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Albany's Local Govt Election is Over Run with Nutters (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/perth@aussie.zone
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I'm feeling a bit despairing filling out my ballot, because there seems to be so few candidates who have even a vague idea of what governance is supposed to be.

You can see the candidates here:

https://www.albany.wa.gov.au/council/council-business/candidate-profiles.aspx

I haven't studied them in detail, but of the 24 I would say less than a third have "reasonable" platforms (even if I disagree with them).

There's about 8 who are mask-off anti-trans anti-woke anti-dei MAGA dickheads, (and I suspect several more who haven't been as forthright about their views).

The remainder are just hapless idiots who very clearly don't understand governance.

Hopefully, the candidates aren't indicative of the opinions generally held by the populace.

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[–] 4 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

DEI? Fucks sakes, do they have to import every little detail of their American culture war psycho dramas.

Whats the "dei" initiative they're all worked up about in Albany? They repaint the cannons at the memorial a "woke" colour? Not enough dead Whales on the beer cans? Too much windfarm noise?

Edit: insert word, dead

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 1 year ago

    Yeah - you've touched on one of the reasons I'm so grumpy about it. A City councillor has a governance role.

    They consider and set city policy and review and approve executive actions. There's not really any scope to be anti-woke or anti-anything really unless you squint really hard. The majority of the job is understanding the concerns of residents and balancing that against the advice of experts and the difficulties encountered by the executive.

    It's not really a platform from whence to dispense your authoritarian demands.

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