This why politicians should appoint an Australian president

For some reason it has been decided that the new Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne should be a high-profile person who does not necessarily have to live or own a business in the city.

The Herald Sun as an online poll asking readers to choose an appropriate new Lord Mayor from the likes of Eddie McGuire, James Hird, Rachael Griffiths, Geoffrey Rush, Jeff Kennett, ACCC chief Graham Samuel, Daniel Grollo and Peter fuckin’ Costello.

 

Why? Melbourne needs a Lord Mayor who is switched on to the city’s needs, can forge good relations with the state government and has vision? Jeff Kennett, Daniel Grollo and Graham Samuel probably fit the bill , but why do we need any sort of election to be a popularity contest.

This is why Phil Cleary and his Republic-hijacking cohorts and their want for a “people’s president” can go and take a flying fuck!

I am a republican and campaigned for the ARM model (similar to appointing the Governor General) amongst Aussie expats in London in 1998. But give me the Queen any time than any of these people on a ballot for Australian President.