28/05/2026
Another day, another Councillor moving on.
Councillor Richard Goss has stated he will not be recontesting in October.
Thank you Councillor Goss for your service to the NMC.
Two Councillors have now fallen on their sword, and done the decent thing, and walked away from the NMC after October, in a considered, dignified and respectful manner.
Ironically, it is the two Councillors that at least have a moral compass when push comes to shove.
Both Councillor's Goss and Councillor Lambert could at least be objective on occasions, but nevertheless their overall support for a General Manager and Mayor who have taken the NMC to the lowest depths it has ever endured, is something that cannot be denied.
In my opinion, this is another Councillor that was perhaps misled in part or full when supporting and voting for many of the Jennings / Knowles "regime" ideas and actions that occurred in the last 6-8 years.
This ultimately led to the waste of millions of dollars of Ratepayers monies around Defamation, the Airport and many other things.
I have known Richard from way back. Back in the days when we caught the bus together to Launceston for schooling purposes.
If my memory serves me correctly, he held centre back seat on the bus daily, as he was always one of the first to board at Cressy. So getting in the bus each morning, the first face was bus driver John Loone, the second on the back seat,Richard.
Richard was a local that cared about the community, and to the greater part had a good moral compass that built a better community, albeit parochially Cressy!!! 🤣
It is my belief, he like many others around the table, were totally blindsided and mislead by an Agenda and information that was designed for anything but the best interests of the Community.
So, as such the buck stops there. As a voted member, the onus is to investigate the information that Council Officers are provided.
If there is one thing Richard and i are joined at the hip on, ITS LOW RATES.
He gets my utmost respect there.
Again while there were many things we were not aligned on, but at our time around the table, the endeavours by Council to raise Rates to horrifying levels have been THWARTED to the greater part by Goss and McCullagh working in tandem to reduce them.
I am hoping that as a parting gift this Monday, he again joins the charge to keep rates well below that to which officers have been trying to raise them.
As the great Kerry Packer once said about Government back in the 90s around taxes. Why would anyone pay extra when they havent been doing a very good job of spending them.
To Richard, all the best and thank you for your service. You have certainly served your community extremely well to the greater part. Community service can be a tough gig, and your resilience has been admirable.
Spend your retirement at all levels well.
The dignified exits of Goss and Lambert are a saving grace for the NMC, and open the door for fresh enthusiastic, and perhaps YOUNGER faces .
The question on my, and perhaps the rest of the Community, is who else wants to exit on a high?
The Community judgment for others is the October election, and i am sure the Community will be happy to provide their judgment to others, if they wish to test the waters.
