Manufacturing business manager Angelo Merlacco will take on Vincent councillor John Carey in the race for mayor. Mr Merlacco is promising an end to money being “wasted” on public art, baulking at the hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on the Beaufort Street lettering, big blue head and alternative street signs. Most of the cash…

• The makeover of Prince Lane is complete. Some $800,000 was spent as part of Perth city council’s ongoing laneway revitalisation program to do up the once-tired alleyway. Six WA artists were hired to come up with designs inspired by neighbouring King Street, and new gutters, granite kerbs and lighting were installed. The PCC’s hoping…

After fierce negotiation and expensive supreme court action, Stirling council will rejoin the Mindarie regional council. The decision will save Vincent ratepayers $300,000 in rubbish fees over this financial year. The MRC is the organisation that takes rubbish from member councils. The more councils involved, the cheaper it is to drop off a tonne of…

Bruce Campbell is a man of his word: Last year he said he’d run against Perth city councillor Judy McEvoy for not supporting the Racism: It stops with me campaign and now he’s doing it. The health and safety professional lives in Perth but on the Vincent council side, so he’s rented an office in…

Even more cash is to be splashed out on the $59,800 sculpture Games by Chinese artist Chen Wen Ling. An extra $6000 is required to install and light up the pricy purchase which Vincent city council picked up from the Sculpture on the Sea exhibition. The council had originally planned to pay local artist Matt…

• The Beaufort Street sign is in the midst of being erected by local company Bremick (pictured is Ken Sealey, the creator of Vincent’s Big Blue Head, who was contracted to do some work on it). At $38,000 over budget, there were murmurs this week from some councillors displeased with how it’s looking, and whispers…

“The slums of the future” may be rolled out in Vincent courtesy of the WA planning commission says Alannah MacTiernan. Vincent city council’s new town planning scheme was sent to the WAPC for approval (with WA planning minister John Day having rubber-stamped it), but when the council got the document back 19 months later, important…

A TASSIE victor for the Perth haiku contest local poets snubbed WA didn’t rate in the top three winners of the Perth city library’s haiku competition, nor in the top three “special mentions”. Ron C Moss from Tasmania took the top gong, and third and second place went to NSW poets. The three special mentions…

Perth city council Tuesday September 17, 2013 A HERITAGE staircase on King Street is here to stay after Perth city councillors refused to let it be pulled out for a big refurbishment. The old King Street cafe closed down at the end of 2012, and now clothing retailer Miu Miu  is moving in. Miu Miu…

Vincent locals will be asked whether they want their city to be left alone, to amalgamate with Perth or to be split amongst Perth and Stirling. The questions will be distributed with council election ballots. The plebiscite was unanimously endorsed by councillors Tuesday, earning the council the congratulations of former deputy mayor Ian Ker, who’s…