Here is something to ponder as we give thought to recording our vote at next month's state election.
Treasurer Eric Roozendaal has been elevated to top spot on the ticket for the upper house by Labor - on the insistence of Premier Kristine Keneally. This will automatically ensure he is re-elected.
Roozendaal is probably the most unpopular politician in the Labor party because of his role in the disastrous electricity sell-off, and he is the number one target of the wrath of the union movement. Surely a strange choice for the top of the ticket position.
But there are murky revelations in this world of politics. Roozendaal must serve out his time as an elected member of parliament until June 24 to become eligible for a
$ 160,000 a year- for life - parliamentary pension.
He does not refute a rumour that once he attains this pension he will resign from parliament and take up a lucrative job in the private sector.
If this is correct, not only will he gain the riches we bestow on our parliamentarians - he will also cost us the huge amount of money involved in holding a by-election.
So much for the myth that those seeking our vote for election are dedicated to " serving the people of this state ".
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