City of Perth Council is Dysfunctional and Should be Sacked

I doubt that anyone in Perth is unaware of the ongoing saga of Perth Lord Mayor, Lisa Scaffidi, and her travel rorts, including damning reports from both the Crime and Corruption Commission and most recently from the Local Government Department (http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/WebCMS/WebCMS.nsf/resources/file-perth-inquiry-report/$file/Perth%20Inquiry%20Report.pdf) which recommended as follows:

3. Conclusion and recommendation 

37. The findings which relate to possible minor breaches, in relation to accepting prohibited gifts and failing to disclose interests affecting impartiality, occurred in excess of two years prior and therefore, are outside the statute of limitations. Disciplinary action cannot be taken in respect of those matters.

38. In light of the remaining findings, the authorised persons recommend that consideration be given to commencing disciplinary action against Mayor Scaffidi in relation to the allegations contained in this report under the heading “Schedule of Alleged Breaches’. Those allegations mirror the findings of the authorised persons. However, since the State Administrative Tribunal must independently determine whether any serious breaches have occurred, the findings in this report would amount only to allegations in the event disciplinary proceedings were commenced. 

Scaffidi's intransigence in response to these findings prompted Deputy Lord Mayor, James Limnios, to threaten a motion of no-confidence in the Lord Mayor, but he was pre-empted this evening by Cr Janet Davidson successfully moving a motion of no-confidence in the Deputy Lord Mayor himself. According to West Australian reporter Kate Emery on Twitter (https://twitter.com/kirovkate?lang=en) Cr Limnios has apparently declared that he will not step down as Deputy Lord Mayor. According to Kate Emery, Crs Reece Harley, Jemma Green and Lily Chen opposed the no-confidence motion (as did Limnios). The others were in favour.

Any fair-minded observer would have to conclude that the City of Perth Council, far from being the elite capital city council promoted by Barnett and Simpson during the passage of the City of Perth Act, is dysfunctional and should be sacked and new elections should be held as soon as possible, which would give a voice to those electors forcibly transferred against their will from the City of Subiaco.