Forced Maitland and Dungog merger makes poor business sense

By Craig McGegor
Updated April 13 2016 - 4:40pm, first published April 10 2016 - 1:30pm
Maitland Business Chamber president Craig McGregor.
Maitland Business Chamber president Craig McGregor.

In the business world organisations operate at the management of shareholders. Shareholders divest their decision making powers to a Board of Management. For the residents and business operators of Maitland we are essentially the shareholders who elect a board of management in the form of councillors. A council runs to an operating budget and needs to be managed as an effective business but it also must play its part in ensuring these business decisions have sound social economic currency.

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