REST is being forced to go so that the Council can make the money from the recycling rather than them. Simple as that. Mr. Smith thinks the money will be better off in the Council coffers and who cares what happens to the members of the community who need assistance.

Same as this business about the contract being worth too much to allow REST to stay short term. It is simply not true. Or to put it another way, they are already misleading the community to allow them to do whatever they want for their own benifit.

There is probably a warthog somewhere that would be inspired.

Perhaps we will see our erstwhile ed. arrange a panel along the lines of Kev’s stacked 2020 conference, with outcomes guaranteed to please the most fastidious. All in the general interest, of course!

After all, she has a proven track record in such matters. Remember her media campaign that disenfranchised most voters last council election by a total lack of honest and unbiased reporting.

I do not look forward to any further manipulation of local politics by Nance.

And no, mate, it will not get better.

The demise of REST and the apparent lack of a replacement is just one example of poor forward planning by the transition committee. If the quoted turnover figures are correct, are we to believe that approximately $350,000 of recyclables will not be recovered? That would pay for a fleet of nice new cars or even this big entrance statement Hervey Bay apparently needs.

What is clear is that council has a huge task ahead of it and those ’safe hands’ aren’t as safe as Nancy or anyone else might like to think. Yes there are a few quality members on the team but by and large it is lacking substance and ability as is failing to excite the community. Sad isn’t it!