Dear Councilor
I attended the Council Meeting held in the old Town Hall and I write to you because of your speech which you gave speaking in support of the motion you put regarding the Piano returning to the Art Gallery. In your speech you appealed to people to lessen the emotion involved in the issue yet it was obvious to me that your voice contained a certain amount of suppressed rage. You appealed for reason yet you did not let 2 fellow councilors to vote claiming they had a conflict of interest. The underlying rage in your voice indicated you had an interest which could have also been argued to be conflicted. The question is self evident – why did you not also remove yourself from voting? As a Councilor I believe you have to grapple with many issues where the issues are not clear cut – the issues will seldom be black and white and you will always have to make a judgement or compromise. In this case however the issues are clear cut. Pushing the reset button will not solve the problem and your comment “the piano is not going anywhere” could turn out to be political double speak. I do not understand why all the issues could not be ventilated in this matter and I ask if you could answer the following questions.
I believe the real conflict of interest is between those elected and those appointed. - Who has the power? I ask if you could reply. Thanking You Neville Gibb
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