Strategic planning should be based on real communities
Cr Mehrtens is right in claiming (Coast News, October 31), that it is crazy to base council strategic planning on wards. They are just artificial bureaucratic creations, constructed to put…
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Let’s use our food resources
[Forum] I was watching a programme on the ABC about waste of meat and our resources. A young Australian is now leading the way in which farmers can harvest deer…
Call to action over Coal-ash dam legacy
[Forum] The Coal-Ash Community Alliance (CCA) welcomes the announcement of the Legislative Council’s Inquiry into the costs for remediation of sites containing coal ash repositories , including Eraring and Vales…
Meeting closed to the community
[Forum] As a long-term resident of the Central Coast, I was interested in attending the NSW Government’s so called Community Cabinet meeting at Mingara on September 30. I have attended…
Bravo Councillor Jilly Pilon
[Forum] It is so important that the State Government move quickly to establish the Local Planning Panel so that the Central Coast can begin to move forward. For far too…
Let’s crowd-fund our own pothole fixing truck
[Forum] Well, the rains returned and so did the potholes. No surprise there. One has to give the Council it’s due with its “Dob in a Pothole” initiative. This is…
‘Rates, Rubbish and Roads’ restriction far too narrow
[Forum] In response to Godfrey Franz’ letter published in Coast Community News, edition 215, there is obviously behind the scenes activity by the Brisbane Water Branch (BWB) of the Liberal…
A real shake up for the juvenile justice system is needed
[Forum] The recent riot at Frank Baxter Juvenile Justice Centre at Kariong, previously known as Mount Penang Institute for Boys, came as no surprise to Public Service Association officers. Problems had…
Ratepayers’ funds better spent on kerb and guttering
[Forum] In regards to the Terrigal Boardwalk proposal, I refer to the proposal as outlined in Coast Community News (edition 196), which shows the proposal with an architect’s impression and aerial…
Crown Land for Public Recreation is under threat
[Forum] Crown Land for Public Recreation is under threat on the Central Coast. The intention of Crown Land for Public Recreation is for the people to recreate. Why is it…
Our roads are in a bad state of repair
[Forum] The new Central Coast Council should all resign, as since they have been in power, the roads are now in a bad state of repair. The first time I…
Bureaucratic waffle and pettifogging on garden
[Forum]We have a Council that can’t deal with any of the crucial issues facing the city but can find time to harass and threaten community-group members trying to make some…
Lack of affordable housing issue is far beyond Local Government
[Forum] As I have previously pointed out, Kathy Smith, in her letter, ‘We need to support Affordable Housing Strategy’ (edition 153), starts from the fundamentally wrong positions, that the problem of…
Budgewoi Ward omitted from Pedestrian Access and Mobility Plan
[Forum] It is becoming blatantly obvious that the new Central Coast Council has not changed its ways since the amalgamation. Once again, the Budgewoi Ward does not get a mention,…
Copacabana resident unhappy with closed shop committee
[Forum] As a long term resident of Copacabana, and an original 5 Lands walker, it is with great distress that I have observed a wonderful low key community based idea…
Many good reasons why landfill should be rejected
[Forum] I am a Wamberal resident potentially affected by the proposed expansion of the Mangrove Mountain Landfill, and I have sent the following to the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA). I oppose…
We need to support Affordable Housing Strategy
[Forum] Thank you for the excellent coverage that you have given the Public Exhibition of the Council’s Draft Strategy on Affordable and Alternative Housing. Council is providing many ways that local…
Council needs to take care of the little things
[Forum] There has been an abandoned vehicle in Beane St, where I reside and am a property owner, between Hills and Gertrude Sts, Gosford, which has been there since July. I…
Stop stage 2 of Winney Bay destruction
[Forum] Winney Bay Reserve, Copacabana , may not be part of your backyard, but it is part of Australia’s heritage, indeed part of our world, and as such, it deserves respect…
Recycling needs to be made compulsory
[Forum] It appears to me that mankind has no choice but to compulsorily recycle all we can. According to the world’s scientists, we only have 30 years of resources left…