I have heard our NSW Premier called ”Mingy Minnsy” quite a few times now and I can see why.
I first lost faith in him and his government when he took the decision to NOT put anything on the Sydney Opera House earlier in the year when Prince Charles was crowned King.
At the time I thought: We are a member of the Commonwealth and King Charles is the head of our form of democracy.
If there ever was a case to celebrate something it would be Prince Charles being crowned King.
Well, since then it appears that we DO project images onto the opera house regardless of cost. Hmmmmm.
Next I hear that the Seniors $250 Regional Seniors Travel Card has been cancelled without any consultation with the electorates.
I know in our Central Coast electorates Adam Crouch was very vocal about it and presented a petition of 21000 names to the Parliament to say NO to the Travel voucher being removed and then it was cancelled with no consultation and no debate in Parliament.
I had thought that a petition of that size was meant to cause debate in Parliament but this did not happen.
So now, in the Central Coast electorates, 41,000 seniors have had this privilege removed without a word.
This comes at a great cost to them as they have had to curtail their contact with loved ones both in the city and country.
The opportunity to contribute to country towns when they visited them has now been removed.
It is just another kick in the teeth to the older members of our population who, let us remember, paid their taxes for most of their working lives.
A “Mingy Minnsy” government comes to power and immediately takes a blow torch to the easiest most vulnerable people to harm in our community.
Shame on you Premier Minns and your local Labor Party representatives, David Harris, David Mehan, Liesl Tesch and Yasmin Catley, who have all forgotten that their duty is to represent their electorates and fight against the sort of actions referred to above.
Is it any wonder that many who voted for Labor are now questioning their decision?
Email, Dec 23
Barry Freeman, Killcare
well said couldn’t agree more with what you have said about the Minns government. Doing things for the western suburbs, where all the votes are for them.