Monday, July 12, 2010

One more Council in the mix

Over the weekend, I had a look at how often the Mayor of Canada Bay, Angelo Tsirekas, was appearing in Council funded publications compared to the Mayors of other Councils in our area.

Incredibly, he appeared in 72 photos, whilst the Mayors of 4 other Councils had a total of only 43 photos between the lot of them.

I have just had a look at the publications of Ashfield Council, and can now add them to the mix.

Ashfield publishes three community newsletters. Photos of the Mayor hardly appear in any of them.


  • April 2009 - 0
  • March 2009 - 1


  • June 2010 - 0
  • March 2010 - 1
  • Sept 2009 - 0
  • June 2009 - 3
  • Mar 2009 - 0


  • 2008 - 1

That's a total of 6 photos in 8 publications - an average of 0.75 photos per edition. That now means that 5 Mayors have had a total of 49 photos in their Council funded publications, as opposed to Angelo Tsirekas having 72.

Here's how they rank (average photos of the Mayor per publication):

  • Ashfield - 0.75
  • Strathfield - 1
  • Leichhardt - 1.3
  • Canterbury - 1.5
  • Burwood - 1.9
  • Canada Bay - 5.5
You could say we are head and shoulders above the other Councils in our area - except that it is Angelo's head and shoulders that we are seeing so much of.

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Update.

I just couldn't resist the urge to check out some more Councils.

Ryde


I could only access one back copy, but the count of Mayoral photos was zero.

Hunter's Hill


  • June 2010 - 1
  • Dec 2009 - 0
  • Sep 2009 - 0
  • July 2008 - 0

Holroyd Council


  • Sep 2009 - 3
  • Apr 2009 - 1
  • Nov 2008 - 1
  • June 2008 - 2
Lane Cove

Jane 2010 - 0

Couldn't access any back issues.

So the updated league table looks like this:

  • Lane Cove - 0
  • Ryde - 0
  • Hunter's Hill - 0.25
  • Ashfield - 0.75
  • Strathfield - 1
  • Leichhardt - 1.3
  • Canterbury - 1.5
  • Holroyd - 1.75
  • Burwood - 1.9
  • Canada Bay - 5.5
However, after going through 9 Councils, I am still only up to 57 photos of their Mayor's, as opposed to 72 of our Angelo. How many Council web sites do I have to trawl through before the total of all Mayor's exceeds Angelo? 15? 20?

I give up.

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