I'm happy enough to give these guys a crack at it, I have some concerns about how they got themselves into power but they are there now so let's hope they deliver.
I won't cop their minions taking pot shots at Douglas, Irvine & co unfairly though. There's a few social media henchmen out there, they will ultimately do their mates on the new board more harm than good.
The really unfortunate thing is the timing of the election and the outdated constitutional rules that allow for complete replacement of a board in one go. Sadly, Douglas had done a mountain of work on constitutional reform, that was to have been rolled out this year, now that the development had been passed.
As for electioneering on the 'Reinstatement of The 4'...come on you lot, it was as clear as day they were using that as a PROMISE, a CORE promise and it bloody well worked. I know 'the fine print' was that they promised 'a legal review' but that's not what the pissed-up masses on the hill heard. It's not what very good mates of 'The 4' were telling people from one end of the shire to the other. The punters didn't give a **** about the fine print, they never do. So, I'm happy for your boys to enjoy their moment in the sun and I'll eat my words if they come good and do a better job than the last board, but don't insult our collective intelligence by suggesting they haven't broken a promise, morally at least, by not reinstating the sacked blokes.