Or maybe it was a blip, nothing but a flesh wound, one might say. Was Andrew’s trouncing of the Together Victoria candidate, Stefanie Hardman, entirely predictable because byelections usually go against the people in power? Was the result of no significance at all, because only 17.5 per cent of eligible voters bothered to cast ballots? If we follow that thinking, then the byelection can be ignored. All byelections, in fact, because most see only a small number of voters. What you believe about the byelection will surely depend on what you believe about the state of Victoria today. You might be appalled, and you might be happier than ever, because finally councillors are doing what you believe needs to be done.