SPY TALES

COGGWatch spies have been very busy of late and have been reporting in with some rather interesting occurences related to our great and wondrous Council.

A footy watching spy has raised another interesting conflict of interest issue that, you guessed it, raises some questions for the Gheringhap street spinmeisters, and the Big Banana. It seems that our loyal Cats followers are able to refresh themselves on match days at a "temporary" bar behind the Hickey Stand. That is, the current Hickey Stand behind the river end goals, not the great "Blinded By The Light" Stand that is to become the Hickey Stand. It seems there is a lot of angst among local publicans about this particular establishment - not because it operates during the match, but because it continues to operate up to 9:00pm, some four to four and a half hours after the match. This means that local hotels are losing traditional after-the-match custom, and even worse, having to deal with over-refreshed patrons from the bar later in the evening. It seems that this little bar follows an "all care but no responsibility" approach. Now why, you may ask is this relevant to this little column? Well the bar is operated by Lamby's. Lamby's is owned/operated by the Big Banana's family. The Big Banana is President of the Football Club that would have agreed to the bar provision, and would receive any lease payments from it. And of course, our Council is the ground manager, and highly interested in what goes on down there, as evidenced by their recent debate about naming of the stands. Yet no-one seems interested in a bar that operates way beyond its purpose and takes trade from local businesses. A few questions need to be asked here, of both the Footy Club and COGG:

• Why does this bar need to operate so long after the game, and has this been approved by the Footy Club, COGG and the police?
• Was the contract to provide the service openly advertised and contested, and when will it again be tendered?
• Did the Big Banana declare a conflict of interest when the issue came before the GFC Board?
• Why could it not have been provided as a part of the GFC licence, thus returning all profits to the Club?
• What is the return to the Footy Club?
• Has Council approved this use of the ground?

COGGWatch looks forward to the answers to these questions, along with a long list of local publicans,but we won't be holding our breath!

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Another eagle-eyed COGGWatcher has reported in about the use of a vacant block of land on the Melbourne Road at North Geelong for advertising purposes, Spy points out that this particular property is now sporting a very large and colorful ad for a local car dealer. (No, COOGWatch knows of no connection to the Big Banana!) This, in itself is not unusual for a high visibilty site, and is not the issue being raised. What is being questioned is whether or not this particular site owner has a permit for commercial advertising. After all, billboard style advertising is subject to control by, wait for it...., the local Council. Now, it seems that some rudimentary checking was unable to establish when or if a permit was issued. Surely just an administrative oversight? Hold on, we forgot to mention that the site, the former KFC site, was used to promote that fave of the Big Banana, the Good Ol' Boys, 'Geelong Addy', and the Laberals, the legendary man of vision, Ken Jarvis, in his disastrous Council election campaign against Buffy, and presumably belongs to a mate. Ah well just coincidence, we're sure!

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Yet another spy (We do get around, don't we?) couldn't wait to tell us what a busy person R2 is. According to spy it seems that Leopold's second Councillor has now commenced a full time job with the State funded Department of Human Services in Neighbourhood Renewal, at the same time, she is still paid Coordinator of Norlane Neighbour House, presumably at around 15hrs week (as all Centres recieve COUNCIL funding for this amount of coordination). As well, she holds down a $20,000 a year Board position with Barwon Health, and as we know, vigorously and enthusiastically attends to Council issues for which she picks up another $15,000 to $20,000 annually (plus expenses). What a hard working contributor to our local community - obviously deserves all that PUBLIC money that is rolling in!

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A recent correspondent mentioned the subject of D1's trip O/s to Japan. The 'Addy' tells us the prime purpose of this is to convince a Japanese Major League Baseball Club to come to Geelong and try our facilities at Grovedale. A COGG insider tells us that this has actually all been agreed and that the trip is little more than another in D1's long list of PR stunts - at ratepayers expense of course! Meanwhile one of our spies reports overhearing D1 at a recent function confiding in one of the mates that while everyone thinks that he is travelling economy, strings have been pulled to have him upgraded so that he will be travelling in a class more suited to his personage. He may be the mayoral equivalent of a bull in a china shop, but there's no cattle class for D1!

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We are following up on a number of other snippets sent in by our spies - some really good info, but there is a need to check. In the meantime, as they say in the classics "Keep those cards and letters (and emails) rolling in.

CONFLICT, WHAT CONFLICT? I DIDN'T SEE NUTHIN'

Six months into their term, and our Councillors have not covered themselves with glory. As correspondents to this site attest regularly, planning is still an unresolved disaster area that defies rational explanation. Take the differening approaches to two developments in the Newcomb area. First, the Big Banana's proposal for a big box, bulky goods development is strongly supported (how many bulky goods developments does Geelong need?) but spotlight's application for a major new facility in the same area is sent back to the applicant with a request to detail how it fits with the retail strategy. Now, Gheri has no problem with ensuring that things fit into an overall strategic plan - in fact it would be a welcome change for this Council, but wonders why it is that all development applications are not treated in the same way. So in the north we have the Big Banana's development not having to jump over the same hurdles as the Mill markets, and in the south the Big Banana's development application apparently not being subjected to the same rigor as Spotlight. We are left to wonder if spotlight was a lessee in BB's development would it still be a problem.

This is a real concern, and one that now requires some explanation from D1 and the powers that be in the Gheringhap Street Palace of Power. Perhaps we could even have an explanation from that paragon of planning wisdom, the portfolio holder for planning, our own Deputy Mayor, D2. If we have a retail strategy for our city, is it aimed at degrading the Central Activities Area (city centre to us plebs!) and allowing unrestrained retailing almost everywhere else? If we have a coherent strategy why do we have so much trouble defending it at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal where COGG is regularly and mercilessly flogged at great expense to the rate payer? How does the strategy encourage investment in the CAA? After all D1 has publicly made it his major priority to make building owners in the CAA clean up their buildings. Has it occured to him that a strong policy of funneling retail activities into the CAA rather than allowing them to disperse to the (much cheaper for developers) industrial areas on the periphery of the city could help? But then again COGGWatch notes that the city has spent more than $20 million on so-called beautification works in the city, the main purpose of which seems to be making it harder and harder for people to get into the central area.

While on this issue of planning rumours around town suggest that there are also a couple of questions that need to be answered by individual councillors.

Cr McMuffin needs to clarify whether he has direct family connections with the Big Banana's Quay Development, and what is the nature and extent of this.

Cr "A fast pool's a good pool" Mitchell needs to clarify whether he has a family connection with the Harding Park development which could in turn have a "flow on" connection to the Quay Development.

These are important questions, and ones that the rumours say may well be tested legally down the track.

Then, of course, there are the continuing rumours, first aired in the Geelong Business News, that significant contributions were made to some councillors election campaigns by people who now have development proposals before council.

Finally, on the broader issue of our merry band of councillors not recognizing their own conflicts, COGGWatch asks who is the Councillor who is now repeatedly making a habit of promoting council funding of projects for organisations from which they receive payment? In fact a close look at budget details released by the city shows a very large grant to an organisation where that particular councillor is the senior paid employee. Funny that no questions have been raised about this. COGGWatch is advised that the Councillor both spoke in support of the funding and voted on it. Our good friends at the 'Geelong Advertiser' have been slow to look into this one!

Ah well, I'm sure that the millions collected from our 8% rate rise are being wisely spent!

CHANGE OF EDITORIAL POLICY

COGGWatch was established as a means of sharing information about local matters in order to overcome a Geelong media that would not report on significant local issues in a balanced way, by presenting the other side. It has always expected and permitted rigorous comment around issues, and Gheri has only exercised administrative authority on few occassions where comment crossed the line into personal vilification and vitriol. It is becoming apparent that there are now contributors to this site that wish to pursue agendas against particular persons, some not elected or public people, rather than discuss the issues that confront our city. This is demeaning to this site. Gheri has no intention of allowing this site to be used for the purpose of vile and defamatory personal attacks to further the political agendas of a few people, regardless of which side of a political party they may support.

COGGWatch now intends to pursue a much stronger line in relation to posted comments that relate to specific people, and will delete them from the site where their only apparent purpose is to vilify - this will be particularly so for those who are not public figures. As it is not possible, nor does Gheri want to edit contributions, this will mean that where there is a transgression the entire contribution will be removed.

NOW THAT THE FORMALITIES ARE OVER ...

It seems the phony peace that has existed in Geelong's Labour Party has finally turned the corner into real war.

Media reports this week (although not in the illustrious and informative 'Geelong Advertiser' !) have revealed that the Laberals, led by every Liberal's favourite unionist, Richard Marles, and his Mini Me, the night-clubbing MP, Hamdi (John) Eren have now formally noitified their intention to relieve Peter Loney of his seat of Lara. Now COGGWatch doesn't know how this is done in the Labour Party, and whether or not it involves things like horse heads being left in beds etc, but it seems to have the locals angry, and battle lines are being drawn up. Radio reports have said that Marles and Mini me, had a formal meeting with the non-Laberal faction of the Party locally to give them the news. We believe that this may, in fact, have been witnessed by a COGGWatch spy who observed a meeting in a Pakington Street caffeine dispenser last Friday. Our spy reports that Marles, Mini Me and an unknown third person were in earnest conversation with Trades Hall's leading female boyo, Christine Couzens, and Member for Geelong Ian Trezise. Now this could, of course, simply have been a convivial meeting of like minded Labour and union leaders, or a quick get together to discuss car pooling for the ALP State Conference held the next day, but COGGWatch suspects, with some good reason that the agenda revolved around two people not there, Peter Loney and Gavan O'Connor. It seems that poor old Elaine Carbines is now so low on the totem pole that she doesn't even rate a mention at a "who's being dumped" meeting. Oh, how the mighty have fallen! As we said, COGGWatch doesn't know the Labour Party protocol for traitorous hatchet jobs, but we do wonder why Loney and O'Connor were not even invited to their own executions. Anyway, in the words of sometime COGGWatch correspondent Andrew Landeryou, it is now Game On.

COGGWatch spies have also been at work in other areas. One reports an occurence at a local watering hole a short while ago. It seems that this particular spot is a favourite plotting place of Geelong's Laberals. On one magnificent night some time ago, there was a gathering of the whole clan. They were all there, Marles, Mini Me, D2 and all the assorted cronies. Pots were assembled and consumed with great gusto and clearly they were celebrating yet another week of great and wonderful service to the Masters of the people of Geelong. Spy reports that this continued for some hours, with various members of the party coming and going, but with D2 remaining throughout to anchor the group. According to spy, D2 should stick to the cream buns, as over the course of the evening he became a dribbling, blathering, stumbling, staggering dolt (yes, there was a discernible change from normal!). Seems his lurching into other patrons was not entirely appreciated and he went close to being straightened up - or should that be straightened out. Good thing for him that D1 and Groinpastures weren't drinking there, COGGWatch could only imagine the response if they had their frothy tops spilled! One fight that we don't expect to occur will be between Lord Jim and Marles to nominate D2 for Barwon Heads Golf Club membership.

If you notice that your beloved 'Addy' is considerably thinner over the next month, another COGGWatch spy probably has the answer. They have reported in that Frank, Costa that is, has gathered up the children and whipped them away on an overseas excursion. Only the children mind you, not the in-laws, they have to stay at home like Cinderella and keep their noses to the grindstone. Anyway, it seems that the Big Banana and the eight Lady Fingers are off on a month long European Grand Tour. How will our city cope, our Council will be directionless, the Addy will be at least four pages short every edition, DOD will have to take temporary leave, and how will the Good Ol Boys know what to do without the conductor to lead the band. Hey, isn't this the football season, and isn't the Big Banana the Prez? Wonder what his reaction would be if Bomber decided a European summer looked better than a Geelong winter?

Finally, a number of COGGWatchers have raised the 'Addy's' latest columnist Peter Moore, and how he came to join the happy gaggle of geese in the Ryrie Street bunker. Couldn't be to do with the fact that Moore was a one-time media buyer for the City of Greater Geelong who restructured their media contracts to exclude all other outlets and give exclusivity to the 'Addy' could it? While this has never been reported, it caused real anger among media chiefs in our town and it was only relatively recently that the contracts have again been opened up. The perplexing part of all this really is why would COGG even have needed to pay a media buyer to place its ads in the local media when it has a media unit the size of which would make a Hollywood star envious?

OF POLITICS, PRINCESSES AND PRATS

Some interesting things have been occurring in the political scene around our town.

COGGWatcher's have reported that the smile that appeared on Gavan O'Connor's face about three Sundays ago had little to do with the Cat's performance against Port Power (although we did notice on the telly that you were there Gavan!) but was rather a reaction to a story that appeared in that morning's Sunday Age. The story related to one Andrew Landeryou and certain financial deals involving Melbourne University Students Union and companies associated with the said Landeryou. What caused Gavan's smile apparently was the reference to former MUSU Presidents being investigated as to their possible roles in the Landeryou deals. It seems that Gavan's local nemesis and every Liberal's favourite unionist, Richard Marles, is both a former MUSU President and a close confidante of Landeryou. We're waiting to see where this goes. Also potentially involved is John Eren, who rumour has it is gunning for Peter loney's seat. Eren is connected through his directorship of a company called Citizens Against Poverty (previously mentioned in COGGWatch) which was also closely connected to Landeryou. We note that while the connection of these two to Landeryou has been mentioned in the national daily 'The Australian' our own dear little 'Addy' has not covered anything of this. But then Marles is a card carrying member of the Good Ol' Boys, and Eren employs former 'Addy' hack and now Deputy Mayor, D2. Gheri suggests that COGGWatchers interested in the unfolding of this little tale should look to 'The Age' or the 'Oz'.

COGGWatch is told that things haven't been all that peaceful across the other side of the River either. Elaine Carbines has been loudly proclaiming to anyone of a mind to listen that she has been done over by the Marles Right group for her Upper House seat and that this a gross injustice after all that she has done for everyone. Unfortunately for Elaine, it has been reported to COGGWatch, that there really aren't many people of a mind to listen and she may have to settle for another option. It seems that an attack on Ian Trezise's seat may be that option. Meanwhile, Michael Crutchfield has been working on some problems of his own. COGGWatch is aware that Groinpastures takes a regular dose of angry pills, and that he is inclined to say and do things that in his moments of solitude and reflection (yeah, really!) he may think could have been handled better. Gheri's Good Ol' Boys insider reports that there was a savage recent exchange of correspondence between Groinpastures and Head Good Ol' Boy, Peter Dorling, which affected relationships so much that there were even muttered threats to sue. Isn't it comforting to know that even Geelong's high and mighty are not immune from a Groinpastures dummy spit!

Meanwile, back at the ranch, as they say, COGGWatch is told that there is an investigation taking place into the activities within Geelong's Labour Party Branches. While this was generated by local members concerned particularly about the activities of the Marles Right Laberals, ALP Headquarters saw fit to appoint a Marles lackey, Roger Lowery to conduct the enquiry. If COGGWatchers recognize this name it may be because he featured previously as a Labour appointee to Barwon Water despite having absolutely no background for the job, except being part of the Marles Group. Gheri is told that local ALP members are expecting the Lowery enquiry to be a whitewash, and are already gearing up for a far more public campaign.

All of these things of course are related to Labour Party preselections due later this year. There are real tensions in the town, and Marles, Eren, Saunderson, Brazier and company are making no secret of their plan to knock off O'Connor, Trezise and Loney in favor of candidates more to their liking (never mind if they are to the voters liking). Could it be that the Big Banana has also had a briefing on these plans. Gheri was interested to observe at the opening of the new Grandstand at GFC, that O'Connor, Trezise and Loney had all been seated at one table, while their colleagues were well away. Perhaps it was just coincidence, or just Gheri's suspicious mind at work, after all who would be telling BB about Labour Party matters?

We must also remark on the Big Banana's tremendous chivalry at the opening of the new stand, when he took time out to rescue a damsel in distress. The Member for Barwon Health, Ms Neville, arrived at the ground all primped, primed and princess-like only to be denied entry by a wholly unappreciative gatekeeper. And all because Ms Neville had left the corporate passes for her big day out on the kitchen sideboard. No amount of pleading, cajoling or imploring could sway said gatekeeper to let her important personage in, so eventually the Big Banana was called to attend and give guarantee that the Member for Barwon Health was under his patronage and was a fit and proper person to enter. Surely the job could have been done by Prince Nick of Everywhere, without requiring the King himself!

Finally, and on a different theme altogether, we can't let this column close without a comment on DOD's recent catastrophe. Fair dinkum DOD, before you use your generous 'Addy' page for a dummy spit, do some research. COGGWatchers, I am sure, would not have missed the article in which DOD wailed that he turned up at the Johnson's Park War memorial at 6:00am on Anzac Day only to find that the dawn service was at Torquay. "They should have told me", wailed DOD, "How could they make changes like this without letting others know?" etc, etc. Now DOD goes to great pains to let us know just how Geelong he is, and Lord knows he seems to have lived here forever, so do we surmise that this is the first occassion in those many years that the great patriot has sought to attend the ANZAC Service. For with even a modicum of research - restricted to reading his own beloved 'Addy', DOD would have known that the Johnson's Park service is a predawn service at 4:15 (the time the troops landed at Gallipoli) and that the dawn service is at Torquay. You would have expected that someone who had been editor of the local paper might even have known that this has been the case for many years. This episode gives an interesting insight into the amount of research that goes into DOD's articles. And isn't it oh so evident!

FOOTNOTE: DOD mentions in his article that he was at Johnson's Park with an MP. Come on DOD, name 'em, doesn't the community deserve to know which MP locally gives as little attention to detail as you?

STILL DODDLING ALONG

Gheri has noticed over the past few weeks that our good friend Dear Old Daryl, has been inching his way back into the water on the subject of the Good Ol'Boys. Firstly, it was the big toe testing the water, and then bit by bit it has increased until, two weeks ago when he went in right up to that point where the first touch of cold water makes you gasp and temporarily lose concentration. At least, Gheri thinks this must be the explanation for the journalistically gymnastic piece that appeared under his name on that Saturday. In a piece headed "Drop The Arrogance" in the Insight section of our own 'Addy' DOD tells us:

"It is the community that must decide and commit to Geelong's future directions, not those vocal; little groups on the fringes who, without ever having been elected by the people of this region, nevertheless arrogantly and misleadingly claim to speak on its behalf. "

Now, before you start applauding hysterically, and shouting Halleluja, Praise The Lord, at last he's seen the light!, you should be aware of the context of this little remark. Believe it or not, as Ripley was wont to say, DOD was actually mounting this as a defence of the Good Ol' Boys.
No, your eyes are not playing tricks, he was telling us that community groups should get off the back of those wonderful people who are just trying to do something for this city, and let them get on with doing it. Apparently anyone who has a different vision for Geelong to the Good Ol'Boys is anti-Geelong (eerily reminiscent of his hero,Chairman Jeff!) and should either shut up, or ship out. Gheri must have missed it, so perhaps DOD can let us know just when these elections were for the Good Ol' Boys and how ordinary plebs like us get to exercise our democratic rights. We at COGGWatch were strongly under the impression that it was money up (and considerable amounts of it!) to get a vote on who leads the Good Ol'Boys. We always thought that Lord Jim, Nick Everywhere, and company were using money to ensure that the "little people" actually got nowhere near them, and that any community representative that does get a guernsey will be selected by the Good Ol' Boys themselves. It's nice to have DOD's reassurance that there is no arrogance in that position.

It is time that DOD, and other rich and famous groupies in this town faced up the the facts. While the Good Ol' Boys may be able to arrange access passes to all the "best" places and people, they are a well funded, high profile pro development lobby group,which includes the people behind Harding Park, and most other Council supported developments of recent times, nothing more. They are not, as DOD attempts to suggest in another part of his extraordinary piece, some kind of successor body to the Geelong Regional Commission, to which it actually bears no resemblence. The Good Ol'Boys are entitled to have an opinion on Geelong, with their opinion judged according to their prejudices. They are not entitled to have the only opinion in Geelong. It is this fundamental concept that DOD, the 'Addy', a large slice of the Palace of Power, and the Good Ol'Boys themselves, seems unable to grasp. An issue in Geelong simply does not need the imprimatur of theGood Ol'Boys, or DOD for the matter, for it to be a legitimate issue. Just because an issue causes discomfort for those who "just want to do things" doesn't mean it shouldn't be discussed.

STOP PRESS

We are all aware of how heavily dependent our fine city is on the collection of parking fines, and how it is harder to escape from the zealous clutches of our grey ghosts, than it is from Guantanamo Bay. With that in mind, a COGGWatch spy has brought to our attention an incident that occurred last week. A collection of local notables was standing in Moorabool Street, local media boys and girls in attendance, but nothing much happening. Clearly they were waiting for something or someone of importance. Then our breathless D1 arrived and all was well, journo's and photographers sprang into action and a moment of importance captured for prosperity. Now, you may be thinking that D1, may need the attention of a personal trainer if he gets breathless on the block walk from City Hall to the corner of Moorabool and Little Malop Streets, but according to our eagle-eyed correspondent he didn't even hoof it that far. Seems he arrived in the great mayoral limousine, proceeded to plonk it right at the action with front wheel on the footpath, and alighted, without paying any regard to the sign clearly telling all that this was a disabled parking space. In spite of all the Council people present, COGGWatch advises you not to put your hard earned on a parking infringement ticket being issued.

Not a great example being set by our No1 Citizen and Top Cop - we wonder if he will voluntarily put his hands up!

COUNCIL RELATIONSHIPS NEED SOME RELATIONSHIP COUNSELLING

Firstly, may COGGWatch apologise for the break in transmission. Gheri has been a little poorly of late and really not up to the task. No, she was not beset in the street by irate pen-pushers or assailed by awesome aldermen, but the victim of a nasty, and persistent, little virus.

Anyway, all is better again.

However the same cannot be said of relationships at the Palace of Power in Gheringhap Street. It seems that only a little over four months into their four years and there is more fraying than on the sleeves of Grandad's old woollen jumper. The Tom O'Connor affair, recently reported in the on the job "Addy", is only the tip of an iceberg that may one day turn upside and reveal itself for the world to see. After all poor old Tom only demanded that a council staffer get him a drink while in an exhausted state (and isn't that what they're there for?) and suddenly D1 is treating him like one of those villains that he deals with in the other part of his day. COGGWatch understands that this left poor Tom wandering around in Monty Python mode mumbling to all and sundry something that sounded remarkably like "I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition". Anyway the suitably admonished Tom wrote the letter demanded to the staffer involved, and honor was restored - to all but Tom. While we're on the subject COGGWatch strongly suggests that he should drop the amnesia defence - it's really not working for him. Even the Streaker's defence - "It sounded like a good idea at the time" would be stronger for Tom.

Tom may reflect on how unlucky he was. If he had behaved in that manner to another Councillor, he would not have suffered any consequences and D2 would not have followed up. After all, serious accusations were made in the Heather Wellington - Alex Di Natale Affair, and a bigger cone of silence than Maxwell Smart ever employed descended on the Council table. D1's years of detecting were not enough to break through the fog of "I didn't see nuthin' ", "I didn't hear nuthin' " from the room full of people.

But Tom's not the only one who is showing signs of fraying. COGGWatch previously reported a verbal stoush between two councillors. It can now report that at a recent meeting of councillors another storm cloud appeared. It appears that two councillors decided to verbally joust each other, and continued doing so, until one decided that he would invite the other to continue the discussion al fresco. It didn't quite develop to the point of our civic leaders forming a circle and chanting "fight, fight, fight", but our modern day Rocky and Sluggo got into some pretty serious glaring, and withering glances were exchanged. Any more of this behaviour and the COGG capital works program will have to include a shelter shed for councillors to invite others to the back of.

But it seems the fraying isn't confined to councillor and councillor, or councillor and the minions. Word is that 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' Abley is rocking the upper echelons. Buffy was recently sighted at an early morning breakfast with CEO Kaye Rundle, and it was no women's solidarity meeting judging by the body language, with Kaye adopting more defensive positions than the Sydney Swans backline. Sources inside the Council say that Buffy has strong views about how certain parts of the organisation are performing and believes that Council should have some say in "motivating" them to achieve better. (Now there's a radical idea, Councillors actually taking an interest in how the organisation performs, rather than using it for a waiter service - but hey, what would we know!) . They also say that she indicated to other councillors, including D1, that she was prepared to pursue it. This sent the bureaucrats into an extremely agitated state - legal opinions, the lot - and hence the meeting with Kaye where Buffy was to be sorted out. (Gee, a shelter shed is looking like an absolute necessity for this council.) We understand that the brekky meeting achieved an uneasy truce of sorts, but there are other councillors who privately agree with Buffy and the cracks are likely to re-appear.

Throw into this mixture D1's management style, which has all the subtlety of the Footy Show, and the recipe is there for exciting times ahead.

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Perhaps we could get a spruiker outside the Palace of Power. "Roll up, roll up and see the show, the fights go all night, while they waste your dough"