Talk:Pittwater Council

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Split from Warringah Shire Council
It would be good to have more info on the split from Warringah Shire Council. This is outside my speciality, and I won't edit the article as it would amount to original research. However, I would like to offer the following points which I consider interesting. (I lived in Pittwater area (Mona Vale) from 1985-1992, having attended Pittwater High School 1985-88, and am going from memory here.)


 * It was a somewhat acrimonious split
 * One of the main arguments by proponents of secession was that Pittwater was subsidising the rest of the shire. Once we split, our rates would go down.
 * After Pittwater actually split, rates went up quite dramatically.
 * One of the key figures pushing for secession was local independent councillor Eric Green (if my memory serves correctly) who had made a strong showing in
 * (According to rumour, hearsay) the State Liberal MP Jim Longley agreed to grant a referendum with favourable terms on the condition that Eric Green would not contest a further state election in his electorate. (I have no idea if there is any clear evidence for this, and I emphasise that though it seems highly plausible, I heard the claim but saw no evidence).
 * The referendum was held in quite an unorthodox fashion, as a postal ballot. From memory there was controversy over this, with an initial suggestion that more than 50% of voters would have to vote in order for the secession to be successful. This appeared to doom the bid for separation. However, the terms were changed (surprisingly, to my mind), and the if the final result didn't favour secession, the MP Jim Longley had the discretion to allow secession anyway. And that is what happened - the result was that a slight majority of voters who sent in their ballot rejected the split; but in the absence of an overwhelming majority of negative votes, Longley approved the split. And now that Green was occupied with the new Pittwater council, Longley might well have had reason to be glad to be rid of him.

That's how things happened, according to the best memory of this cynic. --Singkong2005 tc 07:39, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

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