Do as we say - not as we do ...

The appearance of Yes posters in Toowoomba's streets which do not comply with Local Government Act requirements indicates that the Toowoomba City Council (and its limited number of "champions") are happy to flout the very laws they are trying to impose on others.

This highlights the arbitrary nature of comments by the Council and their representatives against the blogs which provide commentary on the Toowoomba Water Futures debate.

Why is it, for example, that SMS comments such as:

- 4 ur information Mr
Ramia, Israel recycle
there [sic] waste water
yes. But swaps it
4 farmers bore water!

- we have alternatives
vote NO.

and one which could have come from Mayor Thorley's phone:

- When will all u naysayers
understand that no1 is
going 2 make u 2 drink so
called "poo water"? U
will always have the choice
of drinking bottled water.
Get a grip.

are allowed to appear as anonymous comments in the Chronicle but, in the opinion of those representing the Toowoomba City Council, blog commentary on the Water Futures project must be controlled?

Perhaps if the blogs were all in favour of the Mayor's controversial recycled sewage project, they would not be getting such close attention ...