Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate dismisses violation findings, says 'hard for me to apologize'
Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate has dismissed two findings of misconduct by the council supervisor and said any apologies from him were insincere. Key points: Mayor appealed after court found he was involved in misconduct Tom Tate directed the board’s former chief executive to stop disciplinary proceedings against other staff members in 2015 Tate questions the order to make a confession of infringement on his Facebook page In a report published last week, the Councilor Conduct Tribunal found Tate to be involved in misconduct in 2015 when he directed former board chief executive Dale Dickson to stop disciplinary proceedings against other staff members. The report found that “the violations were taken so seriously that the court considered whether to recommend to the minister that [Mr Tate] dismissed as mayor. The court ordered Tate to make a public confession of the wrongdoing on his official Facebook page today and pay a fine of nearly $3,500. But Tate has appealed the findings and applied