Not fooled

Referring to the letter by John Glazebrook (Council Should Look Forward, News, 24 September).
We find it very disgusting that the mayor has informed residents and ratepayers of the intention to reappoint the CEO Mike Tyler.
This is a serious issues and the mayor just cannot inform the community he has to get the permission of the community to pass this resolution.
Yes, it is very essential that such a highly paid position in the council must be open to other candidates for this position of CEO and a two year tenure of service is sufficient and reasonable.
All ratepayers must have a say in this matter as we are the ones who are paying their fat salaries.
It is a great shame for the whole local community of 288,000 people.
Every resident and ratepayer must raise their voices and be heard, we cannot sit back and be dictated to, we must get the City of Casey Council to do our bidding and not their own.
Remember that councils are elected by the people for the people.
So, dear ratepayers, please wake up to the call to band together and challenge the council.
To quote Abraham Lincoln: “You can fool some of the people all the time and all the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all the people all of the time.”
Dunstan Girton,
Casey Residents and Ratepayers Association.