Why Mayor Thorley's not going flag pole gazing in Adelaide ...

Perhaps it's because she's in Brisbane at yet another conference on 2 November and it's too much effort to get down to Adelaide for the Pageant on the 4th.

This time she's appearing at the IPAA State Conference 2006 as their keynote speaker at the conference dinner.

Her topic - Serving the Public Good:What happens when the public don’t want to be served?

See - IPAA State Conference program.

Interesting topic.

Given Mayor Thorley's conduct over the past 18 months, perhaps a better topic would be:

- Serving the Public Good:What happens when the public servant doesn't want to serve?

It's also interesting how the Toowoomba City Council continues to propagate its view of recent history. Mayor Thorley's speech outline is a good example:

"A referendum on the issue was recently rejected by Toowoomba residents despite the community offering no viable or immediate alternative solution."

That must be a pretty empty table that all the options are back on, at least based on the view of Mayor Thorley and the remnants of her Yes campaign team ...