Let's not make more mistakes, by overlooking past mistakes .

 First
We can't do much once our reps get in,  but we can stop them getting in,  or  back in 

Second  
While we still have opportunity to choose political leaders,  lets laugh and cry over what they represent about US . 
At different times,  and with the waning and waxing of country  fortunes we get different types of leaders
What types of leaders do we want ?
Whether its Trump or Adhern ,Morrison ,Coker or Hart , let's  remember first that most of the people who chose them ( the popular lot ) probably chose them because ( at many times in history )
many of  those elected 

1. play dance and perform to impress the majority  
   
2. probably made themselves popular  by playing up to good impressions and making promises they probably can't keep - even when good intentions  are involved
3. told us  they were going to do things they probably cannot do ;
4. didn't realise that they themselves  were possibly playing puppets to,  if not their own purposes other people's,  power of their party and its prejudices and even popularity itself 
5. can't remind the crowd  that they both  cultivated the idea of living in dream land and therefore ,  they could be expected to be some of the worst people at trying to steer the ship ;to spend our savings on roads rubbish and really worthwhile new on ground works ---which are all hard work   
6. may well claim they are not responsible : "were not there :,"don't remember"   , "not my job " Some  excuses may even be true " half asleep"  "were snowed by sir H"
   
   While the above drivers are normal , they are not always thankfully the case , We can have leaders who know what they are doing and actually know why they want to serve others and how to get things done ( very important) 
   Such good leaders know they need to control Sir Humphrey . The above leaders are often controlled by sitrhumphrey the press or the changing impressions that go them there in the first place  
    2, 
   Lastly  How to get things done 
     Lets make this review real . 
   Lets make it LOCAL and review just a few ongoing severe planning MISTAKES  that have occurred under the long watch of long serving Counsellors ;
   (  Libby Coker at Surfcoast and Stephen  Hart at Colac Otway)  .
   
   To make it easy for you ,
   ask them why they didn't properly plan the use of public land , public interest and proper use of local resources in each case . 
   
   You may like to ask them why they're not party or responsible  to these longstanding unnecessary and obscene sores on the landscape   Still current and you can read about them via Otwaysonline.blogspot.com 
   
   
7. SURFCOAST  ( Coker )    houses evacuated below dam in East Torquay in October 2020  
   general congestion - no expansion of public spaces ;sale of public land which could have been used . 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

COLAC OTWAY   ( Stephen Hart has been on Council for four terms 16years and claims to represent the coast in particular  ) Just a few examples of many 
1. Failure to protect  or even develop  a plan to protect the beach ridge system in Apollo Bay north  ( see earlier  post ) 
 2. Failure to insist on a workable tourist site at the OTWAY FLY area  while it was still easy and plans were actually  in place  ( planning stages ) 
3. Failure to direct Great Ocean Green development in a sustainable direction.