CALL TO ARMS! (WELL, TO PHONES. AND EMAILS. AND THE COUNCIL MEETING)
CITY OF MELVILLE MOTION TO SPEND $50,000 SUPPORTING ROE 8
The talk is that there will be a late NOTICE OF MOTION put to the council of the City of Melville THIS TUESDAY NIGHT, by Councillor Cameron Schuster, that they endorse Roe 8 and spend $50,000 on an advertising campaign supporting Roe 8 (Section 1 of the Perth Freight Link).
The motion text will not be published until the meeting (CoM councillors seem to do that a lot.)
The way the CoM rolls, if this motion gets up, then the individual councillors will be precluded from speaking publicly in opposition to Roe 8! (They're not really into free speech in Local Government.)
SO, CAN YOU:
1. PHONE your Melville Councillors before Tuesday night to:
A) ask them not to support any motion for the PFL or Roe 8; and
B) ask/demand they have a PUBLIC DEBATE on this first before committing ratepayer funds to any campaign.
2. EMAIL them too.
3. TURN UP at the City of Melville council meeting to show your opposition to the motion! If you do, ASK A QUESTION in writing beforehand. And if you do, ask that the Notice of Motion be dealt with at the beginning of the meeting.
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