I wish to urge support for the December elections so we can elect a new council for a new start.

I DO NOT SUPPORT the option of returning the old council.

If Mr May's call for a public enquiry would enable the elections to continue alongside the enquiry process, then I would support that.

A new council is a PRIORITY!!

I think there should be a public inquiry in to the Wingecarribee Shire Council. The old council should not be re-insated for any time and furthermore no member of the sacked dysfunctional council should be allowed to stand again.

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Whether or not to extend the Wingecarribee Shire Council's administrator's tenure needs to be made with the consideration of several issues.

I want to read the report by Mr May yet to be tabled and assess its implications.

Even now, we do know there is a huge task ahead for the administrator and the incoming council.

The role of the general manager will be crucial. Flowing from Mr May's recommendations, there with be a need to prioritise goals, set up timelines and train and support those who are to create good policy, procedures and determine resource allocations.

Will the formation and training of a new councillor's, short-term, undermine the processes and be a burden to the situation, can we wait a little longer and lower the pressure on a new council in the stage of formation? Time can be a friend or an enemy.

I think Mr May's extended administration will be the best option. Certainly, in just one area, the preparation for the next fire season is urgent and complex. Mr May has identified what needs to happen and appears to have the skills to deliver good policy and process with the council staff.

If he is to continue, we all need to know sooner rather than later. I hope he does get the extension.

My family welcome the decision by Mr May to recommend a public inquiry into the WSC. Our dealings with them over the past four years have been frustrating at best and incompetent and negligent at worst. We pay exorbitant rates which are completely out of line with services received. All the best with it, as local business people loyal and dedicated to this area we look forward to being represented by progressive locals with the community at heart.

I support a public inquiry, there are so many layers to uncover and only an official inquiry will do this properly. Wingecarribee needs a clean slate and assurance that the old council will not be reinstated under any circumstances. I signed a community petition as did many others and hopefully this has helped highlight just how appalled residents are that there was a chance/loophole the old council would be able to come back. A public inquiry will once and for all expose the extent of the issues and bring much needed transparency to our local government.

I urge the Minister for Local Government to order a public inquiry into the suspended councillors. It will show, among other things, Councillor Ian Scandrett worked tirelessly in an effort to try to have the council work lawfully and ethically. He was a lone voice on council.

I strongly support and urge the Minister of Local Government, Shelley Hancock to follow the recommendation of the administrator Mr Viv May and to urgently establish a public inquiry under section 438u of the Act into Wingecarribee Shire Council be held and prohibit the return / re-installation of the suspended council.

There should be a public inquiry into WSC.

Whatever Mr May suggests has my support.

I agree with Gregory Olsen (SHN online, July 29), on many points.

Nothing will be achieved by an obviously lengthy public enquiry of matters of the past except for the disenfranchisement of Wingecarribee citizens for immediate matters of the present, and perhaps the future.

Let this shire vote on December 4, let democracy and the genuine good intentions of new incumbent Councillors have a voice!

Its my grandson Jasper's birthday this month. Jasper is now old enough, and has been for some time, to ask "Do I have a dad?" I hope what he is told in reply doesn't leave him feeling too confused, too devastated. Jasper's dad, my eldest son, has no idea what Jasper looks like. He only knows that the wheels of the Family Law Court are often square rather than round, and COVID has slowed the journey even more so. Sometimes when relationships end children, especially very young children or babies, become hostages. They are used and their needs neglected. What they may think and feel in the future, when old enough to analyse the loss that was forced upon them, is of little or no concern. Children are being kept from their families, from the love and safety that family can provide. Jasper needs his whole family, he needs to know he has a dad.