Mayoral Election
- Sounness nominated Pilling
- Magee nominated Lobo
Pilling won on a vote of 7 to 2. Voting for: Hyams, Esakoff, Okotel, Delahunty, Lipshutz, Sounness and Pilling. Magee and Lobo voted for the latter.
Deputy Mayor
- Esakoff nominated Lipshutz
- Lobo nominated Delahunty
Lipshutz won on a vote of 6 to 3. Voting for Lipshutz – Hyams, Esakoff, Pilling, Sounness, Okotel and Lipshutz. Votes for Delahunty – Magee, Lobo and Delahunty.
Glen Eira Debates 
November 12, 2013 at 8:55 PM
Libs and Greens. What a combo! and the gang got themselves two new official members.
November 12, 2013 at 10:39 PM
Delahunty must be ruing the day she gave her preferences to Sounness. The Greens have been a major disappointment, promising so much and delivering so little. Now that they are in the bosom of the gang it is highly questionable whether anything positive can come out of Pilling’s time as mayor.
November 13, 2013 at 12:05 AM
What do the Greens, Libs and Delahuntly all have in common?
They stand for everything and nothing.
November 13, 2013 at 8:34 AM
Sounness got in because of Penhalluriack’s preferences.
November 12, 2013 at 11:05 PM
Thank goodness. Lobo would have been an embarrassment. Will be interesting to see how Pilling and the organ grinder hit it off in their roles.
November 12, 2013 at 11:46 PM
Oscar
On behalf of those Anonymous posters, who made Lobo slamming comments on the previous posting based on nothing but unsubstantiated rumours, I apologize. In this instance, based on conjecture only, you were misjudged, tried and hung. An apology is deserved.
I may be overstepping the mark by offering this apology on behalf of others but I believe that it should be sincerely made and since it is unlikely to be made by other anonymouses I’m making it for them.
Let’s just hope that you accept the apology and the previous anonymouses learn to be less inclined to leap to conclusions
November 13, 2013 at 3:34 PM
Well said Oscar, Well said
November 13, 2013 at 5:35 PM
Speak for yourself Oscar. “As you sow so shall you reap.” You sided with the enemy to get Hyams up. So suck it up.
November 13, 2013 at 7:01 PM
So you prefer Pilling?
November 14, 2013 at 5:06 PM
Absolutely! As do the overwhelming majority of councillors who know the capacities of the two.
Oscar sold his soul for personal advancement. He’s got his just deserts.
November 13, 2013 at 8:58 AM
The role of deputy mayor is powerless. Delahunty probably wanted to improve her CV. The State Upper house position held by John Lenders may be up for grabs if he chooses to retire or is tapped on the shoulder. The office in Centre Rd may appeal to her.
Pilling will make a fine mayor.
November 13, 2013 at 2:58 PM
Pilling will make a good Mayor.
Has anyone noticed how Delahunty plays the gallery. She calls herself and other left leaning Councillors “progressive” and by innuendo the others are not progressive. She loves to talk but her achievements are few and far between. Have a look at what Councillors like Magee, Pilling, Lipshutz, Hyams and Esakoff have achieved and compare it to her. The bucket is pretty empty. All she is interested in is process and big noting herself so she can run for Parliament. She is not interested in getting results
November 13, 2013 at 3:09 PM
O Henry, I think you are so wrong. Delahunty is a breath of fresh air for this stale and fragmented motley crew.
November 13, 2013 at 4:30 PM
Ahhhh Henry, back to defend the gang again. Just out of general interest so what have those stellar councillors actually achieved?
November 13, 2013 at 6:15 PM
I’m getting tired of this. What has she achieved?
November 13, 2013 at 6:38 PM
What substantial contribution has Delahuntly made to advance the causes she associates herself with? What is her message/story? What does she stand for? What does she think she has achieved as her time as Councillor? What are her strengths and weaknesses?
As a supporter you must admit she has failed to communicate her message/story, I have search everywhere trying to learn about her and cannot find answers to these fundamental questions. As a supporter of her, I invite you to enlighten me.
November 13, 2013 at 7:09 PM
You defend her without providing one example of an achievement. “A breath of fresh air?” please elaborate on your response.
November 14, 2013 at 8:38 AM
Delahunty has a web site where she is very critical of the GEC debt bin comparison to Port Phillip. The debt is due to GESAC which we would not have it if it were to be paid for with cash. She claims to have a background in finance. Her ideas show that she fails to understand how critical debt is to modern society.
My bet is the web site will be changed as soon as she reads this post.
November 14, 2013 at 5:18 PM
I also doubt her credentials in finance. Maybe she went to the same as Oscar. Maybe someone could ask her.
November 15, 2013 at 1:22 PM
What achievements. Magee, Pilling, Lipshutz, Hyams and Esakoff have done nothing for Glen Eira. If it wasn’t for Oscar we would have nothing to show for the last three years.
November 17, 2013 at 9:26 AM
Progressive is the word used in place of Socialist. Socialism fell out of fashion with the collapse of then Soviet Union.
November 13, 2013 at 6:59 PM
Her CV, It’s almost like cheating on a test. I think she’s too busy at the moment, and she’ll wait till her kids grow up and then her brother will find her a position.
I dread the day she enters parliament.
November 14, 2013 at 5:21 PM
She will be joining the conga line of people that believe they deserve a seat and are waiting to get into Parliament. The avenue Danby took is not so easy these days. Ask Tim Pallas who Danby beat at the pre -selection.
November 13, 2013 at 9:22 AM
Does any one have the speeches delivered last night?
November 13, 2013 at 3:00 PM
Good to see Magee has followed his Labor values and only voted for Labor Councillors.
November 13, 2013 at 11:01 PM
Whoever has written as anonymous 4 is CERTAINLY NOT ME and to assume (as 4a and 4b) that I wrote the comments is ruthless and he/she may not have status of respect. One has to be “unusually stupid.”
Last month when I had my desk in the shopping centre for 4 hours (something I do once a month since the last term), a gentlemen who is a Justice of Peace and lives in Bentleigh since 65 years approached me and said he knows the history and said to me “In am ashamed that we
still have “white supremacy”.
I was taken aback because our national anthem portrays a different image. one rotten apple and that is what takes place.
We need to remember that every time we point the index finger at others, the other four fingers point to us. Notice this when you next decide to point your index finger.
November 14, 2013 at 2:09 PM
There Oscar goes again with his white supremacy rubbish. He thinks he was not appointed Mayor because of his skin color. No Oscar , it was because you have not got the confidence of your fellow Councillors and because as Deputy Mayor you were an embarassment to the Council, calling a government Minister Sadaam Hussein or declaring that Australia is not a democracy. (MODERATORS: sentence deleted). Who is the racist?
November 14, 2013 at 4:26 PM
There goes my baby Jamie: What about the abuse in public that Jamie Hymas on 26 October in McKinnon Primary School – Chinese festival when as a Mayor he said the following in the presence of the public in VIP room and also witnessed by Councillors. He did this because the Caulfield Leader of 22 October 2013 reported that there was racism when his colleague said that Lobo cannot be understood by the officers and when he stood up in the chambers he asked the officers and Andrew Newton responded saying “We understand you clearly”
This was the outburst of Jamie as I was there.
(MODERATORS: we have deleted the rest of this comment since the allegations are unsubstantiated. If the commentator would care to provide us with definitive evidence for his claims we will consider publishing.)
November 14, 2013 at 9:18 PM
Understand, what about his allegatiom that a Minister of was like Saddam Hussein with carte blanche authority to approve any development and new residential?.You may want to check with Cr Magee how unprofessionally he he behaved in the McKinnom Primar School at Chinese
Festival on 26 October 2013.
It has been known that
Hyams insulted Magee and Delahunty understand Hya
pin two assemblies with red face in the presense of all Councillors and officers.
Also understanf Hymas outburst at lobo in the chambers as reported by Glen Eira reported by this forum
Two years as Mayor with zilch leadership skills and no ability to groom any one keeping in mind that a Mayor is selected by numbers and not by any other means itger than his friends Cr Esakoff 3 times Mayor, Steven Tang 2 times Mayor and himself 2 tmes Mayor and ga chance to be Deputy Mayor without any delegation of real work and if hewas a leader he would share the work in order seen to have selfish agenda to make himself and his pals indispensable. Next two years he has his eyes for Mayoralty.
Hyams is well known to people and does things where ever there is WIIFM.
He did not delegate or thought Lobo anything as he likes
November 15, 2013 at 8:05 AM
I believe that you Oscar (MODERATORS: rest of comment deleted)
November 15, 2013 at 12:24 PM
Of course it’s Oscar, for someone who claims to be open honest and a Christian, You sure have a dark side to you Cr Lobo
November 15, 2013 at 4:00 PM
Leaving aside the personality politics, LGA and GECC’s Local Law does identify a range of matters where the Mayor has special powers, roles, and responsibilities.
The Mayor has precedence; must take the chair at all Council meetings; has specific duties concerning conflict of interest, complaints, and dispute resolution; gets two votes if a vote is tied; is responsible for leading the group and representing Council to the media; exercising discretion in whether to allow the public to address Council at meetings; chooses how public questions are responded to and by whom; ensures Local Law is complied with in the conduct of meetings, including the procedure concerning motions, amendments, and conduct of debate; ruling on points of order; and has power to have people ejected from meetings. Ultimately they need to demonstrate finely-balanced judgement in everything they do.
The PR debacle that was the Humans vs Zombies interview with Neil Mitchell is one reason for considering carefully who should represent Council to the media (and it wasn’t the Mayor on that occasion), but we’ve had just so many incidents where the judgement of past Mayors has been questionable. LGA is pretty clear though—somebody is going to have to be Mayor, and they can make a hash of it, or pleasantly surprise how they grow into the role.
November 16, 2013 at 10:44 AM
Has anyone figured out why Pilling went with the liberal mob? Did he not have support from labor and his green Souness? What is the real reason for this switch? Is this a payback for approving C60 with the gang? What did happen with Labor Green alliance. Greens are known to make a mess where ever they go and/or touch.
November 16, 2013 at 5:38 PM
Not sure what you mean. Sounness and Delahunty both voted for Pillling. What possessed Magee to vote for Lobo only he would know. As for the conservatives voting for Pilling. What alternative was there? Lobo would have been a disaster as Mayor.
November 18, 2013 at 9:00 AM
Magee is saying that Lobo is a very dedicated Councillor who has a very strong conviction to see council properly represent the community, and has his support.
November 17, 2013 at 1:58 PM
I was introduced to Lobo some 8 years ago through a very good family friend of our and I have known him and his family since then. What are your grounds for a statement you make “Lobo would have been a disaster” Are you that loose mouthed Councillor?
November 17, 2013 at 6:31 PM
Have no idea who the loose mouthed Councillor is. Care to name him/her.?
Have you heard Cr Lobo in council?
Did you agree with him joining the conservatives to vote in Hyams as Mayor for personal advancement?
Why was it that he got virtually no support amongst his colleagues for his tilt as Mayor when it is usual for the Deputy Mayor to get the nod?
Did he lose credibility over his comments in the following thread? Pay particular attention to post 13 in it.
https://gleneira.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/need-we-say-more/comment-page-1/#comment-9820
How do you feel about the contents of the following thread?
https://gleneira.wordpress.com/2013/01/21/lobos-little-blooper/
November 18, 2013 at 10:36 AM
You are cynical!!!!!!! I spoke to Lobo last evening about the links. He mentioned that anonymous postings on this blog pushed him to the limit. Deputy Mayor does not automatically become a Mayor – Pilling was Deputy Mayor 3 years ago. Only special people become Mayors from Deputy Mayor’s position. Check this time next year,
Lobo agreed that it was his grave mistake for voting for Hyams (which he repents very much) because Hyams came closer to him than Magee nd played mind games, huh? What do you have in mind, ask him to prostrate before you?
November 18, 2013 at 9:58 PM
Thing is he’s never explained whether the matters raised were legitimate.
He put down people commenting on this blog in a most pejorative manner. Particularly referring to standards of education. Why you would do that when there is a possibility your qualifications can be scrutinised unfavourably is astonishing. To this date he has never attempted to respond to the matters concerning the so-called university and its standing.
His responses in some of the matters raised here from time-to-time lack the decorum and political judgement one would expect from a Councillor in my view.
Purely observationally, I would have though that in a non-election year the Deputy Mayor is usually elevated to Mayor.
His grave mistake was putting his personal advancement before his political principals and he paid the price. Not that I think he would ever have had sufficient support to be Mayor anyway.
November 18, 2013 at 10:26 PM
Politics is about making deals. It seems a deal was done here between the Greens and the Libs. But “why?” is the more important issue. And it hinges around the election of both Mayor and Deputy.
Just speculating, but perhaps –
a. Pilling needed the votes of four other councillors – but he couldn’t rely on Lobo, who wanted to be Mayor himself and if the Libs put up one of their own for Mayor, Lobo would probably vote for them if they gave him Deputy.
b. The Libs could deliver him 4 guaranteed votes.
c. The Libs would only support him for Mayor if he supported Lipshutz for Deputy.
d. The Libs would do any deal to keep out Delahunty (the only genuinely progressive councillor). The Greens would be expected to prefer Delahunty as Deputy (they have no love for Lipshutz) but they were were prepared to sell out their principles for the status of the Mayoralty.
e. The Greens have put self interest above community interest.
f. All of the above.