It seems rather deceitful that the Labor party is running two slates of candidates at the Shellharbour council election - one under the Labor banner and the other as supposed " independents ".
It is a ploy to garner the votes of the party faithful - who are the rusted on adherents who simply ignore the fact that the party is on the nose because of disgraceful past behaviour - and at the same time present the alternative of Labor in disguise to attract the votes of those who have not forgiven the party for it's sins.
The official Labor ticket is headed by MP Marianne Saliba. The alternative was to be called " Community Labor ", but this was dropped in favour of " Community First " to remove any connection with that tainted brand - and it is headed by former Labor candidate for elected office - David Boyle.
It seems Labor hopes that by a combination of elected members from both slates it may creep over the line and be able to again caucus - and control the newly elected body.
When the voters are handed their ballot papers there will be a lot of carefully crafted deceit at this election.
The word "independent " seems to cover a lot of ground - and there are many people with well known Green agendas who would rather not be identified as belonging to that party because of it's activism on unpopular issues.
When voters put their mark in a square they will not be sure that the candidate's party description - or lack of description - is what they are actually getting. It could be the wise course to ignore all those well known names - and settle for someone you have never heard of !
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