1-10-08
Greens Councillor
Margaret Woodsmith Elected Deputy Mayor at Randwick City Council
At last night's Randwick City Council meeting Greens
Councillor Margaret Woodsmith was elected Deputy Mayor. Liberal
Bruce-Notley-Smith was elected Mayor.
The three Greens Councillors have advocated a four
year sharing arrangement between the three political parties in which two years
for the Liberals will be balanced by one year for the Greens and one year for
Labor.
The intent of this is to ensure that the Greens do
not alienate either of the other two parties out of the decision making. We
believe that this approach was favorably received by the local community during
the last Council period (2004-2008).
The Labor Councillors have at various times over the
last three weeks proposed two years for the Greens and two years for Labor. The
Liberals had initially proposed three years for themselves and one year
for the Greens but had come to accept that they would only get two. They have
also at times proposed two years for themselves and two for the Greens.
Last night just before the meeting Labor offered one
of the Liberal Councillors three years and (as it is understood) either
one year for themselves or one year for an independent.
It is further understand that the anointed Liberal
candidate (Notley-Smith) was not to stand under the terms of the Labor offer. The
approached Liberal Councillor rejected the offer.
CONTACT: Greens
Councillor Murray Matson