Councils need to be shamed

This letter to The Star was a follow-up to my earlier blog entry:

THE call to the municipal councils in Selangor to buck up on their services is long over-due, “Councils told to shape up” (The Star, Feb 9).

A simple request to the Subang Jaya Municipal Council to repair the unlit street lights in USJ 18/2A and USJ 18/2B has yet to be acted upon even after almost two months.

So it was not surprising to read about its low score of below 58.5% in the performance survey.

Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo was quoted in the report as saying that a state executive councillor would be seconded to each municipal council to monitor its performance and submit a report to the state.

But how is a state executive councillor going to do that considering the state duties that come under his portfolio?

What makes the Mentri Besar think that what the full force of the council cannot do, a state executive councillor can?

I would suggest the Mentri Besar visit the Hall of Shame hosted by the Jabatan Keselamatan Jalan Raya at www.panducermat.org.my and take it from
there.