| New order in Cairns |
| Written by Jason Wilson | |||||
| Saturday, 15 March 2008 | |||||
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Mike from Cairnsblog considers the rise of Cairns' first female mayor, Val Schier.
Although neither Byrne or Schier has conceded or claimed victory, it looks likely that within the next 48 hours, Cairns' will usher in it's first female mayor in 130 years. "It turned us off," said Sue and Terry Johnson of Edgehill. "We were undecided up until the last week, but the tactics like those advertisements were very aggressive. It made our minds up." It appears that many voters felt that Cairns city was loosing control of developments and town planning seemed to have little checks and balance. Developments like False Cape, GlenCorp apartments at Clifton Beach and Woree, the Villa Romana debacle, private certifier approvals, and many 'material change of use' applications have left the community angry at the role of their Council. Returning Officer Ken Gorton has confirmed that there is still 5,700 pre-poll votes to be counted and an additional 2,000 postal votes. It may well be Tuesday before all the postal votes are counted.
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