A funny thing happens when you tell lies.....

...your credibility becomes lower than it already was ;at below whole numbers (if it existed at all before). See, if you tell porkies about essential government services closing down, some one , some where is going to call you to account...BIGTIME.
Enough people know enough about local services to know that one such as this would not and could not close down and move away. We aren't all as gullible as they teach you in the "Become an estate agent in 10 days" crash course from NSW.
Maybe people who have leases with govt. departments should keep their mouths shut to their mates too, that'd be a good idea. Be a shame if the management of the govt department put two and two together and got five...and made the decision based on someones indiscreet chatter. They have a lovely little facility known as "media watch " in all govt departments which haunts cyberspace waiting for little gems such as that to appear, so the staff,management,ministers and such all know who started the rumour and who they are associated with...