Tomlinson Admits He's No Leader

"I'm only one voice, y'know!"

On August 27th, Mayor Paul Tomlinson concluded the Town Hall meeting by washing his hands of any leadership and responsibility as mayor of Kearney. Tomlinson claims that he is but one voice out of seven at the council table and takes no responsibility for any of the council's decisions. If the public don't like the way the town is being run, they should blame council, not him.

So why did you become mayor, Paul? So you could strut around wearing the Chain of Office to impress your UK visitors and nothing more? Did you not realize that the mayor is Head of Council and is supposed to be a community leader? All the glory without the guts, eh?

And funny how you claim that as mayor you have no power, yet last term you repeatedly, and publicly, declared that Mayor Johnston was a "dictator". So are you lying now when you say you, as mayor have no power over council, or were you lying last term when you kept calling Mayor Johnston a dictator? Wasn't Mayor Johnston just one voice of seven?

So, which one is the lie, Paul?