Who is pulling the strings?

There was plenty of conjecture at the time of the recent council election as to where “Our Mick” was getting the money to run his high-profile campaign. Now we know.
The contribution declarations required to be lodged by all candidates are said to show that “Our Mick” received more than $28,000 in monetary support, nearly all of it from developers.
This raises an interesting conundrum because if “Our Mick” owes so much to the support of developers then should he not be declaring a conflict of interest when voting on development matters and abstain from the vote?
Who else has been compromised by developer contributions? Do we have a similar situation to what happened on the Gold Coast recently where a developer-supported team took over the council?
The contribution declarations have been lodged with the Fraser Coast Regional Council and should be available for public scrutiny.
Perhaps Bringbackstrewth would like to go and have a look and then let the rest of us know who’s in whose pocket.
 
Coastwatcher