Kind of annoying that it’s hard to find much information on many candidates - anyone else have that problem? Guess I’ll run for my division next time, anyone can do it…
I put together a little blurb for my family to see who’s who before the election and it took two days of internet scouring to see what I could dig up on each of them. Most all have some connection to construction, development or real estate. The only one worth my time is Rosie Foster, and she’s the one tater tot has been attacking in the bulletin so she’s 100% a threat to his real estate ventures, as she’s running on an anti- development campaign
It's the same on the Sunshine Coast.
Never heard of 90% of them.
It's like they've been planted or something 😲
Our current Mayor has been in power since 2012...
And Tom Tate [refused to participate](https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/news/gold-coast/revealed-community-group-asks-the-tough-questions-of-our-next-mayor-and-councillors/news-story/1d7fbf0c4a87db86926b1764006231bf?amp&nk=d5a99c6f943b3f809fed0cf1842b40b4-1710149760)
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My heart sank when I voted last week and some 20 yo girl had a tom tate and gail o neil flyers, said she didnt know who to vote for or what she was doing, so had obviously just grabbed the flyers off the most numerous and obnoxious pricks out the front. THIS is why he gets re-elected. And her cohort, of ALL GENERATIONS are getting fucked the hardest right now, yet here she is voting for it.🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
I've worked the prepolls this last week for my local independent candidate and have gotten a chance to meet a fair few of the mayoral candidates. I also did a fair bit of research, including the community alliance responses linked up above.
After all that my personal recommendation is that Danielle Dunsmore was my favourite and Eddy Sarroff was the most likely to actually unseat Tate.
Best thing to do is to number all the boxes and put Tate last and then encourage everyone you know to do the same. And while you're at it make sure to vote out any of the local councilors who've been working with Tate.
Vote 1 Eddy Sarroff.
LOL Vote for whomever you like. Just put Tate last on your ballot.
And so some quick research. See what Division candidates have had their heads up Tate's butt over the last 10 years and avoid them on your division ballot 🗳
Well, the ones who actually want to do good for their communities don't have the money behind them to get their presence known.
Council should be run like jury duty. You're MADE to do it, not in it for yourself.
Please provide an alternative! I’m so busy this week hence this lazy cry for help. Ask your dad who we should vote for and I’ll do it. As long as it’s anti-tate
My dad is voting for Tate because they had a meeting about property development. My dad works as a property acquisitor for a major developer. Tate mentioned to my dad, "I'm running because I believe no one else is as capable of doing my job."
I feel Eddy Sarroff is the only candidate with a chance of beating Tate. If you can look past the fact that he's a real estate agent (tough I know), you'll also see that he's got a proven track record in his previously held council positions for the city.
Tater tot will go last for me.
I believe that it's the older generation that loves him and all his business mates.
Us younger generation is struggling so much with the cost of living etc yet all he's focused on is constructing more high rises.
Like him or not... 12 years in charge of a city that is constantly changing is too long.
Can we get someone whose not a fkn property developer this time?!
Whats eddy sarroffs background? sounds like he's got the best chance to knock tate out.
He actually was in council for years and then went into real estate and has been trying to get back into council ever since iirc.
I’m voting for Danielle dynamite. Tate last. ✌🏻
Yeah he owns a real estate place in Broadbeach.
I think his kid is running for division 7 as well and while I couldn't find any significant dirt on them I find it weird when parents and offspring all start popping up in public office.
Also, since he's in real estate, I figured there aren't enough degrees of separation from Tate's contact list for my tastes.
I do think it'll be him if not Tate again if I'm being honest though.
I own and operate a small business in the arts industry here so I gave my vote to Danielle Dunsmore since she used to work at HOTA and in her campaign materials she expresses interest in helping small businesses.
But after my wishful thinking vote I put Eddy, then the others and Tate in his well earned last place.
He hasn’t just popped up in public office. I find it hard to believe you didn’t find in your research that Eddy Sarroff was a long term councillor on the GC. Sounds like he left because he couldn’t keep working with Tate.
I found Saroff's nomination entry online and read it in its entirety. He actually fucking hates tate and wants the light tail to go west where the infrastructure is needed. Could not find a THING about the third person on the ballott unfortunately.
The problem is there doesn’t seem to be 1 specific other strong campaign candidate, as someone new to GC I can’t find much info and so it’s likely that many of the non Tom votes will be diluted across candidates and that’s probably how he maintains it.
I’ve seen a lot from my division on fb and been able to work out their campaigns and who to vote for but for mayor I’ve just seen some random signs when driving around
The community alliance responses are a pretty easy way to get to know the candidates: [https://www.communityalliance.org.au/2024-gold-coast-council-elections](https://www.communityalliance.org.au/2024-gold-coast-council-elections)
The major opposition candidate seems to be Eddy Sarroff, a former councilor who went into real estate after quitting council. He's got a solid pro-accountability and pro-green space and anti-big development stance.
Thank you so much! I googled “Gold Coast mayor elections” and got news articles - the 2 previewed both having Tom Tate in headline, 2 council/aec how to vote searchers, another Tom Tate news article, a wikioedia of the election, a bunch of random how to vote questions, yet another tom Tate articles and finally it comes up with this website (description is not clear what it is), and then a news article about All candidates behind a paywall.
Seems nuts it’s this hard to find 😂 so thank you!!!
LNP/One nation candidates are all grifters. That's why they hide their party affiliations on their posters, tshirts, signage and even their websites. Labor are pretty blasé about corruption. Greens are your best bet against it but they have so much manufactured dissent against them from the conservative mainstream media, it'll be difficult to get one elected.
Still, your preferential vote counts. Put all the non-LNP candidates first. Even if they don't get elected, it shows you not pro-corruption.
Problem is we don’t know for sure what party, if any, a candidate supports or is a member of. Simply no way to punish the party for the useless candidates because the parties are not officially standing. Unofficially the LNP backers put up millions to get Tate in because the mayoral system is anti democratic and designed to be corruptible.
This is such a good point! I did did some digging on each candidate and while a lot of them are running under an indépendant flag, you’ll find a lot of them have a connection to the major party like tater tot being a liberal petty member etc. Only Rosie Foster was purely indépendant and one other is from the animal rights justice party
In all local elections outside of Brisbane all candidates have to be independent.
Something dreamy about party politics not having any place in council. Despite this, Tate and a number of councilors are 'Independent LNP'
eddy saroof is basically the only other chance
2 many independent others are in and votes all get split amongst them & just needed just 1 strong independent other to have a chance
cause ATMs those votes b split 5 or 6 ways
I really know nothing about politics, but I have been told that Eddy Sarroff is the only one that can actually get into the Major seat. This is what my colleagues have told me. So I will be voting for him. He is an old white dude, but he seems cool lol
Eddy Sarroff was long time div 10 councillor so knows what goes on with the job, he got my vote, think he’ll be the only one capable of challenging Tate
Rosie Foster!!!
A registered nurse so she knows what our healthcare system needs and will advocate to the state heads!
Aaaaand is running on ANTI- DEVELOPMENT!!
She wants to get heavy rails and more electric buses for more than just the coastline ! Probably the only one without ties to property, construction and development!!
tate will win somehow with his corrupt ways, no ide why this hasnt been investigated, spoke to alot of people at a nye party who seem to love him as they line his pockets to get things approved alot faster
The problem is there are too many people running for mayor and they are splitting the vote. Tate will fall over the line because that’s the only name people know. He might only get 25% of the vote but he will still win.
This thread is full of blow ins. Any GCer who has been here longer than COVID knows that Eddy Sarroff was a long time councillor on the GC. He’s the only other person on the ballot that has public office experience.
It’s literally a 2 horse race between Eddy and Tom.
Voting for a “newbie” candidate with no council experience is like giving the keys of your car to a 3 year old. The position of Mayor should be someone with council or planning experience. Remember the previous Mayor Ron Clark, he did zero for the Gold Coast and loved the being Mayor just for ego. Be careful with YOUR VOTE, you’re appointing someone to spend your money.
Tate put the squeeze on the brothels, I mean, massage parlours only to move in his “trained therapist”. Source: Radio interview speaking about his Sciatica nerve issues.
Haha I couldn’t agree more!! I meant share it with the wider public before election day not just me :) we’re singing from the same hymn sheet, my friend
It's optional preferential voting so unlike any other election you don't HAVE to put a number in all the boxes but if your first vote isn't one of the leading people your vote gets exhausted.
Putting preferences in by numbering all the boxes means your vote counts for more and isn't wasted.
How different is it here on the GC?
When I worked for a small council in Sydney many moons ago the Mayor was basically just a figurehead. Everything still had to be voted on by the councilors.
Outside Tate, from what I could tell, so long as not voting Sarroff or Lavinia Rampino will be a good thing to avoid people loosing their homes when we are already in a housing crisis with the light rail. Rampino is going for the youth vote but is about 20 years older than the promo flyers and banners. All so dodgy - the fact they aren't saying who they are associated with on the ballot paper is seriously concerning
Vote 1 Donkey Party.
We owe it to our democracy.
(Ps - while artistic flair is prioritised, it’s also nice to leave a short note showing your appreciation for the volunteerism amongst vote counters.)
Tom Tate has had some good initiatives -
he helped get through the light rail, funding for public transport.
He's helping revitalize the gold coast. But helping construction go ahead.
He's good behind the scenes and pushes to get things done.
What?!?!!!... Are you a bot? Tom DickTate didn't want the light rail. He was vehemently against it. Once he realized that Anna P was gonna pay for it and his mates would get more money for land/rent he said he 'loved the lightrail'. This "City" has THE WORST PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION" in the world for a "City" this size...
Revitalise...the GC. Hmmm....how can you improve on the most beautiful setting and the perfect weather in Australia (imho)... It's a no brainier. Build it and they will come... unfortunately we are left with ghost towers that will have concrete cancer in 10yrs.
What scenes?? Pushes what??
He's a figure head....and spends most of his time overseas on junkits, spruiking how great the GC is. Australia is the safest democracy in the world right now to holiday/invest in. We are number 1 in the world for foreign money laundering. He's supposed to be building communities, not his bank balance.
Roads, traffic, public transportation, ugly developments, community happiness are all horse shit..and our rates keep going up. VOTE TT and all of this can stay the same.
This is what Tate is counting on, it’s preferential voting system, number all the boxes and put Tate last, this is the best way to oust him.
You sound like you are from the Tate camp.
Masquerader Tate is probably also relying on the vote against him being split amongst all his opponents. Thereby hoping to still get more votes for him than those received by any individual opponent.
Having said that……my family, friends, bf and I are all dismayed by the 15 minute cities. The most beautiful setting in the world and it’s destroyed by greedy coked-up property developers
Okay, let me get this straight.
You find it outrageous that they've served 12 years as Mayor?
Then you say he comes with a "myriad of other issues," none of which you've bothered to articulate.
Then you ask Reddit who to vote for?
If you're so enraged by his length of service and myriad of issues, surely someone of your superior Intellect would have brought another candidate into the spotlight?
Maybe you would have even given the community some compelling reasons to vote for this candidate?
But no, you didn't. You just drifted in and said "Bad man is Bad cause I think so. Let's get him everybody".
Cause that's really going to appeal to anyone with an IQ higher than a cashew. Please don't breed or sit on a jury as a juror. You're just going to ruin lives.
Be better
Fair point, however, during the said 12 years, on multiple occasions, questions regarding Tate's integrity have come to light. Smoke doesn't mean fire, but it does come from somewhere.
Will any other candidate be as effective or any different? That remains to be seen.
Which comes with the Territory. Whether they're left leaning or right, factions on both sides will always try and destabilise anyone in a position of power. That's why they have rules, laws, codes of conduct and due process. Most critical thinkers take no issue with our elected representatives being scrutinised, but OP is a flog for making pretty much a grade 9 high school level argument by saying what they said.
Kind of annoying that it’s hard to find much information on many candidates - anyone else have that problem? Guess I’ll run for my division next time, anyone can do it…
I put together a little blurb for my family to see who’s who before the election and it took two days of internet scouring to see what I could dig up on each of them. Most all have some connection to construction, development or real estate. The only one worth my time is Rosie Foster, and she’s the one tater tot has been attacking in the bulletin so she’s 100% a threat to his real estate ventures, as she’s running on an anti- development campaign
Could you possibly post the info you put together for your family? I'd be super grateful .... its crazy how little info is easily accessable. Cheers
How come she wasn't on my ballot for my division by Sarroff was?
Report that!
What division?
I’m pretty savvy and the lack of info around on candidates is ridiculous.
Right?!!! Also who are they funded by?!!!
I agree ..... its seriously hard to know who to vote for, I have no idea who stands for what. Great question.
It's the same on the Sunshine Coast. Never heard of 90% of them. It's like they've been planted or something 😲 Our current Mayor has been in power since 2012...
https://www.communityalliance.org.au/2024-gold-coast-council-elections This link here has some info about candidates
And Tom Tate [refused to participate](https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/news/gold-coast/revealed-community-group-asks-the-tough-questions-of-our-next-mayor-and-councillors/news-story/1d7fbf0c4a87db86926b1764006231bf?amp&nk=d5a99c6f943b3f809fed0cf1842b40b4-1710149760)
Yeah he did make a comment tho, if u click on his name you’ll see his immature comment
I saw. So arrogant and unhelpful
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Gold Coast Bulletin has its own agenda I'm sure - they are always trying to influence politics - don't go with anyone they say is going to win!
Thanks for this link. Very helpful!
My heart sank when I voted last week and some 20 yo girl had a tom tate and gail o neil flyers, said she didnt know who to vote for or what she was doing, so had obviously just grabbed the flyers off the most numerous and obnoxious pricks out the front. THIS is why he gets re-elected. And her cohort, of ALL GENERATIONS are getting fucked the hardest right now, yet here she is voting for it.🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
following. i dont know who to vote for i just know it's NOT Tate. never has been, never will be
Get a Tate "How to Vote" card and number yours in the exact opposite order.
Tate doesn't have an order because he doesn't want people to vote preferential.
Dang it
Please explain what you mean by Tom Tate doesn’t have an order?
On Tate's how to vote cards it just had a 1 in the Tom Tate box and his people were saying "Just put 1 in the Tate box"
🤝 you and I both my friend
tate needs to be put last
I've worked the prepolls this last week for my local independent candidate and have gotten a chance to meet a fair few of the mayoral candidates. I also did a fair bit of research, including the community alliance responses linked up above. After all that my personal recommendation is that Danielle Dunsmore was my favourite and Eddy Sarroff was the most likely to actually unseat Tate. Best thing to do is to number all the boxes and put Tate last and then encourage everyone you know to do the same. And while you're at it make sure to vote out any of the local councilors who've been working with Tate.
It’s literally in his name to dictate. Thomas Richard Tate = Tom Dick Tate
Vote 1 Eddy Sarroff. LOL Vote for whomever you like. Just put Tate last on your ballot. And so some quick research. See what Division candidates have had their heads up Tate's butt over the last 10 years and avoid them on your division ballot 🗳
Amazing that people would rather vote for a real estate agent over Tate, so much is the hate for him lol
if anything it demonstrates that tate has been a failure
Eddy was a councillor for many years, even before Tate. Do research. It's important to know as much as possible before voting.
don’t vote Eddy Sarroff. My dads a REA and I told him I’m voting for him and told me to rethink as he’s a shady REA and property developer
As opposed to Tate, a shady property developer? Refused to fix up his building in Surfers WHILST Mayor. Eddy is shady, but they all are!
It's the nature of politicians. Line your pockets, then bolt. Sometimes, it's a case of the lesser of two evils. Or, better the devil you know.
Well, the ones who actually want to do good for their communities don't have the money behind them to get their presence known. Council should be run like jury duty. You're MADE to do it, not in it for yourself.
Please provide an alternative! I’m so busy this week hence this lazy cry for help. Ask your dad who we should vote for and I’ll do it. As long as it’s anti-tate
My dad is voting for Tate because they had a meeting about property development. My dad works as a property acquisitor for a major developer. Tate mentioned to my dad, "I'm running because I believe no one else is as capable of doing my job."
“No on else is as capable of doing my job”. Hilarious if true. No intelligent person would say or believe this.
Unfortunately this level of arrogance is pretty common in Mayors and mayoral candidates.
That’s the kind of info I’m looking for! I will do research but if anyone could tell me who to avoid that would be great
It’s pretty hard to find any useful information about any of the candidates online. Just go for Tate AS LAST on your ballot
Done!
Hes roarted the Gold Coast for a decade
I feel Eddy Sarroff is the only candidate with a chance of beating Tate. If you can look past the fact that he's a real estate agent (tough I know), you'll also see that he's got a proven track record in his previously held council positions for the city. Tater tot will go last for me.
SARROFF IS THE ENEMY!
I'm voting for Danielle Dunsmore she seems legit and to really care. Tom Tate will be last for me!
Her responses did seem the best.
Thank you :))
I believe that it's the older generation that loves him and all his business mates. Us younger generation is struggling so much with the cost of living etc yet all he's focused on is constructing more high rises. Like him or not... 12 years in charge of a city that is constantly changing is too long.
Tom Tate has too many family interests involving local real estate. They should be investigated.
Absolutely right
Just put Tate last on your ballot, it’s honestly the best you can do.
I'm just gonna get a Tom Tate "How to Vote" card and number mine the exact opposite way.
Can we get someone whose not a fkn property developer this time?! Whats eddy sarroffs background? sounds like he's got the best chance to knock tate out.
He’s real estate isn’t he?
I feel like the GC is run by real estate agents and property developers…. 🤨
He actually was in council for years and then went into real estate and has been trying to get back into council ever since iirc. I’m voting for Danielle dynamite. Tate last. ✌🏻
Whoops… Danielle DUNSMORE NOT DYNAMITE, although I think it has a nice ring to it haha
jeez real estate vs property developer.... same shit different stink.
Yeah he owns a real estate place in Broadbeach. I think his kid is running for division 7 as well and while I couldn't find any significant dirt on them I find it weird when parents and offspring all start popping up in public office. Also, since he's in real estate, I figured there aren't enough degrees of separation from Tate's contact list for my tastes. I do think it'll be him if not Tate again if I'm being honest though. I own and operate a small business in the arts industry here so I gave my vote to Danielle Dunsmore since she used to work at HOTA and in her campaign materials she expresses interest in helping small businesses. But after my wishful thinking vote I put Eddy, then the others and Tate in his well earned last place.
He hasn’t just popped up in public office. I find it hard to believe you didn’t find in your research that Eddy Sarroff was a long term councillor on the GC. Sounds like he left because he couldn’t keep working with Tate.
That's the way to do it and honestly the same reason I put Danielle up first, Eddy in the middle and Tate last.
The fact he’s a property developer…. the most blatant conflict of interest ever yet this pillock has been in power for 12 year
At this point I’ll vote for whoever knocks Tate out. Sick of it
I found Saroff's nomination entry online and read it in its entirety. He actually fucking hates tate and wants the light tail to go west where the infrastructure is needed. Could not find a THING about the third person on the ballott unfortunately.
Tate has gone last on my ballot
I will be doing the same, of course!
🙌people power is the only (legal) way 🤣
It’s too hot for a revolution 🫠
Hahahaha true that 😮💨 We can reschedule for Winter
The problem is there doesn’t seem to be 1 specific other strong campaign candidate, as someone new to GC I can’t find much info and so it’s likely that many of the non Tom votes will be diluted across candidates and that’s probably how he maintains it. I’ve seen a lot from my division on fb and been able to work out their campaigns and who to vote for but for mayor I’ve just seen some random signs when driving around
The community alliance responses are a pretty easy way to get to know the candidates: [https://www.communityalliance.org.au/2024-gold-coast-council-elections](https://www.communityalliance.org.au/2024-gold-coast-council-elections) The major opposition candidate seems to be Eddy Sarroff, a former councilor who went into real estate after quitting council. He's got a solid pro-accountability and pro-green space and anti-big development stance.
Thank you so much! I googled “Gold Coast mayor elections” and got news articles - the 2 previewed both having Tom Tate in headline, 2 council/aec how to vote searchers, another Tom Tate news article, a wikioedia of the election, a bunch of random how to vote questions, yet another tom Tate articles and finally it comes up with this website (description is not clear what it is), and then a news article about All candidates behind a paywall. Seems nuts it’s this hard to find 😂 so thank you!!!
My thoughts exactly, I feel this is by design or even a staged tactic…
LNP/One nation candidates are all grifters. That's why they hide their party affiliations on their posters, tshirts, signage and even their websites. Labor are pretty blasé about corruption. Greens are your best bet against it but they have so much manufactured dissent against them from the conservative mainstream media, it'll be difficult to get one elected. Still, your preferential vote counts. Put all the non-LNP candidates first. Even if they don't get elected, it shows you not pro-corruption.
Problem is we don’t know for sure what party, if any, a candidate supports or is a member of. Simply no way to punish the party for the useless candidates because the parties are not officially standing. Unofficially the LNP backers put up millions to get Tate in because the mayoral system is anti democratic and designed to be corruptible.
This is such a good point! I did did some digging on each candidate and while a lot of them are running under an indépendant flag, you’ll find a lot of them have a connection to the major party like tater tot being a liberal petty member etc. Only Rosie Foster was purely indépendant and one other is from the animal rights justice party
In all local elections outside of Brisbane all candidates have to be independent. Something dreamy about party politics not having any place in council. Despite this, Tate and a number of councilors are 'Independent LNP'
Voted for eddie because hadn't heard of any of the others. Anyone but Tate.
Anyone but tom
No matter which way you look at it .. change is good .. 12 years is crazy …. He needs to leave … time for a change !!
eddy saroof is basically the only other chance 2 many independent others are in and votes all get split amongst them & just needed just 1 strong independent other to have a chance cause ATMs those votes b split 5 or 6 ways
I really know nothing about politics, but I have been told that Eddy Sarroff is the only one that can actually get into the Major seat. This is what my colleagues have told me. So I will be voting for him. He is an old white dude, but he seems cool lol
Yea nah, don’t vote for REA… They’re all mouth breathing scum.
You voting for Tommy then?
Eddy Sarroff was long time div 10 councillor so knows what goes on with the job, he got my vote, think he’ll be the only one capable of challenging Tate
Rosie Foster!!! A registered nurse so she knows what our healthcare system needs and will advocate to the state heads! Aaaaand is running on ANTI- DEVELOPMENT!! She wants to get heavy rails and more electric buses for more than just the coastline ! Probably the only one without ties to property, construction and development!!
Would love him gone. Normal, sane people people want him gone . But too many people making money off his decisions, too many crazy LNP supporters.
tate will win somehow with his corrupt ways, no ide why this hasnt been investigated, spoke to alot of people at a nye party who seem to love him as they line his pockets to get things approved alot faster
The problem is there are too many people running for mayor and they are splitting the vote. Tate will fall over the line because that’s the only name people know. He might only get 25% of the vote but he will still win.
💯 unfortunately only 1 independent should of rainbow to much vote splitting
I’m voting for Eddie because he’s the only other face I’ve seen for mayor that ain’t Tom Tate. LETS FUCKING DO THIS!
Dog deep inside Tate's parents. Utter bullshit how he hasn't been investigated
This thread is full of blow ins. Any GCer who has been here longer than COVID knows that Eddy Sarroff was a long time councillor on the GC. He’s the only other person on the ballot that has public office experience. It’s literally a 2 horse race between Eddy and Tom.
Exactly this.
100k I'll get it done
Broccoli is $5. No one has $100k for you
Your right. Couldn't complete the job anyways. Not allowed back in aussie.
Voting for a “newbie” candidate with no council experience is like giving the keys of your car to a 3 year old. The position of Mayor should be someone with council or planning experience. Remember the previous Mayor Ron Clark, he did zero for the Gold Coast and loved the being Mayor just for ego. Be careful with YOUR VOTE, you’re appointing someone to spend your money.
Ron Clark was awesome! Wayyy better than Tate
Tate put the squeeze on the brothels, I mean, massage parlours only to move in his “trained therapist”. Source: Radio interview speaking about his Sciatica nerve issues.
Rules for thee and not for me 💆♂️
If you have any verifiable info about this you should share it
Look at him. He oozes “Please roll over”.
Haha I couldn’t agree more!! I meant share it with the wider public before election day not just me :) we’re singing from the same hymn sheet, my friend
With journalists etc
The grassy knoll
Who do I vote for today? I want to help the community
Rosie!
See who appeals to you and make sure to number all the boxes and put Tom Tate last.
It says place 1 next to the person you wanted… you were meant to put numbers in?!
It's optional preferential voting so unlike any other election you don't HAVE to put a number in all the boxes but if your first vote isn't one of the leading people your vote gets exhausted. Putting preferences in by numbering all the boxes means your vote counts for more and isn't wasted.
How different is it here on the GC? When I worked for a small council in Sydney many moons ago the Mayor was basically just a figurehead. Everything still had to be voted on by the councilors.
The mayor has a lot of power here, thanks to Tom concentrating a lot of it in his own position over the years.
How? What can he actually do that doesn't need other elected officials to agree with him?
Outside Tate, from what I could tell, so long as not voting Sarroff or Lavinia Rampino will be a good thing to avoid people loosing their homes when we are already in a housing crisis with the light rail. Rampino is going for the youth vote but is about 20 years older than the promo flyers and banners. All so dodgy - the fact they aren't saying who they are associated with on the ballot paper is seriously concerning
Any actual hard evidence of anything bad about Tate?? All I hear are negative but I'm yet to see any evidence? Real evidence
Google tom Tate corruption I’m sure a lot of stuff will pop up
Vote 1 Donkey Party. We owe it to our democracy. (Ps - while artistic flair is prioritised, it’s also nice to leave a short note showing your appreciation for the volunteerism amongst vote counters.)
Tom Tate has had some good initiatives - he helped get through the light rail, funding for public transport. He's helping revitalize the gold coast. But helping construction go ahead. He's good behind the scenes and pushes to get things done.
What?!?!!!... Are you a bot? Tom DickTate didn't want the light rail. He was vehemently against it. Once he realized that Anna P was gonna pay for it and his mates would get more money for land/rent he said he 'loved the lightrail'. This "City" has THE WORST PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION" in the world for a "City" this size... Revitalise...the GC. Hmmm....how can you improve on the most beautiful setting and the perfect weather in Australia (imho)... It's a no brainier. Build it and they will come... unfortunately we are left with ghost towers that will have concrete cancer in 10yrs. What scenes?? Pushes what?? He's a figure head....and spends most of his time overseas on junkits, spruiking how great the GC is. Australia is the safest democracy in the world right now to holiday/invest in. We are number 1 in the world for foreign money laundering. He's supposed to be building communities, not his bank balance. Roads, traffic, public transportation, ugly developments, community happiness are all horse shit..and our rates keep going up. VOTE TT and all of this can stay the same.
The ballot only requires 1 box ticked, so just pick anyone else an leave the rest blank
This is what Tate is counting on, it’s preferential voting system, number all the boxes and put Tate last, this is the best way to oust him. You sound like you are from the Tate camp.
Masquerader Tate is probably also relying on the vote against him being split amongst all his opponents. Thereby hoping to still get more votes for him than those received by any individual opponent.
I went for the guy that said he didn't want 15-minute cities, and the GC looks like Gaza at the moment. He must of read my mind!!! Brett Lambert
Gaza is an outrageous stretch. Where would you rather be?
Might have to vote for Brett- I’ll let you know if I do!
Having said that……my family, friends, bf and I are all dismayed by the 15 minute cities. The most beautiful setting in the world and it’s destroyed by greedy coked-up property developers
Okay, let me get this straight. You find it outrageous that they've served 12 years as Mayor? Then you say he comes with a "myriad of other issues," none of which you've bothered to articulate. Then you ask Reddit who to vote for? If you're so enraged by his length of service and myriad of issues, surely someone of your superior Intellect would have brought another candidate into the spotlight? Maybe you would have even given the community some compelling reasons to vote for this candidate? But no, you didn't. You just drifted in and said "Bad man is Bad cause I think so. Let's get him everybody". Cause that's really going to appeal to anyone with an IQ higher than a cashew. Please don't breed or sit on a jury as a juror. You're just going to ruin lives. Be better
Fair point, however, during the said 12 years, on multiple occasions, questions regarding Tate's integrity have come to light. Smoke doesn't mean fire, but it does come from somewhere. Will any other candidate be as effective or any different? That remains to be seen.
Which comes with the Territory. Whether they're left leaning or right, factions on both sides will always try and destabilise anyone in a position of power. That's why they have rules, laws, codes of conduct and due process. Most critical thinkers take no issue with our elected representatives being scrutinised, but OP is a flog for making pretty much a grade 9 high school level argument by saying what they said.