The pursuit of power and the reluctance to let it go infect politics from the highest level to the lowest.
Even when the stakes are small, as in a strata committee, what would possess a chair to get himself re-elected just a few days before selling his unit to his son?
Is he trying to build a dynasty like the Murdochs and Trumps (not to mention the fictional shenanigans in TV’s Succession)?
Whatever the reason, this singularly self-centred act has left the strata scheme as a rudderless ship. So what can be done to fix it. Cue Succession theme as your earworm and read HERE.
Elsewhere in the Forum
- The Chairman called a halt to an AGM because he was under fire. Can he do that? That’s HERE.
- How can I avoid having to pay any costs, win or lose, in an NCAT dispute? That’s HERE.
- What can I do when smoking from INSIDE another unit gets into my flat? That’s HERE.
- Who’s responsible for a fence between lot property and common property. That’s HERE.
- The AGM passed a resolution but the committee has declined to make it happen. What next? That’s HERE.
- Our landscaping was part of the development approval but now the plants are dying. Can we ignore the DA? That’s HERE.
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