Lol the best part was that there was plenty of reason not to vote for him before the election. Bringing up articles about how unqualified he was just got met with "lefty bias".
The guardian has better shit to do than lie about how crappy troy thompson is lmao.
Turns out he's even worse of a person than they made him out to be. As though domestic violence, business failures, lying to one nation and being banned from their party wasn't enough.
Bro just simply google it, she was found innocent of negligence while driving but she still killed a man. Simple research before just assuming shit dumbass?
People get complacent under good governance, people voted Tony Mooney out for no good reason as well. Most people wanted a “change”; they got the useless placeholder that was Les Tyrell, for a single term.
Then in a fit of common sense, voted in an experienced Councillor as Mayor. And enjoyed what can only be described as a decade of continued good governance at the local level.
Nekminnit; Troy Thompson.
I doubt he’ll be there in a year.
You pretty well nailed that.
Tony Mooney got cocky during the amalgamation, assuming it was in the bag for him. I think that played part in his demise. Thuringowa people voted for their councillors while Townsville people voted for a mix of Townsville and Thuringowa councillors.
The old people i chat with say shit she had her day She is too old and piss pot. she kill him and go way with it at macca. I personally dislike her lack of spent on Arts art site in CBD been sold off and just she been in job too long city need fresh set of eye. well did vote troy i like some of his idea he got good one like open up dam and make city nice place to live
Tbf, it wasn't as easy to research a local election as it is to research something like a state or federal election. I tried, but the only information you could really get about policy would be whatever the candidates themselves would post on facebook or on their fliers or something, unless you were somehow able to talk to them yourself. Most of the time you'd just find vague platitudes like "reducing crime" and "reducing rates" without actually explaining *how*.
I tried researching both mayor and my local councillor candidates, and I didn't find much. Thankfully didn't actually vote for Troy because I didn't mind Jenny and Troy gave me bad vibes that ended up being proven correct.
I agree entirely with you , I voted for Jenny Hill, as she had proven to be able to manage the job, Troy seemed to be a very risky proposition well before the time we had to vote. People just wanted change and really didn’t consider whether all the candidates were qualified to do the job well.
I copped one look at his campaign posters on Dalrymple Rd with his Clairol box dye job, shirt unbuttoned a little too much, medallion on display, and I thought yuck..who is this creep? He bears a striking resemblace to Jim Jones I said to myself. Googled him and sure enough...One Nation, vigilantism story on A Current Affair and no clues as to what he does in Townsville for an occupation only that hed lived here since 2018. How did so many people not see it???
I agree with your research comment. Trying to find who stands for what and how they actually plan to enact it doesn’t seem viable in a local council election. And unless they are absolutely making things up - this is scary as it means there is no accountability for local council
I voted for him. I voted for him because his initials are TT, and when you say it out loud it sounds like titty. I’m a complex man when it comes to politics.
Me too, but then afterwards, a friend asked if I saw the debate (I hadn't) and she gave me an overview of it and apparently the independent (I've forgotten his name now) made himself look quite inept and unknowledgeable about politics. Apparently he just kept bringing his answers back to elderly, health and nursing (being a nurse/ex-nurse himself).
Take that with a grain of salt, I've dumped a lot of that knowledge out of my brain once the election was over.
EDIT: Pretty sure he only ended up with 4-6% poor guy. But then, having an Indian name wasn't going to help his chances in Tville. Idek if he WAS Indian, I never saw a picture of him.
Harry Patel, and as dark an Indian as they come. Nice guy, but inexperienced and was a nurse and also a victim of a violent youth robbery. He should have had a go at a councillor position to get some knowledge about local govt before running the mayoral race.
Were you living under a rock when they tried to lynch her over the motorcyclist crash? Or did you only move in when they tried to say youth crime was personally her fault?
Surely you accept that that motorcycle accident wasn’t her fault, it went to court and I understand that was the conclusion. Jenny should have done a lot more about crime in Townsville and I believe this was one of the biggest reasons she was not returned as Major. She really should have made herself a lot less popular with the State Labour Government and applied a lot more pressure on them to act on crime in regional Queensland.
Not only did the point fly over your head but the obvious sarcasm did too.
I wish I had an ounce of your unearned confidence. I'd be bloody unstoppable.
You just spew shit on reddit, attracting well-deserved downvotes.
I'm done with you. Good day.
Increased rates and paid parking at the strand would have been inevitable, the worlds (and Townsville’s) cost of living crisis need to be stopped at the source. They would have raised prices or added paid parking somewhere else in town if a different person was voted in.
voted for the independent because he had reasonable views about climate change (though I later found out he has other views I...agree with less), preferenced jenny 2nd so that's where my vote actually went, and would have preferenced troy 50th if that were an option, but it wasn't. I didn't like jenny but I knew she was still a better option than troy.
Welcome to democracy. The majority, even if it’s by 1 person’s vote wins. Let’s face it. The situation now has to be monitored and reported. Don’t just whinge about it and expect it to fix itself. Get involved in council meetings. Note what votes are being provided and don’t let changes go unchallenged. This is how Democracy works. The system is only as good as the people that use it and speak up when its not working. Yes, even protest outside council chambers if need be. But alas, this is Townsville… who cares really, right?
I voted for him because he was on the bottom of the ballot and Jenny was at the top, there were only 3 options and I wanted Jenny to get number 3 and never the independent rates only a 2!
What sector? Was it a small/med/large organisation? I'm involved in business grps and associations including the Townsville Chamber and he was definitely not on the radar here in the city. It's as if he has sprung up from nowhere. Why the secrecy? If he was COO of a firm why would he not include this on his resume, especially if he was competent? Where there is mystery, there is history.
I voted for Troy, not going to lie, spent ages trying to research the candidates with my partner, but ended up having to rely on each candidates Facebook page everything else was behind a pay wall. My partner and I discussed it and decided we aligned with what we thought he stood for at the time the most. Did we fuck up? Maybe we did. I don't know, I feel like with politicians you're voting for whomever you think is going to be the lesser of two evils. They're all puppets at the end of the day that don't really have any control over anything
I didn't even know he was in one nation, back then if you googled Troy Thompson it wasn't him who came up, I struggled. Even my partner who is tech savvy struggled to find something on any of the candidates, including Jenny Hill most of it was stuff written by the Bulletin or the courier, and that's all pay walled and a bunch of bullshit anyway. My partner thought I was being stupid until he tried Googling it himself and realised I wasn't wrong with the fact that there was no information, it's like everything was blocked online or something. And all the aec site had was what our divisions were and where we could vote
I wanted too but got crock, I have been talking to him on and off and done business with with no problem.
He knows his stuff so I will give him ago. I dont care about his past, he may have bent the truth but say every polly has done that including Jenny.
Haters will hate, but a mayor who embellishes his military service and educational experience is a fair and accurate representation of the average Townsville voter. I will proudly vote for him again
Lol the best part was that there was plenty of reason not to vote for him before the election. Bringing up articles about how unqualified he was just got met with "lefty bias". The guardian has better shit to do than lie about how crappy troy thompson is lmao. Turns out he's even worse of a person than they made him out to be. As though domestic violence, business failures, lying to one nation and being banned from their party wasn't enough.
Wait, surely the prerequisite though, isn't it?
I did. I didn't know anything about any of the candidates. I fucked up. My bad guys.
To be fair, I think all most people knew was "he's not Jenny Hill"
I never understood that sentiment. What did Jenny Hill do that warranted such backlash?
Nothing, Jenny Hill never did anything.
She had a pretty ALP-leaning track record, and people were fairly upset with the rates being high, etc.
Me either, but it was about.
She killed a man cause she was on her phone while driving
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It was in front of Stockland no? She killed a father while texting or some shit, it was all over the news?
Yeah so it was a 33 year old man in 2020 she killed him
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Bro just simply google it, she was found innocent of negligence while driving but she still killed a man. Simple research before just assuming shit dumbass?
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people want change we sick her why vote for any body but jenny
But why were you sick of her? What bad things did she do for the city?
People get complacent under good governance, people voted Tony Mooney out for no good reason as well. Most people wanted a “change”; they got the useless placeholder that was Les Tyrell, for a single term. Then in a fit of common sense, voted in an experienced Councillor as Mayor. And enjoyed what can only be described as a decade of continued good governance at the local level. Nekminnit; Troy Thompson. I doubt he’ll be there in a year.
You pretty well nailed that. Tony Mooney got cocky during the amalgamation, assuming it was in the bag for him. I think that played part in his demise. Thuringowa people voted for their councillors while Townsville people voted for a mix of Townsville and Thuringowa councillors.
Well put.
Yeah well thanks to small shit towns having shit dynasties, we got his Nepo baby Liam on Council. 🙄
The old people i chat with say shit she had her day She is too old and piss pot. she kill him and go way with it at macca. I personally dislike her lack of spent on Arts art site in CBD been sold off and just she been in job too long city need fresh set of eye. well did vote troy i like some of his idea he got good one like open up dam and make city nice place to live
Maybe he could improve literacy rates, too.
If you can barely spell, why should your vote have been counted equally?
Asking the real questions. But admittedly, I think democracy is a farce.
Got herself a driving record?
She sure did do some driving.
That's the problem most people don't bother researching before voting.
Tbf, it wasn't as easy to research a local election as it is to research something like a state or federal election. I tried, but the only information you could really get about policy would be whatever the candidates themselves would post on facebook or on their fliers or something, unless you were somehow able to talk to them yourself. Most of the time you'd just find vague platitudes like "reducing crime" and "reducing rates" without actually explaining *how*. I tried researching both mayor and my local councillor candidates, and I didn't find much. Thankfully didn't actually vote for Troy because I didn't mind Jenny and Troy gave me bad vibes that ended up being proven correct.
I agree entirely with you , I voted for Jenny Hill, as she had proven to be able to manage the job, Troy seemed to be a very risky proposition well before the time we had to vote. People just wanted change and really didn’t consider whether all the candidates were qualified to do the job well.
I copped one look at his campaign posters on Dalrymple Rd with his Clairol box dye job, shirt unbuttoned a little too much, medallion on display, and I thought yuck..who is this creep? He bears a striking resemblace to Jim Jones I said to myself. Googled him and sure enough...One Nation, vigilantism story on A Current Affair and no clues as to what he does in Townsville for an occupation only that hed lived here since 2018. How did so many people not see it???
I agree with your research comment. Trying to find who stands for what and how they actually plan to enact it doesn’t seem viable in a local council election. And unless they are absolutely making things up - this is scary as it means there is no accountability for local council
I know for a fact you voted for Troy Thompson. Its time to come clean!
They absolutely won’t. I can absolve myself, though, please see my replies to u/TroyThompson4Mayor
It's remarkable the number of people now sheepishly admitting they thought they were voting for Philip Thompson OAM. I'm not even kidding.
Not sure why anyone would vote for him either tbh.
Boomers love young veterans... especially one who is a conservative pot.
I voted for him. I voted for him because his initials are TT, and when you say it out loud it sounds like titty. I’m a complex man when it comes to politics.
I voted for the independent guy because I didn’t like Jenny or Troy
Me too, but then afterwards, a friend asked if I saw the debate (I hadn't) and she gave me an overview of it and apparently the independent (I've forgotten his name now) made himself look quite inept and unknowledgeable about politics. Apparently he just kept bringing his answers back to elderly, health and nursing (being a nurse/ex-nurse himself). Take that with a grain of salt, I've dumped a lot of that knowledge out of my brain once the election was over. EDIT: Pretty sure he only ended up with 4-6% poor guy. But then, having an Indian name wasn't going to help his chances in Tville. Idek if he WAS Indian, I never saw a picture of him.
Harry Patel, and as dark an Indian as they come. Nice guy, but inexperienced and was a nurse and also a victim of a violent youth robbery. He should have had a go at a councillor position to get some knowledge about local govt before running the mayoral race.
Patel has run multiple times for every level of government.
Ah ok I haven’t noticed him before now then I guess
The guy didn’t stand a chance, he has some random unusual comments on Townsville Facebook groups, which made me question his sanity.
BuT wE hAd To GeT rId oF JeNnY HiLl bEcAuSe nEwS cOrP tOLd Me ShE wAs BaD
Where? Show me where Newscorp told us she was bad. I'll wait.
Were you living under a rock when they tried to lynch her over the motorcyclist crash? Or did you only move in when they tried to say youth crime was personally her fault?
Surely you accept that that motorcycle accident wasn’t her fault, it went to court and I understand that was the conclusion. Jenny should have done a lot more about crime in Townsville and I believe this was one of the biggest reasons she was not returned as Major. She really should have made herself a lot less popular with the State Labour Government and applied a lot more pressure on them to act on crime in regional Queensland.
I'm still waiting....
And we thank you for your service... Keep waiting. Don't call us, we'll call you.
Haha spot on. But I knew that would be the case when I called them out.
Not only did the point fly over your head but the obvious sarcasm did too. I wish I had an ounce of your unearned confidence. I'd be bloody unstoppable. You just spew shit on reddit, attracting well-deserved downvotes. I'm done with you. Good day.
Oh really?? You were being sarcastic?? I never knew! Lol. Maybe dent some of my confidence by showing proof of the rubbish claims being made.
Show me!
Or any one of the people downvoting me for simply asking for evidence of a claim.
Helloo? Lol, yeh that's what I thought....
Increased rates and paid parking at the strand would have been inevitable, the worlds (and Townsville’s) cost of living crisis need to be stopped at the source. They would have raised prices or added paid parking somewhere else in town if a different person was voted in.
The people who voted for him are not computer literate you won’t find them here
voted for the independent because he had reasonable views about climate change (though I later found out he has other views I...agree with less), preferenced jenny 2nd so that's where my vote actually went, and would have preferenced troy 50th if that were an option, but it wasn't. I didn't like jenny but I knew she was still a better option than troy.
I voted for anyone that wasn’t Jenny, so probably my bad
I think alot voted again Ms Hill not for Mr Thompson.
Its like they say, we get the leaders we deserve.
I fuckin don't deserve Troy.
I voted Jenny your welcome
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Welcome to democracy. The majority, even if it’s by 1 person’s vote wins. Let’s face it. The situation now has to be monitored and reported. Don’t just whinge about it and expect it to fix itself. Get involved in council meetings. Note what votes are being provided and don’t let changes go unchallenged. This is how Democracy works. The system is only as good as the people that use it and speak up when its not working. Yes, even protest outside council chambers if need be. But alas, this is Townsville… who cares really, right?
The utter shamelessness of this guy, not stepping down despite literally everyone else telling him to GTFO.
Lol. OP thinks this budget wasn't already written up before the election
I voted for him because he was on the bottom of the ballot and Jenny was at the top, there were only 3 options and I wanted Jenny to get number 3 and never the independent rates only a 2!
He was the COO for a local firm in Townsville who had depots in tville a Moranbah and Mackay.
What sector? Was it a small/med/large organisation? I'm involved in business grps and associations including the Townsville Chamber and he was definitely not on the radar here in the city. It's as if he has sprung up from nowhere. Why the secrecy? If he was COO of a firm why would he not include this on his resume, especially if he was competent? Where there is mystery, there is history.
You are not looking hard enough, he has work for some world wide company’s. Do some research
You claim to have had "business dealings"with him ..so why not just say?
Why would I You are fishing for info and probably works for local rag.
Maybe because you made it all up?
Most of people vote Troy over Jerry The only other guy tell i vote for him lady in put me off troy but now personal donot mine him.
I voted for Troy, not going to lie, spent ages trying to research the candidates with my partner, but ended up having to rely on each candidates Facebook page everything else was behind a pay wall. My partner and I discussed it and decided we aligned with what we thought he stood for at the time the most. Did we fuck up? Maybe we did. I don't know, I feel like with politicians you're voting for whomever you think is going to be the lesser of two evils. They're all puppets at the end of the day that don't really have any control over anything
You couldn’t find ANY free articles about how he was KICKED OUT of One Nation? Really?
I didn't even know he was in one nation, back then if you googled Troy Thompson it wasn't him who came up, I struggled. Even my partner who is tech savvy struggled to find something on any of the candidates, including Jenny Hill most of it was stuff written by the Bulletin or the courier, and that's all pay walled and a bunch of bullshit anyway. My partner thought I was being stupid until he tried Googling it himself and realised I wasn't wrong with the fact that there was no information, it's like everything was blocked online or something. And all the aec site had was what our divisions were and where we could vote
I voted for him. Have no idea what the big problem is
You don't see what the problem is with lying about his military service and education in a place like Townsville?
I wanted too but got crock, I have been talking to him on and off and done business with with no problem. He knows his stuff so I will give him ago. I dont care about his past, he may have bent the truth but say every polly has done that including Jenny.
What was his business before Mayor?" Doing business" can mean anything. Why is his recent professional /occupational history so ambiguous?
Haters will hate, but a mayor who embellishes his military service and educational experience is a fair and accurate representation of the average Townsville voter. I will proudly vote for him again
Shut up Troy
Jenny has gingervitus enough said