Having received my by-election voting and referendum papers, I am disappointed and somewhat alarmed that a four-page blurb on 'Supporting Information' for the museum has been included with the package. The proposed museum has been a bone of contention for many years, and that council attempts to sway citizens and ratepayers to 'their view' is biased and shameful.

My guess is that millions of ratepayer dollars have been spent over the past 10-12 years on 'looking into it' and there is still no disclosure to citizens of the inventory of artefacts that are being held at an annual cost of nearly $1 million.

The ratepayers have a glaring example of 'past history' over the forming of the art gallery. The promise made to the then Mayor and CEO of WBOPDC was that the gallery would not go ahead until an $8 million endowment fund had been set up. The income from which would fund the ongoing management/salaries etc. None of those promises were upheld and the ongoing costs accrue annually to the ratepayers.

M Anderson, Pyes Pa.