For the past 6 months, since Knysna Municipal Manager, Johnny Douglas, got “kicked out” (along with a golden handshake courtesy of the tax payer…but without our permission) , i’ve regularly said in conversation that Acting Municipal Manager, Lauren Waring, would become permanent in that position.
Lauren Waring is neck deep with the DA, particularly Deputy Mayor Michelle Wasserman and Mayor Georlene Wolmarans. She’s a liar too (i caught her out in a Ward meeting with a lie worth millions – at the same meeting she attempted to make Ward 10 follow her agenda for the next 5 years instead of more important issues such as crime, unemployment, tourism and pollution of the Knysna Estuary).
She’s also unapproachable (except for the smoke and mirror media stuff) and it wouldn’t surprise me if she’s made some of the managers below her share that negative attitude. On the other hand, she’s hamstrung some departments, forcing decisions to be made through her rather than by those delegated to do so. It wouldn’t surprise me if she flexed her DA skirt and sacked some ANC people. And then there’d be oohs and ahs of praise for all the wrong reasons so that her true nature and actions are overlooked.
Yes, i realize that i’m sounding radical here but all of the above could be summed up by the fact that i don’t trust liars. The DA promises that the Knysna Municipality was won with were immediately corrupted. It seems that Knysna, like Plettenberg Bay, is being run from Cape Town (if so, that doesn’t bode good for our interest). Continue reading
