Citizen Shame

The worst film ever made                                  

CAST (in order of appearance) 

Katrina Nicole Watts as “Kate Watts”, the thief extraordinaire who ruins York’s Tourist Bureau Inc. by stealing all its money.

Colin Barnett as “Premier C. Barnett”, Premier of Western Australia, a once rich state

Sally Boyle as “Mrs Sally Boyle”, revered wife of Citizen Shame

Anthony Boyle as “Tony (Big Boy) Boyle” the Shire President who shamed York, then helped to suspend its Local Council.

Jim Chown  as “Jimmy Who” a Liberal politician who Kate Watts helped get elected

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                                                      TO ALL IT MAY CONCERN
                                                                “CITIZEN SHAME”
                                             The photograph worth a thousand words


I draw your attention to the Shire of York Blog response from Mr. Terry Bull and the “Excerpt from a Press Release” from the hackneyed “Anonymous” nomenclature, dated January 9 and 8 respectively.

I am assuming that both these responses refer to the rather acerbic “Citizen Shame” blog, being an allegorical reference to Orson Welles’ famous movie “Citizen Kane”

Firstly I would like to congratulate Mr. Bull on his in-depth explanation of who several, allegedly, important political aficionados are. It is quite fascinating; however its relevance escapes me.

Maybe Mr. Bull is just suggesting some Liberal Party Demigods descended from Mount Olympus and blessed farmland in Katanning. If that is so, he has every right to advise all and sundry of this miracle.

The reference to Mr. Jim Chown, MLC’s, pastoral newsletter, by Anonymous, also has a fairly nebulous relevance other than the praise for Kate Watts support in organizing the visit. That is until you take into account that the Premier’s and Mr. Chown’s mentioned visit took place in 2011. Given this it should be faint praise indeed.

At that stage Ms. Watts had already been charged with theft from the York Tourist Bureau Inc., had faced court and had her case adjourned several times. This had been shown in the Court Lists and published in the media.

The offending “Shame” photograph is believed to have been taken on or about October 8, 2009, at the York Town Hall with Mr. Jim Chown, Premier Colin Barnett, Councillor Tony Boyle and Chief-Executive Officer Ray Hooper all standing close to the inimitable Katrina Nicole Watts.

At this time Ms. Watts had already spent two years in jail for stealing as a servant.

Just 15 days later Ms. Watts decided to steal around $32,000, being receipts received from the York Jazz Festival, which, officially, has not been held since, along with most other major tourism events.

For three years Ms. Watts refused to admit her guilt. This makes her rather lenient sentence of 10 months jail questionable as she was given “time-off” for being a good little thief and finally confessing 36 months and five court appearances later. So did someone ‘up-there’ help her?

Comments by the judiciary at her sentencing included that “she probably began stealing soon after she was employed” (by the York Tourist Bureau Inc.), “putting money in front her was like placing a box of matches in front of an arsonist” or words of similar effect and that  York’s (the Shire) own financial administration procedures could be questionable.

This makes Ray Hooper’s statement (below) that Ms. Watts “might have been enticed into taking funds”,
by the York Tourist Bureau Inc.-one of the most in incognitive assertions in human history.

This farcical declaration was within Hooper’s letter to the Presiding Judge requesting leniency in Watts’ sentence, on-behalf-of the Shire of York. (Incognitive means destitute of thought, knowledge and recognition).

I now reflect on the comments of two more members of the enormous” Anonymous” family, of January 7, being “I quite doubt Colin Barnett would have had any real or direct interest in the people in the above photo” and “the Premier has to suffer the indignity of anyone who wants to rub shoulders with him”.
Both wrong, but, giving the benefit of the doubt, it might just be the naivety of political newborns.

Unfortunately the photograph was taken(allegedly) at an official Liberal Party ‘Fund Raising’ function and all the guests had been invited to “rub shoulders” with Premier Barnett. As Liberal Party guests, the Premier had a “real or direct interest in the people in the above photo” because they had been specifically invited to meet him and hand over some cash. Obviously this included Kate Watts, who, it is claimed, was the organizational “Belle-of-the-Ball”.

How close is the Government of Western Australia to Katrina Nicole Watts (recidivist thief)? You can be the judge!

Three times she has been singled out for high praise for her electioneering efforts on behalf of elected Liberal Members in their inaugural speeches to Parliament. These can be viewed in “Hansard”, the verbatim record of parliamentary antics. This was all at a time when Watts had already been to jail for two years. (One of those elected is now a Government Minister.)

How close is the Premier of Western Australia to Katrina Watts? One “Anonymous” of January 8, claims to have witnessed Premier Barnett kissing “Katie” Watts on both cheeks. Quite forward and lacking in protocol for him to do this to a stranger! (This was also at a time when Watts had already been in jail for two years and was extremely busy pilfering from York Tourist Bureau Inc. coffers.)

Last but not least, in May 2011 Premier Colin Barnett, hired Dixie Marshall, former Television newsreader, as his Director of Government Media , a euphemism for  Media “Head-Kicker”
Potty-mouth Ms Marshall is one who had no hesitation in calling an ABC journalist a “sanctimonious moll”. Roughly translated it means “pious prostitute”- which is a contradiction in terms. )

Her role is to protect the Premier. So there have been many sanctimonious molls in her verbal gun sights. If she has not advised her boss of Katie Watts nefarious past then she is not doing her $240,000 per annum job, particularly when Jim Chown was praising Kate and Michael Watts
for organizing his and the Premiers’ rural excursion in late 2011.

Draw from these facts, what you will! However would the people of York have Kate Watts closely associating with the State Government and possibly raising funds for it?   David Taylor, former Syndications Manager (Editorial News and Feature Services) WA Newspapers Ltd, York ratepayer.