Doing Our Best in This Changing World; the Nexus between Idealism and Realism Is Going to Be an Important Topic for All of Us as We Confront the Instability Caused by the Crises in Water, Food, Energy and Financial Supplies

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Byline: TUESDAY With Giovanni Ebono

THE brouhaha in Tweed Council last week over council procedures was described by Mayor van Lieshout as "teething problems".

There is a school ma'am tenor to her remarks that aims to settle down youthful passion so that we can all get on with the job of "making decisions which are, on the whole, for the best of the shire".

The problem is, dear reader, that the world is changing rapidly. Decisions are going to get more difficult and more passions are going to get aroused as a result. A flood of regulation is going to change the financial management landscape in ways that will probably affect every retiree's nest egg.