Most people come to a council meeting looking for something to happen. They might be advocating for or against a planning item, or have a question to ask, or just want to be there when a big thing happens. Whatever the case, if you watch enough, you will come to the conclusion that, for factors no one involved seems to be in control of, most people don’t and indeed cannot get what they want.

Tonight, in what turned out to be a bumper meeting, I present a slice of this philosophy, as an uncaring planning system sends much of a packed gallery home unhappy.

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It was a chilly spring night on Monday as I took the bus to Bligh Street for the last meeting of the Clarence City Council for the 2018-22 term. The gallery was more crowded and the meeting longer than I anticipated, which actually worked out better for me, but let’s not worry about that. Onwards!

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