Why it is wrong for ALP Lalich to Smear Private Citizens

The paper is not to blame for reporting what it can, but how irresponsible is it that Fairfield Mayor and NSW ALP Gov member Lalich should choose to release information regarding a private citizens negotiations over local council seizure of land? In Australia, private citizens do not have private armies or security as is necessary for some in Brazil. Nor is the government capable of defending a citizen whom is marked to kill by organized crime. By naming the private citizen and placing high dollar figures next to their name, Lalich is exposing these people to all sorts of possible shakedowns and extortion attempts. All because they had bought some land that Lalich wanted. Worse yet, the dollar figures that Lalich postulates are unrealized and may be much less than what the individuals possess in reality. So that an extortionist would have to resort to the threat because the private citizens wouldn't have the means to meet the demand.

It is breathtaking in its audacity.

There is a reason why a private citizen is labeled private, and a public one is public. Someone like Lalich may have substantially more holdings than what may be opined about by those jealous of his power and suspicious of his activity. He has a council car and various incomes for the jobs he performs so abysmally. No doubt he would like to be re elected to what has been a safe ALP seat up to the time he was first elected. Because of transparency and watchdogs, we can be assured that Lalich is not behaving corruptly. Such transparency does not apply to private citizens, but they follow laws and so are guaranteed some anonymity with which to conduct their business. In breaching that divide Lalich has exposed a private citizen and called into question his competence to lead and the transparency of his operation. Are the watchdogs keeping an eye on him? It now becomes very hard to demonstrate that Lalich has not done something corrupt should these private citizens endure any adverse result, be it accident, circumstance or deliberate.
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This has been written for Zaya Toma's Blog