Three…of the best quotes of 2017

Casey Council was shocked by resignation of Councillor Steve Beardon.

As 2017 draws to a close, the Cranbourne News reflects on some of the best quotes to make headlines this year.1) “This is as serious offending as you would get.”
Dandenong magistrate Jack Vandersteen sentences a 19-year-old man who pleaded guilty to punching and strangling a school girl to the head with a hammer.

2) “If I turn up with my shoelaces undone, they’d breach me for a Code of Conduct.”
Cr Beardon just days before his resignation in March.

3) “I am delighted that it has finally happened and I’m also hopeful that it will mark a change in the safety conditions in that stretch of road and that we will not see a single tragedy anymore as a result of this action.”
Then Mayor Sam Aziz was relieved after VicRoads decided to reduce the speed limit on the South Gippsland highway.