The clock counts down the time councillors have left to serve out their term as well as the time that they've been in the job. And it's surrounded by notes drawing attention to the council's jobs in progress.

Although the clock in the picture on the right of this screen doesn't count down the time, it does in real life.

Mr Gream said the clock-o-meter ``arose from the frustration of observing poor council performance''.

``I feel council has been acting in way that is damaging to our way of life here in Australia,'' he said.

``The clock is fully automated in the sense that the days will be automatically updated as will be the clock face.

``From time to time other matters of interest might be added to the graphics.''

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF MR GREAM'S COUNCIL CLOCK-O-METER? DO YOU HAVE IDEAS ABOUT OTHER WAYS TO KEEP TABS ON THE COUNCIL?

Mr Gream said that in his dealings with council, he has ``grown weary'' of the following:

* The expression ``council is aware of the problem'' which constantly appears when an ongoing matter of concern is made known to the public;

* Council's insensitivity to the disruption to the community by not simply fixing a problem; and the waste of money that has, and is, occurring particularly in relation to rubbish collection and disposal.

* He said he has real concerns about a council when ``it has a chairperson who is willing to cast aspersions on a residents raising matters of concern and who states that if that person wants to throw rubbish

on the council he will get rubbish back'' and that uses the police to stop residents acting peacefully and lawfully from asking questions'';

* He said he also has concerns when a ``councillor...on two occasions recently stated that the media is the enemy of democracy because that person has no understanding of the role of the Press in the development and functioning of Western democracy''.

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