Mayor should front media

LET’S hope a carefully crafted and unusually long press release combined with the added job description of media spokesman for council CEO John Andrejic pays off. The mayor has gone missing in action, not even another Unity Councillor was able to front the media on Tuesday.

Mr Andrejic’s lengthy release talks about “reassurance” and “thorough reports” without ever mentioning costs.

Terrified at having to spend millions of dollars on an already over budget build, the council now boasts of at least four other reports paid for by council.

It seems likely the CRC will manage this inconvenient incident with only minimal expense. However, next time let’s have an elected councillor or even the mayor front the media. I’m positive the experts at Queensland Fire and Emergency Services will respond positively to the council report. Just in case they don’t, perhaps the mayor can find someone elected by the people to front the media. Steve Brech, Edge Hill 1968: Apollo 7, the first manned Apollo mission, is launched with US astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Fulton Eisele and R Walter Cunningham aboard (above). 1975: US comedy show Saturday Night Live, with a cast including John Belushi, Dan Ackroyd, Chevy Chase and Gilda Radner, premieres on US network NBC. 1984: Space shuttle Challenger astronaut Kathy Sullivan becomes the first American woman to walk in space. 2014: The death toll from an epidemic of the deadly Ebola virus in west Africa passes 4000. 2016: Samsung halts the production of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones due to consumer safety concerns. 2017: In a landmark decision that will affect millions of child brides, India’s top court rules that a man is committing rape if he has sex with his underage wife.