IN THE SUPREME COURT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
No…………………………………..
BETWEEN
THE SHIRE OF YORK
PLAINTIFF
and
JAMES BEST BBC PTY LTD TRADING AS STAR CONSULTING
ANTHONY SIMPSON FORMER MINISTER FOR THE DEPARTMENT
OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITIES.
DEFENDANTS
March 30, 2017
Mr. Paul Martin
Chief Executive Officer
Shire of York
1 Joaquina Street
YORK WA 6302.
GIVE A TREE A HUG, BUT WATCH OUT FOR THE CHAINSAW.
So Paul now it is time to find a lawyer named Sue!
Nearly two decades ago dozens, maybe a hundred tree huggers and hobby farmers, tired of city life headed for a home among the gum leaves, trees, whatever. Also some were trying to get as far away as they could get from the Australian Tax Office.
Hear how these stories go:-
In early 2005 one couple decided to sell their business in Katrine near Northam and move to the exciting, historic, burgeoning community of York which had more Real Estate Agents than New York
with one agent the physical size of Manhattan with the business ethics of Mephistopheles.
It is one of numerous similar newbie stories.
Originally they looked at places such as Laurelville and Hope Farm but decided against getting back into the tourist industry.
Instead one became Branch Manager of a bank in York and one was asked to be a Parliamentary Research Officer for the Avon.
He tried to champion the cause of giving a percentage of net revenue raised in a region back to the region and delivering cheap, piped natural gas to the Wheatbelt and the Avon. His name was not Brendon Grylls.
The reason was to attract light industry and population by making commercial and domestic gas prices three to four times cheaper .In other words-make it more economically viable to develop industry and communities in the Avon and the Wheatbelt.
The gas could have come from the Eastern Goldfields Pipeline at Leonora right through Southern Cross , Merredin to Northam through a 440mm pipe, or the 219mm Mid-West Pipeline from Geraldton, via Three Springs, New Norcia and Toodyay .
Or it could have come from the big bugger, the 660mm Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline.
There were numerous insurmountable obstacles.
The State Government did not want to, the big natural gas producers were selling 1 cubic litre of liquefied gas to the Japanese for around 1 to3cents per litre that was making them billions and, supposedly, to bring a gas pipeline from Perth through the Darling Scarp would involve blowing up Mundaring.
The pipe had to go underground and the base rock was too hard and no one really gave a shit about the Wheatbelt anyway.
In fact it was all too hard and much too expensive for the gas companies when they could charge over $100, plus delivery, for an 80 litre bottle of domestic gas to everyone not on a reticulated supply.
He then asked the Shire of York to give its support to a new Hot Air Ballooning business at York to stimulate the tourist trade. The hot air in York at that time was Ray Hooper and the Council who could not even spell balloon.
His other suggestion was for York to celebrate its 175th Anniversary. It did go ahead-just- but at no stage did Gavin Troy or Ray Hooper attend the meetings and Pat Hooper dropped in once.
Having worked for one of Australia’s largest shareholder companies this person resigned because he refused to discuss the spending of ratepayer’s money on a project without the appropriate authorities being there.
But the couple still went ahead and invested around $655,000 in York over a period of 18 months in both their own home, renovations and an investment property.
The bank value of the original home was quoted as being $395,000 with the ability to subdivide the block (r40) for three additional apartments.
This was around 2009 when the Shire of York was in full, but well hidden, failure!
At that time market value was probably somewhere between $430,000 and $440,000.
However the owners were more interested in building a granny-flat and retain the whole 2000 square metres block to look after elderly parents.
The block itself was basically worthless because it would cost more to subdivide, put in utilities such as required underground power, both to the new block and the original home- plus the site-works.
It was also required that you had to knock down a 5m x 4m shed if you wished to subdivide because they thought people would sneak in and happily live there. What a Jacky Jurmann crock of shit!.
Through Ray Hooper, Tony Boyle and a monolithic, corrupt Compadre, Colin King, they were told no-way.
This was because Hooper, et al, was trying to develop a new suburb that would not allow an infill regime in York. If you don’t think it was shonky? - Guess-what, then Colin King is not hiding out from his creditors behind a double decker bus somewhere in Perth.
The current value of a $350,000 home bought, in a place like York, over 12 years ago should be around $550,000 to $700,000 in normal circumstances, in a thriving country town so close to the Metropolitan Area ,with access to purchase historic home-sites.
It is actually worth about 200 Guatemalan Quetzals (and two goats droppings) and the owners are starting to get extremely shitty- and in a nasty, nasty mood.
Like most they are incensed with the $625,000 paid for a collapsible Convent School by a Nut Job, who employed himself to use his Chrystal ball which is a massive Conflict of Interest.
He was also the Loan-Lone Ranger who (allegedly) cleared the shire of any previous wrong doings
logged in the Fitz-Gerald Report.
There is one thing wrong here. Under the Corruption Crime & Misconduct Act, 2003, there are two arbiters, the WACCC who (under the act) prevent, identify (find locate discover, capture etc.) and deal effectively and appropriately with those who engage in serious misconduct within the public sector. The other is the Public Service Commission which does wrist smacking.
At no stage is it mentioned that these investigations may be delegated to public servants, commissioners etc. who may, or may not have a vested interest or the ability to conduct such an investigation.
James Best certainly did not have these investigative credentials. He could only sign cheques with his signature to and for himself and at least two much loved sycophants.
There is known to be one letter addressed to John McKechnie QC, also the Parliamentary Inspector, Mr. Murray Alder, that bore any relationship to the Fitz Gerald Report 2014 dated in September, 2015.
It was regarding a letter sent by a Ms. Barbara Inglis, of the WACCC on August 22, 2014 at 1.58 pm to the Shire of York Customer Service (that is not a correct office address) to Acting CEO Michael Keeble.
and
JAMES BEST BBC PTY LTD TRADING AS STAR CONSULTING
ANTHONY SIMPSON FORMER MINISTER FOR THE DEPARTMENT
OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITIES.
DEFENDANTS
March 30, 2017
Mr. Paul Martin
Chief Executive Officer
Shire of York
1 Joaquina Street
YORK WA 6302.
GIVE A TREE A HUG, BUT WATCH OUT FOR THE CHAINSAW.
So Paul now it is time to find a lawyer named Sue!
Nearly two decades ago dozens, maybe a hundred tree huggers and hobby farmers, tired of city life headed for a home among the gum leaves, trees, whatever. Also some were trying to get as far away as they could get from the Australian Tax Office.
Hear how these stories go:-
In early 2005 one couple decided to sell their business in Katrine near Northam and move to the exciting, historic, burgeoning community of York which had more Real Estate Agents than New York
with one agent the physical size of Manhattan with the business ethics of Mephistopheles.
It is one of numerous similar newbie stories.
Originally they looked at places such as Laurelville and Hope Farm but decided against getting back into the tourist industry.
Instead one became Branch Manager of a bank in York and one was asked to be a Parliamentary Research Officer for the Avon.
He tried to champion the cause of giving a percentage of net revenue raised in a region back to the region and delivering cheap, piped natural gas to the Wheatbelt and the Avon. His name was not Brendon Grylls.
The reason was to attract light industry and population by making commercial and domestic gas prices three to four times cheaper .In other words-make it more economically viable to develop industry and communities in the Avon and the Wheatbelt.
The gas could have come from the Eastern Goldfields Pipeline at Leonora right through Southern Cross , Merredin to Northam through a 440mm pipe, or the 219mm Mid-West Pipeline from Geraldton, via Three Springs, New Norcia and Toodyay .
Or it could have come from the big bugger, the 660mm Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline.
There were numerous insurmountable obstacles.
The State Government did not want to, the big natural gas producers were selling 1 cubic litre of liquefied gas to the Japanese for around 1 to3cents per litre that was making them billions and, supposedly, to bring a gas pipeline from Perth through the Darling Scarp would involve blowing up Mundaring.
The pipe had to go underground and the base rock was too hard and no one really gave a shit about the Wheatbelt anyway.
In fact it was all too hard and much too expensive for the gas companies when they could charge over $100, plus delivery, for an 80 litre bottle of domestic gas to everyone not on a reticulated supply.
He then asked the Shire of York to give its support to a new Hot Air Ballooning business at York to stimulate the tourist trade. The hot air in York at that time was Ray Hooper and the Council who could not even spell balloon.
His other suggestion was for York to celebrate its 175th Anniversary. It did go ahead-just- but at no stage did Gavin Troy or Ray Hooper attend the meetings and Pat Hooper dropped in once.
Having worked for one of Australia’s largest shareholder companies this person resigned because he refused to discuss the spending of ratepayer’s money on a project without the appropriate authorities being there.
But the couple still went ahead and invested around $655,000 in York over a period of 18 months in both their own home, renovations and an investment property.
The bank value of the original home was quoted as being $395,000 with the ability to subdivide the block (r40) for three additional apartments.
This was around 2009 when the Shire of York was in full, but well hidden, failure!
At that time market value was probably somewhere between $430,000 and $440,000.
However the owners were more interested in building a granny-flat and retain the whole 2000 square metres block to look after elderly parents.
The block itself was basically worthless because it would cost more to subdivide, put in utilities such as required underground power, both to the new block and the original home- plus the site-works.
It was also required that you had to knock down a 5m x 4m shed if you wished to subdivide because they thought people would sneak in and happily live there. What a Jacky Jurmann crock of shit!.
Through Ray Hooper, Tony Boyle and a monolithic, corrupt Compadre, Colin King, they were told no-way.
This was because Hooper, et al, was trying to develop a new suburb that would not allow an infill regime in York. If you don’t think it was shonky? - Guess-what, then Colin King is not hiding out from his creditors behind a double decker bus somewhere in Perth.
The current value of a $350,000 home bought, in a place like York, over 12 years ago should be around $550,000 to $700,000 in normal circumstances, in a thriving country town so close to the Metropolitan Area ,with access to purchase historic home-sites.
It is actually worth about 200 Guatemalan Quetzals (and two goats droppings) and the owners are starting to get extremely shitty- and in a nasty, nasty mood.
Like most they are incensed with the $625,000 paid for a collapsible Convent School by a Nut Job, who employed himself to use his Chrystal ball which is a massive Conflict of Interest.
He was also the Loan-Lone Ranger who (allegedly) cleared the shire of any previous wrong doings
logged in the Fitz-Gerald Report.
There is one thing wrong here. Under the Corruption Crime & Misconduct Act, 2003, there are two arbiters, the WACCC who (under the act) prevent, identify (find locate discover, capture etc.) and deal effectively and appropriately with those who engage in serious misconduct within the public sector. The other is the Public Service Commission which does wrist smacking.
At no stage is it mentioned that these investigations may be delegated to public servants, commissioners etc. who may, or may not have a vested interest or the ability to conduct such an investigation.
James Best certainly did not have these investigative credentials. He could only sign cheques with his signature to and for himself and at least two much loved sycophants.
There is known to be one letter addressed to John McKechnie QC, also the Parliamentary Inspector, Mr. Murray Alder, that bore any relationship to the Fitz Gerald Report 2014 dated in September, 2015.
It was regarding a letter sent by a Ms. Barbara Inglis, of the WACCC on August 22, 2014 at 1.58 pm to the Shire of York Customer Service (that is not a correct office address) to Acting CEO Michael Keeble.
For correspondence
regarding an investigation into financial wrongdoing to be sent to a non-
existent address where its content would be passed around the Shire of York
Office to be viewed by everyone and his
dog is WTF?
Former Premier, Colin Barnett, covertly thought McKechnie may be an expensive clown and I believe these sentiments may have been shared by Police Commissioner, Karl O’Callaghan.
The correspondence contained a false allegation that the WACCC tried to defend as a legitimate, legal function under section 33(1)© of the Corruption, Crime and Misconduct Act , 2003
Ms Inglis was seeking information regarding the Fitz Gerald Report from Michael Keeble who had no idea what he was talking about and that included anything and everything. (Other than Boyle, Hooper and Duperouzal whispering in his ear,) Men he claimed to dislike intensely.
The WACCC was so stupid it had dates wrong but still interviewed Mr. Keeble at their Perth Offices on Thursday August 21, 2014. They were far more interested in who publically released what should have been a community-owned document- than the accusations the Fitz-Gerald Report contained.
You know who released it and if the WACCC had asked they would have been told, accompanied by some choice epithets, followed by a few weeks in a slammer.
It would appear that the WACCC then commissioned James Best to investigate any financial wrongdoings by Shire of York Officers when by law it should have been WACCC Investigating Officers who had to identify (find, locate, discover) and then possibly charge Councillors and public officers if necessary.
Former Premier, Colin Barnett, covertly thought McKechnie may be an expensive clown and I believe these sentiments may have been shared by Police Commissioner, Karl O’Callaghan.
The correspondence contained a false allegation that the WACCC tried to defend as a legitimate, legal function under section 33(1)© of the Corruption, Crime and Misconduct Act , 2003
Ms Inglis was seeking information regarding the Fitz Gerald Report from Michael Keeble who had no idea what he was talking about and that included anything and everything. (Other than Boyle, Hooper and Duperouzal whispering in his ear,) Men he claimed to dislike intensely.
The WACCC was so stupid it had dates wrong but still interviewed Mr. Keeble at their Perth Offices on Thursday August 21, 2014. They were far more interested in who publically released what should have been a community-owned document- than the accusations the Fitz-Gerald Report contained.
You know who released it and if the WACCC had asked they would have been told, accompanied by some choice epithets, followed by a few weeks in a slammer.
It would appear that the WACCC then commissioned James Best to investigate any financial wrongdoings by Shire of York Officers when by law it should have been WACCC Investigating Officers who had to identify (find, locate, discover) and then possibly charge Councillors and public officers if necessary.
As it did later in the
Dowerin -and Port Hedland cases.
Instead of the WACCC publically stating the Shire of York had no case to answer it was James Best with his bulging wallet and his own huge case of conflict of Interest who said there was no evidence of misconduct among staff. No mention was made of Councillors who were also named.
So when you next amble over for tea and Tim Tams with CEO, Paul Martin, tell him its time to take James Best to a court of appropriate jurisdiction.
Remind Paul that the Shire of York has a responsibility to its ratepayers, tell him to take a shot of testosterone and initiate proceedings to seek pecuniary redress against James Best when acting as Commissioner of the Shire of York under the auspices of Tony Simpson and Brad Jolly of the DLGC,
This would be that he seriously and deliberately breached his contract of employment, including but not specifically limited to:-
(1) failing to act ethically professionally , correctly and in good faith in the performance of his
required duties including acting unconscionably and illegally by paying himself an additional
income of some $40,000 without due authority
(2) engaging in fraudulent embezzlement of municipal funds by knowingly purchasing a unrequired
property for twice its value with no known financial security arrangements to cover the Shire of
York for he large difference between true market value, sale price and required, future
restoration work.
Instead of the WACCC publically stating the Shire of York had no case to answer it was James Best with his bulging wallet and his own huge case of conflict of Interest who said there was no evidence of misconduct among staff. No mention was made of Councillors who were also named.
So when you next amble over for tea and Tim Tams with CEO, Paul Martin, tell him its time to take James Best to a court of appropriate jurisdiction.
Remind Paul that the Shire of York has a responsibility to its ratepayers, tell him to take a shot of testosterone and initiate proceedings to seek pecuniary redress against James Best when acting as Commissioner of the Shire of York under the auspices of Tony Simpson and Brad Jolly of the DLGC,
This would be that he seriously and deliberately breached his contract of employment, including but not specifically limited to:-
(1) failing to act ethically professionally , correctly and in good faith in the performance of his
required duties including acting unconscionably and illegally by paying himself an additional
income of some $40,000 without due authority
(2) engaging in fraudulent embezzlement of municipal funds by knowingly purchasing a unrequired
property for twice its value with no known financial security arrangements to cover the Shire of
York for he large difference between true market value, sale price and required, future
restoration work.
(3) requesting and
allowing police to attend to an official Shire of York Council meeting wearing
firearms to intimidate, unnerve, bully and, tyrannize ratepayers into the perception that they, and
their right to freedom of speech, was being threatened and disallowed.
(4) Publically intimating that some Shire of York ratepayers were a form of urban terrorist intent
on destabilizing and thereby harming the York community. Deliberately emotionally distressing
these persons because he, and everyone else, was fully aware to whom he was referring to and
his intent was to humiliate and disgrace them.
firearms to intimidate, unnerve, bully and, tyrannize ratepayers into the perception that they, and
their right to freedom of speech, was being threatened and disallowed.
(4) Publically intimating that some Shire of York ratepayers were a form of urban terrorist intent
on destabilizing and thereby harming the York community. Deliberately emotionally distressing
these persons because he, and everyone else, was fully aware to whom he was referring to and
his intent was to humiliate and disgrace them.
At the time of his
employment as Commissioner to mid-2015, Mr. Best’s company was BBC (Pty Ltd);
He is now the
Executive Director of a business called STAR Consulting.
So Paul, old boy, what should your legal team be hitting Best with?
Firstly any handouts he gave himself for anything he was not commissioned and entitled to. That is around $50,000 including a fine, plus the Shire’s court costs.
Then the difference between the true market value of the unwanted property and the preposterous, corrupt price paid for it. This should be around $350,000 including the fine and the Shire’s court costs.
As he could be charged with knowingly providing false and misleading information of the valuation of the property to the lender, a twelve (12) month suspended sentence may well be appropriate.
Do not forget that his mentor Tony Simpson is now lining up at CentreLink and Brad Jolly is probably skating on very thin ice at the moment.
However before you crack the “Moet” I would like to remind you that as of February 2017, you still have outstanding rates of $1,839.900 that is only $135.000 less than last month (and the YRCC will end up like the Syrian city of Mosul, stormed by hundreds of irate ratepayers.)
At this rate you may have collected it all by April 2018, if you do not include the sundry debtors of $348,000. As of July 1, 2017, it all starts again so someone may have to take a pay cut?
So far I have not seen your new demographics website that casually mentioned York had 3668 people in 2012.
The REIWA Site still claims there are only 2387 people living in their extremely vast aerial map of the York town-site and surrounds. Does this mean there are over 1,000 people living on farms or hiding in sheds?
It certainly means that the current commercial and domestic rate valuation should be reduced by no less than 20% for the 2017-2018 Financial Year.
Regarding the Community Scorecard Result for 2017 it reads like the report cards of Grade 3 children with learning difficulties and suggests York will be close to a ghost town in a decade.
So Paul, old boy, what should your legal team be hitting Best with?
Firstly any handouts he gave himself for anything he was not commissioned and entitled to. That is around $50,000 including a fine, plus the Shire’s court costs.
Then the difference between the true market value of the unwanted property and the preposterous, corrupt price paid for it. This should be around $350,000 including the fine and the Shire’s court costs.
As he could be charged with knowingly providing false and misleading information of the valuation of the property to the lender, a twelve (12) month suspended sentence may well be appropriate.
Do not forget that his mentor Tony Simpson is now lining up at CentreLink and Brad Jolly is probably skating on very thin ice at the moment.
However before you crack the “Moet” I would like to remind you that as of February 2017, you still have outstanding rates of $1,839.900 that is only $135.000 less than last month (and the YRCC will end up like the Syrian city of Mosul, stormed by hundreds of irate ratepayers.)
At this rate you may have collected it all by April 2018, if you do not include the sundry debtors of $348,000. As of July 1, 2017, it all starts again so someone may have to take a pay cut?
So far I have not seen your new demographics website that casually mentioned York had 3668 people in 2012.
The REIWA Site still claims there are only 2387 people living in their extremely vast aerial map of the York town-site and surrounds. Does this mean there are over 1,000 people living on farms or hiding in sheds?
It certainly means that the current commercial and domestic rate valuation should be reduced by no less than 20% for the 2017-2018 Financial Year.
Regarding the Community Scorecard Result for 2017 it reads like the report cards of Grade 3 children with learning difficulties and suggests York will be close to a ghost town in a decade.
Regarding legal
action, Ray Hooper of Mukinbudin is definitely a rabbit in the spotlight and if
Jacqui Jurmann of Beverley is actually Jacky Jurmann of York she should start
checking up on legal aid.
To say that there is an astonishing disrespect for the Shire of York regarding its attitudes, performance and accountability would be an understatement. Because comments are not published on a particular website it does not mean they are not read.
Some think that because you were not here when actions bordering on the criminal took place, they believe it absolves you of any wrongdoing.
You would be a fool to think that. Even four years down the track, if you are aware of any evidence of, and in particular have witnessed any material thing that suggests fraud or any other criminal malfeasance, that you have deliberately withheld from investigation by the appropriate authorities you would be up the proverbial shit-creek without a paddle. (It is called being an accessory after the fact.) .
To say that there is an astonishing disrespect for the Shire of York regarding its attitudes, performance and accountability would be an understatement. Because comments are not published on a particular website it does not mean they are not read.
Some think that because you were not here when actions bordering on the criminal took place, they believe it absolves you of any wrongdoing.
You would be a fool to think that. Even four years down the track, if you are aware of any evidence of, and in particular have witnessed any material thing that suggests fraud or any other criminal malfeasance, that you have deliberately withheld from investigation by the appropriate authorities you would be up the proverbial shit-creek without a paddle. (It is called being an accessory after the fact.) .
This is a friendly warning.
Kind regards
David Taylor.
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