WE ARE blessed in Tamworth.
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Yes, blessed are the meek, merciful, pure at heart people of Tamworth who the gods of democracy smile on so regularly.
Since July 2016, the city has sharpened its election pencils three times, one federal double dissolution, one council poll and a by-election.
And our prayers have been answered.
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That’s right, the state election is upon us with candidates now coming forward.
Each one stepping up to remind us how miserly we live in our corner of NSW.
How under-resourced are services are, the shabby facilities we use and how unsafe we are.
But, how lavishly we will be treated in exchange for a vote.
Tamworth has never delivered a Labor MP, but they turn up and fight it out regardless.
The smart money would probably be placed elsewhere, but there’s nothing probable about this poll.
Regional seats have recently shaken off the shackles of complacency at a state level.
Coalition seats in Orange and Wagga turfed their historical party allegiances after more than 60 years each.
Do people think their democratic outrage will be rewarded or is it a manifestation of major parties missing the mark for many years.
What it clear is nothing is certain and perhaps nothing is sacred.
The election is a set-by-seat proposition for the coalition.
We are still six months away from the NSW election but the pontificating, proselytising, promising and game-playing has begun.
Labor’s Stephen Mears has declared a second police station for Tamworth as his pet project to push, while the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Jeff Bacon has also backed the call for more police.
The apparent paucity of public services will loom large in coming months and you could forgiven thinking we live in a frontier town as the political combatants duke it out over what we’ve got and what we ain’t got.
Lord, have mercy.
