DEAR News Of The Area,

LAST week JF Sercombe wrote in NOTA that in Cowper we have a “Teal Party candidate” and inferred she might just be based in Port Macquarie.

He said that Independent politicians come in all “colours”, so she might even be left or far left in her values.

I believe those suggestions are pretty far off the mark.

Firstly, there is no “Teal Party.”

There are a number of “City Electorate” Independents who now represent their communities and are called Teals by the major parties.

JF Sercombe is correct that sometimes they think alike, sometimes they don’t.

In our regional electorate, there is a long standing organisation called Voices4Cowper which identified issues residents want the government to pay attention to in Cowper.

Many candidates were interviewed, and Caz Heise was endorsed to represent all of us who live in Port Macquarie, Coffs Harbour, and every other town within this big electorate.

I believe that the “colour” of this Independent can only be classified as NONE.

She is a sincere listener to people and an achiever in the world of business, with no political party connections at all.

Her focus is on what issues residents feel need improving right here where we live.

Finally, if Caz Heise were to be elected as the MP for Cowper, I wholeheartedly hope she achieves for all residents of this (until now) forgotten electorate as mightily as some of those City Teal Independents have done for their electorates!

Wouldn’t that be a win!

Regards,
SJ SEATON,
Coffs Harbour.