I must say its disappointing to see Mr Rees act so poorly.If he believes that by demoting Mr Tripodi,it will give him credibility he is misinformed.For all his past actions there is no doubt that Mr Tripodi is the best local member Fairfield city has ever had.In my short encounter with him as a party member,i have found him to be a true asset to our local area. Mr Tripodi no doubt has been and continues to be one of the brightest and hardest working members of the ministry not to mention the Labor party itself. I must say Joe,by your comments you have handled a difficult issue with true integrity, its a testament to your devotion to the labor party,your commitment to the local area you serve and a true showing of your unselfish character that is renown throughout the party.When many others would have done differently.Shame on you Nathan Rees and Labor party head office, to have done this to one of labors and Fairfields Favored sons, in such a way.You might call it strength,but the true Labor supporters will call it dictatoship and weakness at the knees, not only are you on the nose of some voters, but now you are starting to smell to your own members. Shame, Shame, Shame Mr Rees

No great loss. Shuffling the deck chairs on the sinking ship won't save them. Once the voters have turned on a government, their time is over. Even for good governments, and this is a really bad one. Too much baggage after so long in office. The NSW Government is heading for a slaughter of record proportions. They know that themselves. Virtually no Labor seat will be safe in 2011. Some individual local members will now adopt a strategy of distancing themselves from the NSW Government, in an attempt to try and save themselves. I'm not sure freeing up Mr Tripodi's time will work out well for Mr Rees. You know what they say about idle hands... Personally I would have tried to keep him as busy as possible.

One thing about Joe, love him or hate him, his loyalty to his party will never be questioned, even when the wrong thing has been done by him. There is no merit in this decision, its just pure politics. The best man for the job has been ousted.Best local member around our city. Mr Rees has made a total fool of himself, look forward to the day that Mr Rees is back collecting Garbage, we could use a good man like him in Fairfield, wont be long now.

What a joke.. does Rees really want us believe that this will change anything? The only thing that is different is that the Premier himself is swinging in the breeze a bit longer, without Joe Tripodi there to cut him down - but the smell of corruption, ineptitude and back flips stays the same. Rees says "From NOW one no developer donations will be accepted" Well there are $8 million in the bank from the past months.. what about simply returning the money from past developer donations, only then would this Premier achieve some sort of credibility.And finally Labor has not many creative bones in their thinking cap.. their latest policies being the Gross Solar feed in tariff, the developer donations stop and the south west rail line extension all pinched from the Liberals and to some degree the Greens..no wonder the Liberals are keeping their policies close to their chest.

I just wish the Labor Party would stop this infighting and start focusing their energy on solving the problems of this state and helping the residents of Fairfield. The decision was not made by Premier Nathan Rees alone, it was the Labor Party State Conference delegates who allowed the Premier to do this, and they are Labor members from across NSW from all factions. The Labor Party is a mess, NSW needs change.

Mr Toma knows only to well what factionalism can do to the party system, just ask the Liberals Alex Hawke MP, David Clarke MLC and the "parrot", Alan Jones, what a mess! Recent emails amongst Liberals, that were publicly exposed, display a real expose of Liberals at war. Mr Tripodi has always been about Fairfield and I believe will continue to promote his City. Keep going Joe, don't let the bastards get you down.

So I see certain Councillors are still refusing to comment under their real names. Disappointing.

You keep saying that about Councillors posting anonymously, Zaya, but how do you know this? I'm not leaping to anyone's defence here, and if it is true then it's pretty sordid, but to make the claims you do you need some form of evidence, surely?

Quite a lot of people know who the culprit is Bill. It seems to be the worst kept secret in the community. I'm sure someone will fill you in privately. This is another can of worms that needs opening.

Unfortunately Bill, there is no hard evidence here; just some anonymous writers with the same style as some Councillors. If I had hard evidence I would name them, But I don’t so I’m resorting to shaming them out.