Poll Result: Does Lauren Waring Respect the Public?
In case you don’t know, Lauren Waring is Knysna’s Municipal Manager. Here’s the Poll result:
- Option A: Yes (give her applause) – 15%
- Option B – Sometimes yes, sometimes no – 14%
- Option C: No (ha ha ha) – 72%
There you have it, most would agree that she has no respect for us.
She refuses to reveal the maladministration of Knysna Tourism (she’s a Director so she’s liable for the cock-up there so it’s in her interests to work with fellow Board members from the ANC and DA to cover it up), refuses to appropriately discuss the twinning of Knysna with French cities or provide details of the trip to Jamaica, wrote off R30 million in debt and won’t explain it, would not cooperate with the Public Protector etc.
And she earns approximately R1.4million of your money per year. Democracy and citizens rights in Knysna mean nothing to this cold person running our town.
21 months ago, just after she got the job, i predicted her character – www.knysnakeep.org/oh-no-lauren-waring-becomes-knysna-municipal-manager.
If only Knysna would show courage and start demanding answers…
+R115 000 a month? In these economic times while most in Knysna earn a pittance-that is if they are lucky enough to even find work? What an absolute insult. DA, ANC they both the same, looking after themselves first and foremost. It is no wonder people get into politics as it pays so damn well-especially in South Africa and Knysna by the looks of it. Cry my beloved people
I may wish we were back to the days (not long ago) when serving Knysna was a service (i.e. you volunteered for the job) but i can handle someone earning big money if they are worth it. The BIG discrepancy here is that Lauren (and others) are prepared to outright lie to the public. Their claimed open door policy is an absolute mockery of English and us. I want a leader whose tough but fair, not tough on us.