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From: Joe Porter
To: mnegus@bigpond.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 1:26 PM
Subject: Dalkeith

Dear Matthew

You have probably heard by now that there were nearly 500 people at the public meeting last night at the Dalkeith Hall. PADD now has more than 50% of the households in Dalkeith as registered members.

Aside from a few developers, there was a unanimous view that the whole draft plan should be thrown in the bin. From speaking with most of the Councillors over the past couple of weeks I think it unlikely that this will occur.

What it highlights though is your untenable position on Council.

I request that you give consideration to immediately resigning your position on Council on the following grounds:

1. You were elected unopposed to Council. Your obligation as a Councillor is to represent the best interests of The City of Nedlands and its residents and ratepayers and secondarily to look after the interests of the residents and ratepayers of the Dalkeith Ward.

2. You have made your personal views on the redevelopment of area 18 well known through both written representation to Council and verbal representation to many.

3. Your views are diametrically opposed to the views of the people that you are supposed to be representing. This is clearly evident from the submissions to Council and from the vote that was taken last night.

4. Dalkeith is supposed to have 3 Ward Councillors. With the resignation of Cranston after 2 years just 1 month before the handing down of the draft plan (very interesting timing) we were left with you and Cr Argyle. You have been conflicted out of the process and can take no further part. Dalkeith is therefore left with 1 Councillor until the bi-election has been finalised.

5. This redevelopment plan is the single most important issue to EVER come before Council in relation to Dalkeith and has the potential to change the very fabric of the suburb forever. We need full, unconflicted representation on Council at this time as a matter of extreme urgency.

Matthew, this is not personal, I have never even met you. It is simply that I have a belief that you are not the right person to be occupying a seat on Council as a Dalkeith Ward councillor for the reasons stated above.

Please give my request careful consideration at this time.

Yours sincerely
Simon (Joe ) Porter
3 Philip Rd Dalkeith