20 August 2008

Frank Pangallo pulling the pin?

| Gungahlin Al
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Is there any truth to the rumour that Frank Pangallo is pulling out of the running for Molonglo?

Because he’s been absolutely invisible. Last confirmed sighting in public was at the Curfew 4 Canberra meeting back on 5 June (at which he had very little to say anyway).

GCC has sent invitations to candidates for our Meet the Candidates evening on 8 October, but we can’t even email Frank because he doesn’t seem to have thought to publish any contact details, let alone a website.

And somehow it doesn’t seem *right* to send an ACT Government candidate invitation to the office of a NSW council…

So has anyone seen him? Has he given up already? Perhaps he’s trying to challenge big Mal Meninga’s record?

[ED – We had in the RA bunker, this very night, wondered what on earth he could be thinking with his zero-visibility campaign]

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neanderthalsis said :

Perhaps in his case MBE = Manual Bowel Evacuation…

Oh I thought it was an acronym for My Big Ego !

No one would have believed in the early years of the 21st century that our Territory was being watched by intelligences greater than our own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns, *they* observed and studied, the way a man with a microscope might scrutinize the creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. With infinite complacency, men went to and fro about the city, confident of our empire over this region. Yet across the gulf of NSW, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic regarded our capital with envious eyes and slowly, and surely, drew their plans against us.

Good luck with Pangallo Canberra. We have had him as mayor over here for far too long, Queanbeyan is screaming out for a change and I would say a lot of people will be happy to chuck this character over the border. How he has been in the job he has for as long as he has is beyond me. You would think the basic job requirements would be to be friendly, approachable, and down to earth and he without a shadow of doubt lacks the above.

neanderthalsis9:26 am 22 Aug 08

Perhaps in his case MBE = Manual Bowel Evacuation…

Many MBE’s were given out because of what politicians you knew not because of your “community representation”. It was one of the reasons the MBE system was disbanded.

Cranky Franky has destroyed the community spirit in Queanbeyan and finds it very difficult to get on with people.

He will not be missed in Queanbeyan, many people are happy he has moved to Canberra.

Just been to Pangallo website. Didn’t know he had an MBE for community service. Crikey, maybe somebody who knows something about community representation is actually running.

The Hanson trick is a great money raiser, but 4% is a high hurdle. My guess is that Pangello may get there. At the very least there will be some italian vote (many Italian families live in the region having worked on the Snowy project). Having run a council for so long people might think he has some credibility, even though he has done nothing so far to clarify to Canberrans how he wuld vote and what he stands for.

But I doubt indies like Mulcahy or the rotund nutty woman who lost her seat will get close. They sound like hyper-egoistic types who are from swanky street and are not very in touch.

Doesn’t look like he has pulled out. Featured in CityNews “Bites” this week.Website is http://www.pangallo.com.au.

Vinnies have good suits.

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Gungahlin Al4:17 pm 21 Aug 08

From the Candidates’ Handbook http://www.elections.act.gov.au/pdfs/CandidatesHandbook08.pdf

“Election funding
Public funding is available to parties and independent candidates contesting an election.
For the 18 October 2008 election, public funding will be provided at 147.722 cents per
first preference vote to those parties and independent candidates receiving at least 4%
of the formal votes cast.
No person is obliged to accept public funding.”

So Molonglo projected enrolment is 103,051. If only 70% vote that’s 72,135. 4% is 2885. By 147.722 cents per vote is $4262. Less noomination fee of $250. Nice pay for donning a suit a few times. But if you are serious about campaigning it wouldn’t go close to covering the printing alone.

Of course stay invisible and only get 3.99999% and you get zip. Dig out the suit Frank. Get an email address at least.

GuruJ said :

Or the “Hanson” strategy. Show up, get 5% of the vote and walk away with a tidy chunk of $$$ …

Please explain……….

Or the “Hanson” strategy. Show up, get 5% of the vote and walk away with a tidy chunk of $$$ …

A Bradbury strategy perhaps?

Perhaps, as a novelty, he’s undertaking his Mayoral duties in Queanbeyan.

I’m all for nice quiet candidates. Besides, most of the crap that gets said this far out from the election goes in one ear and out the other…

It’s innovative. It’s mysterious. It’s certainly different.

I’ll vote for him, even though I am not in his electorate.

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