Election Wrap - 14 September

Mr Pangallo knew his friends needed all the help they could get. Only question is “which one did he vote for?” He endorsed three candidates for mayor, and all three failed miserably. Queanbeyan wanted positive change – not a repeat of the past many years. Hopefully the Pangallo Party will only gain a minority of the QCC seats and the Overall party will be able to help grow Queanbeyan. The only sad thing was that Mr Pangallo was too scared to stand up and fight for the job.

Pangallo voted ’cause he can’t let go of Queanbeyan. I understand they had to demand that he give the keys to the Mayor’s office back. Pangallo only has one loyalty and that’s to Frank. If ACT residents believe he is running for the ACT elections because of some altruistic sentiment for Canberra you are sadly misled. This is Pangallo’s ego at its best. They were sick and tired of him in Queanbeyan so he thinks he can jump ship and be a pollie in the ACT. If Pangallo is not successful in the ACT elections he will be back in the family home in Queanbeyan with his tail between his legs in no time!!

Love looking out for Grannie at the start of a thread, will she be sensitive and caring, insightful and erudite, or just a wee bit wicked and very funny. And then she goes and throws a curveball by being all whimsical (9) and wacky (11). My hero!!

OK so NSW non-residents get to vote too. Bizarre. So retracted on my Pangallo comments.
But stunningly dumb electorally when his loyalty to ACT is being queried for Frank to be seen voting in Queanbeyan…

On an Autumn festival:
I thought it was called the Balloon Festival – oh hang on – they stuffed that this year…

On Pangallo:
I too was amazed that he voted in Queanbeyan. He told us he has moved to Narrabundah. One would have assumed that someone as knowledgeable on electoral matters would have changed his registration when he moved.

So was Frank lying when he told Canberra that he is now a Canberra resident.
Or was he lying when he cast a vote as a NSW resident yesterday?
It can’t be both ways Frank…

They do also have theAutumnats cardboard classic you know! Now there’s an idea ….

Granny said :

And the carillon – is that not fascinating even as an adult?

I’m often fascinated by how they can completely murder a tune.

It was not so long ago that Floriade was just a pipe dream, and now it is a part of our cultural heritage.

The same could be said for Summernats.

Perhaps it is because I was raised here, but I still associate many of our tourist attractions with a special childhood magic.

I love the war memorial. Very hard to do properly with accompanying children, but even so. I think I could live in it for a week and still not see everything, even though it is a bit scary. As a child I used to have nightmares of being locked in after dark, and sliding down the wood in front of the mosaic exhibit.

The same with Blundell’s farmhouse. I am still just as thrilled each time I visit. I just can’t believe that anyone could actually live in that tiny little dollhouse, let alone raise six kids or whatever. We could learn a lot about sustainable living from the good Blundells I suspect.

And the carillon – is that not fascinating even as an adult? Not to mention that we often still spend a whole day just at Questacon, although we have been there so many times before.

I still enjoy the train rides at Cockington Green … I know, I know … and I have not yet even attempted the balloon ride thing!!

And what of paddle boating? How cool is that!

It was not so long ago that Floriade was just a pipe dream, and now it is a part of our cultural heritage.

An Autumn festival could be fun, if there was a point to it.

I thought there is something fundamentally wrong with a presumed ACT candidate who has registered an ACT political party in his own name voting in the NSW local government elections until I carefully read the enrolment criteria on the NSW Election Commission website: http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/enrolment/local_government_enrolment

I think we can see where Frank Pangallo’s alliance might lie with the following snippet from the CT story:

Yesterday, Mr Pangallo handed out how-to-vote cards for independent mayoral candidates Ann Rocca and Kerry White.
He also put in a good word for Labor candidate Tom Mavec.
”I certainly have been supporting him,” he said. ”I think he would be one of the three I would support for the position of mayor.”

I wonder if Pangallo will be game to openly support the current Labor Mayor equivalent here in the ACT.

If they plant long lived deciduous trees with spectactular autumn colour throughout the city (not just inner north) instead of the drab, short-lived and limb-dropping eucalypt fire hazards of the past thirty years, it would make Canberra autumnal heaven.