Council shocked at its own actions ...

From WIN News:

Water Referendum Costs

Price tag shock

Toowoomba City Council concedes it's shocked at the price tag for the Water Futures Poll.

It's budgeted seven hundred and sixty thousand dollars on the vote and a yes campaign, money critics say would be better spent looking for immediate solutions to the water crisis.

See - First referendum to use biased funding model.

It seems very surprising that the Council would be shocked at its own decisions. The $460,000 to be used on the Yes campaign is an amount plucked out of the air with no reference to any actual cost estimates.

Perhaps even the Councillors are beginning to be shocked by their own outrageous behaviour ...