Confusing "FTR good" with the "common good" ...

Mayor Thorley is quoted in today's Chronicle as calling on people "to put interests aside in favour of the common good.

The Mayor is confusing the "FTR (Flanagan, Thorley, Ramia) good" with the "common good".

Surely the common good is served by:

- adopting the best possible water source for Toowoomba's drinking water.

- an independent assessment of all option water source options.

- ensuring that public funds are spent on the water source option the community wants (within certain financial constraints).

- involving the community as the major stakeholder in the decision making process.

- not adopting an alternative which will require an additional $66 million spent upon Acland Coal mine closure (or sooner if Acland Coal doesn't want the RO waste stream).

That's the problem with confusing the "FTR good" with the common good - you become out of touch with the community you were elected to represent ...