FRANKSTON councillor Steven Hughes has again made reference to North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un when discussing council’s communication rules. Hughes is serving a month-long suspension. In the wake of his suspension being handed down, Hughes published four lengthy Facebook posts last week detailing his thoughts on the arbitration process that led to his stint on the sidelines. Not for the first time, Hughes wrote about North Korea and its dictator Kim Jong-Un in a post which discussed Frankston Council’s social media policies. The post was accompanied by a photoshopped image of Kim Jong-Un with a dolphin, the animal which is…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
ALL nine Frankston councillors voted behind closed doors to nominate Long Street Reserve in Langwarrin as their preferred site for a new kindergarten last year. Frankston Council is currently considering two different options to build a kinder on the Langwarrin reserve. At their most recent council meeting they unanimously decided to make the secret vote they held on the matter last year public. In October last year, no councillors opposed a confidential motion to “endorse the Long Street Reserve to be the preferred site for the Langwarrin Child & Family Centre to enable further planning and feasibility to be undertaken”.…
A KINGSTON councillor is appealing a defamation ruling made against him last year. In September 2022, Councillor Cameron Howe was ordered to pay property developer Sam Zuchowski $205,000. The ruling was made over comments made by third parties on Howe’s Carrum and Patterson Lakes Forum Facebook page. Howe is applying to the Supreme Court of Victoria for leave to appeal the defamation ruling. Sam Zuchowski is the managing director of Cavendish, which oversees development of the Patterson Lakes marina precinct. The Victorian County Court assessed ten publications during the defamation hearing last year – some of the comments questioned Zuchowski’s…
CRICKET PROVINCIAL OLD Peninsula fell just short of their target against Sorrento in a high scoring one-day thriller last Saturday. Sorrento batted first, and put 213 runs on the bord. Opener Corey Harris top scored with 51 runs. Old Peninsula struggled early during their run chase, falling to 2/16. Wade Pelzer came in at number three and grabbed the game by the scruff of the neck. Pelzer put on a brilliant display. He smashed 112 runs before being caught out. Unfortunately for Pelzer, he didn’t get much support from his teammates. Wickets fell around him for most of the afternoon.…
FRANKSTON councillor Steven Hughes has been suspended for a second time. An arbiter has ruled that Hughes must serve a one month suspension and provide an apology to council staff for his behaviour. This is the second one-month suspension handed to Hughes since his election in 2020. The most recent arbitration process was initiated by seven of Hughes’ fellow councillors last year. They signed a written dispute statement alleging Hughes had engaged in misconduct. Hughes and his son, deputy mayor Liam Hughes, were the only councillors to not sign the dispute statement. Eight allegations of misconduct were made against Hughes.…