Seal the deal, James

WITH the election campaign drawing to a conclusion I am so pleased to see that no-one has bothered, so far, to approach James Merlino for another hollow commitment to have Menzies Road sealed, as promised 12 years ago by James and 32 years ago by the council.
Back in 2002 when James was just a local councillor aspiring to bigger and better pay packets he promised that if the residents of the area supported him in his first election campaign, he would ensure that Menzies Road would be sealed.
Needless to say it didn’t happen in his first term and when James’s second election campaign arrived he at least apologised for failing to honour his promise during his first time of office.
And he once again assured us that, if we again supported him, he would make sure it happened during his second term of office.
We did support James Merlino but once again the spirits of the local residents and users of the road were shattered by his lack of any real support for his constituents and for inflicting us with just another broken Labor promise.
Admittedly he did forward one email copied from the council as to why they didn’t want to pay for the road to be sealed. Big help James, thankyou.
Third time around, same sad story and now here we are at his fourth election campaign and, hopefully, no-one will ask about the Menzies Road sealing issue and James won’t have to commit to something that he knows neither he nor his party has any intention of doing, regardless of what they promise.
Michael Holman,
Menzies Creek.