By Nasik Swami The Tatiara District Council is in a “financial disaster” with a lack of transparency and lots of coverups it has been claimed. This is how concerned ratepayer Peter Barras of Bordertown described the council, alleging the public had lost trust, respect, and confidence in its elected representatives to run council affairs. Mr Barras, who attended the council meeting in Bordertown on June 13, wrote a letter to the council seeking answers on the council’s failed purchase of a truck, resulting in a loss of $356,000 of ratepayer funds. “At a time when families are experiencing unprecedented cost of living pressures and many businesses are still struggling after recent years, it was breathtaking to see this council lose $356,000 and then have the temerity to propose a 5 percent increase in council rates,” he said. Mr Barras asked if the ratepayers of the Tatiara District were punished for […]
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