The Morning After the Night Before

We all know what it's like, that dreadful after-party hangover when all is unmasked by the cold, clear light of day and reality sets in with a vengeance. So it would appear to some/many (?) in the seat of Wentworth after the razzmatazz of election night fever abated:

"Didn't Dave Sharma pledge to tackle issues like climate change? It's only been a few weeks since the election, though long enough for recalling such particulars to become hazy, but isn't that what his letters, calls and pamphlets promised? So issues of national importance, have they fallen by the wayside? Dave now says he will focus on local issues, because that's what we want ('The promise of things to come', Courier, May 29). But do we need three layers of government focusing on local issues simultaneously? As our new member, the first thing he's done is earmark $15 million for the construction of a new headquarters for the Sydney Swans. Thinking of all the issues facing us right now, I could think of a lot more pressing than that one." (Patricia O'Neill, Paddington, Wentworth Courier, 12/6/19)

You get the sense from O'Neill's letter to the editor that that some/many (?) in Wentworth are feeling somewhat underwhelmed by the election of their new Liberal MP. Is this it? they seem to be saying. Is Sharma a complete dud?

But just to clarify, according to the aforementioned Wentworth Courier of May 29, another direct funding commitment, apart from that to the Sydney Swans h/q, was also made:

"Mr Sharma, who returned the seat to the Liberals just over a week ago, ran primarily on promises to deliver on local issues though offered no direct funds towards them. The only other direct funding commitment was $143,000 for more CCTV along the Bondi Beach promenade after a spate of anti-semitic graffiti." (The promise of things to come: MP Dave Sharma's commitments were mostly cost-free)

No surprises there, eh?.