Mayor van Zetten and the Citizen's Petition

Ratepayers need too be aware that the Mayor has been on radio talking down the petition being circulated by concerned citizens and ratepayers.

"Council slams ratepayers petition against UTAS relocation 

A PETITION against the proposed relocation of UTAS by the Ratepayers Association has been slammed by Launceston City Council.

Launceston Mayor Albert Van Zetten said the group who had commissioned the petition "hadn't read the plans".
The petition outlined 14 dot-points around the relocation proposals and Mayor Van Zetten said the information was wrong.
"We'd love to have a debate on the facts, but they've got to be the facts," he said.

He said he would consider legal action if the petition came in with "a thousand signatures plus".

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