Sorry, life’s hard kid. No lollipop for you
WHAT’S the Sunshine Coast Council got to hide?
Anyone hoping to see a real life transparent and accountable local government in action might be interested to know that our mayor and councillors’ register of interests have all been removed.
The online links are broken, but let’s hope it’s a temporary glitch and they’re simply updating the registers to reflect an incoming batch of conflicts of interest. I can think of a couple. The register matters because it helps hold councillors to account.
And when you see the absolute horror shows ratepayers in other jurisdictions have to deal with, it becomes obvious that you shouldn’t drop the ball at any stage of the game.
No show
SPEAKING of dropping the ball, what was with the council’s snubbing of Maleny last week.
A few officers were meant to drop in to a Maleny Commerce breakfast and talk about the development of the Maple Street streetscape makeover.
A couple of traders took the time out of their busy schedule to attend, but nobody showed up. Who knows why? The dog ate their homework? They were sick? Either way, the streetscaping is taking longer to plan than a Bruce Highway upgrade.
This at a time when traders are doing it tough enough. Spark up, folks.
I wanna lollie!
IN the age-old tradition of freaking the hell out every time somebody sneezes within 20 foot of me, I tore off to the chemist the other day for a flu shot.
Making small talk with the friendly pharmacist, I was informed I could kill two birds with one stone (or two needles) and get a Covid shot as well, thereby allowing me to act doubly chill around my sickly brethren.
The obvious and only question worth asking was: which one hurts the most?
The pharmacist then jabbed me twice and asked me what I thought. ‘Both!’ I cried. ‘Can I have a lollipop now?’
I was only half joking, but the reply was that ‘oh no, we don’t do that anymore’.
Come again?
Because they’re worried about kids’ health, apparently. Look, I doubt many parents are thinking about diabetes when their kids or man-child is tearing up after an injection. Madness!
Bring back the lollipop!