Saturday, November 15th, 2025 |
UPDATE: The above headline was written early Saturday evening, but just after 10, the Bulletin has called it for Slick Nick as our new mayor. And why wouldn’t they. So please read parts of this week’s Nest with the tricky timings involved, The ‘Pie is too buggered to tinker around after a day at the… View full story »
Sunday, November 9th, 2025 |
That is just one recommendation in a report after a two year study by the council and a bevy of (sigh) consultants. There are plenty of tricky questions in this one, and The Magpie is just the bird to ask them. Not only how the money will be collected and spent, but what happened to… View full story »
Saturday, November 1st, 2025 |
The burning question is did David Sewell really resign of his own volition, or was he sacked? His departure more than a week ago is clouded in the usual Walker Street Hermit Kingdom transparency … i.e not a fucking dicky bird. The Magpie speculates. Electrifying stuff: seems all mayoral hopefuls have discovered what we really… View full story »
Saturday, October 25th, 2025 |
But what is not clear is any offer of a progressive way forward, with only one candidate running anything resembling a regular campaign. The first full week of the Big Sell demonstrated the selfish spiteful side of local politics (but is there another side?) , exacerbated by a clearly scatterbrained and distracting Bulletin. Crisafulli lobs… View full story »
Saturday, October 18th, 2025 |
Before noms closed, a very perceptive Magpie mate made this observation, “So far, without better candidates, it looks like a contest of who will be the least troublesome Mayor. Not the best.” Alas, it seems his. crystal ball was on the money. So far, so disheartening. If the field is not all we could hope… View full story »
