Why Ramia, Alroe, Englart and Schneider should tell the outgoing Mayor to go - now ...

What an amazing day!

An attempt to eliminate water as an election issue at the Toowoomba Regional Council election backfires spectacularly for Anna Bligh and the outgoing Mayor.

Anna's proposal to build a pipeline from Wivenhoe Dam to Cressbrook Dam is completely contrary to the recommendations of the Interim Report of the Toowoomba Water Supply Task Force (they suggested a pipeline to Perseverance Dam).

So her announcement is exposed for the pre-election political stunt it is.

Mayoral candidate Manners and Councillor candidate Morley get prominent free publicity on the issue in today's Chronicle so everyone in the region knows exactly where they stand.

No other candidate (unless you include outgoing Deputy Mayor Ramia's brief illogical comments) gets any press coverage on the issue.

And water remains the central issue of the Toowoomba Regional Council 2008 election.

You couldn't have arrange this better if the outgoing Mayor had been campaign manager for Manners and Morley.

Her rage and emotional outbursts on Council letterhead are just helping to make the remaining four Water Futures supporting Councillors become unemployed on 15 March ...