The veteran former mayor wanted a new plaza named in her honour. At her final meeting, the council had other ideas.
CBD favourite Jilly Gibson made a suitably dramatic exit from 25 years of service at her final meeting of North Sydney Council on Monday night, storming out after her fellow councillors refused to name a plaza after her.
She concluded by inviting everyone to the Firehouse Hotel for pizza and champagne. But we doubt the entire room attended.had proposed renaming the new Burton Street Plaza in Kirribilli after Gibson, and installing a bust or plaque in her honour.called a division on that proposal. It was rejected by a majority of councillors, Baker included.
The departing Gibson then set her sights on Baker. “You can warn me all you like, mayor – that was mean. This has been the meanest council ever. I am off. You are so mean, you are so mean, you are so mean.“A plaza. Your mum was mayor for a year and got a building named after her,” Gibson said, a reference to the Carole Baker building in council chambers, named after North Sydney’s first female mayor.
“A couple of the locals had some and went and lay on the lawn and enjoyed the afternoon sun. Nobody died,” Buckingham told CBD.
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