Launcestonians are faced with making an important decision in the next weeks. They have choices to make in regard to how they wish to be 'represented' relative to HOW they have been. They have 33 candidates to choose from, so 'The INCUMBENCY' can be replaced.
At the election Launcestonians DO NOT have an opportunity to do anything about the city's self-serving, self assessing management BUT by displacing 'The INCUMBENCY' they can elect representatives who WILL hold 'management' accountable.
The fact is, some incumbents have abdicated and are out of the race, some possibly on the prospect of being judged harshly by their constituents, and others because they passed their use-by-date. Please consider who is left and WHAT they have and have not done!
As for 'the residue' for the most part they deserve to be judged harshly for what has transpired in THEIR INCUMBENCY under THEIR WATCH! Consider the city's debt, its budget overruns, its bureaucratic follies and the fiscal management of ratepayers' resources – and very carefully.
'Representing' a community in the role of 'placemakers' should not be a 'side-gig' with fringe benefits. If we must have Indirect Representational Democracy for now, lets have 'representatives' who actually represent the aspirations of their constituency rather than their aspirations and idealogical positions – they must be accountable for their successes, inadequacies and misdeeds.
The simplest definition of 'placemaking' is the process of creating quality places that people want to live, work, play, and learn in. Placemaking is a process. It is a means to an end: it is to do with the creation of 'Quality Places'. Ultimately, that is why Councillors are there, it is their job, no ifs, no buts!
"It is now widely accepted that well-designed, well-managed places deliver economic, social and environmental benefits and that placemaking goes far beyond good quality pavements or street furniture."
LONDON FIRST
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