Depending on how Rockingham takes this column, it could be my last. If you bought last week’s edition of The Sunday Times you might recall that I was asked to come down to WA’s most maligned suburb by its mayor, who thought I had been a bit, errr, willing in my criticism of her city.
I had a wonderful time being shown around the place by Deb Hamblin and her chief executive, Michael Parker, and the first of the two-part coverage of that little tour was generally received well.
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