000.Council is also in the process of organising a Charity Concert to be held in early March. All of the proceeds will be donated to the Bushfire Appeal Fund.Council employees have already donated $3,000 and fundraising activities are continuing.The Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) has acknowledged Council's offer of staff and equipment. The MAV have advised that it will call on them as and when required.

COMMENT: What does in excess of $10,000 mean? I wonder if they will match Stonnington's donation? Only $3000 from nearly 800 staff (or at least 500 fulltime)? That equals about six bucks from each staff member to this stage! When one considers how many of these mandarins are earning well over 100,000, I simply wonder how much they have donated?