Ipswich councillor ‘made the wrong decision’ in voting to keep Paul Pisasale’s name on infrastructure
Former Ipswich mayor Paul Pisasale has a road and a bridge bearing his name, despite being jailed over sexual assault, corruption and other offences.Former Ipswich mayor Paul Pisasale has a road and a bridge bearing his name, despite being jailed over sexual assault, corruption and other offences.
“Having had time to reconsider and hear the concerns of my community, I admit that I had made the wrong decision. I intend to work with my fellow councillors to amend my mistake,” Milligan said in a statement. “To have a convicted criminal and sex offender’s name on any public asset is not acceptable,” they said.
On Thursday two of those who had previously abstained from voting – Paul Tully and Nicole Jonic – voted to retain the Pisasale name on the infrastructure.“The original report … presented 6,968 community views on the matter relating to the renaming of council assets. The report found 88.5% of the overall community sentiment was to leave the names as is,” Jonic said. “However, the report that was tabled only included 528 community views.
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