Playspaces need shade cloth
Plaudits to the Council for its plans to upgrade 10 playspaces around the municipality. However it’s vital that children are protected from the sun while spending time in these fun…
letters to the editor
Put election promises in writing
Just a small comment about promises by politicians that they say over the television. Would it not be better if they were honest (and) put it in writing and signed…
Landlords squeezing coffee shops out
FORUM : What is going on? I have been driving 65kms over broken and in some instances non-existent Council roads to go shopping at the Imperial Centre in Gosford for…
Super battery not so super
Forum: So now this expensive battery/stabiliser is a Waratah battery not a Munmorah one (CCN 380)? The name does not change the reality anyway. We all want reliable electricity at…
We need details of parties’ plans for future
Forum I was reading my Coast Community News last week and came to Adam Crouch’s full page ad listing his achievements. Pretty Beach Public School $40,00, Copacabana Public School $40,00…
Nuclear power is a possibility
Forum: Your front page coverage of (the super battery) project at the site of the old Munmorah coal fired power station made me smile (CCN380). By 2035 NSW will lose…
How about a community forum?
So the “Major parties outline plans to take the region into the future” (CCN issue 380). I haven’t seen any talk of community forums for voters to attend to hear,…
Make your vote count
Here we are again with an optional-preferential NSW election, in contrast to last year’s Federal election which employed its exhaustive preferential system. It saddens me, when scrutineering, to see that…
We’re going to the dogs
It was a good letter from Anne Aldcroft (CCN380) regarding dog owners not doing their duty. The only way to educate irresponsible people is to hit them in the pocket…
Little being done to protect health of northern residents
Robyn Parker the politically appointed Central Coast City Commissioner installed by the State Government to oversee the future of the Central Coast has held a couple forums to tell our…
Council slated for “misleading” statements over boarding house
I refer to the article, Council criticised over Toukley boarding house approval, published on February 16 and, specifically, I refer to the Council responses to our allegations. Instead of addressing…
On the way to a cashless society
I write regarding the letter “Disgusted by Bank Closures” (CCN379). Two years ago Bankwest (owned by CBA) closed their Tuggerah branch. Recently they closed their remaining Central Coast branch at…
Disgusted by bank closures
The CBA has closed the Umina branch and the only ATM is in Deepwater Plaza. Last report is a profit of $5.15B. This is obviously aided by axing so many…
Administrator’s “clarification ” is ridiculous
If the Council Administrator thinks that his “explanation” of the rate rises clarifies the matter or satisfies the community, he is naive indeed ( CCN 377). The idea that the…
No road technology needed here
Central Coast Council Director Infrastructure Services Boris Bolgoff does not need “new state of the art technology” to know Wyoming Rd is one of the most dangerous, therefore most needy…
Dr Reid, stop raising interest rates
I am a resident of the Gosford area hence my email to you. Since you got into Government, interest rates have risen and continue to rise. I am no economist…
We need better designed housing estates
I am very concerned about land clearing and poorly designed housing estates spreading on the Central Coast, for example at Hue Hue Rd, Buttonderry, and Dora St in Doyalson. Houses…
Draft study and plan essential reading
The draft Woy Woy Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan which Council currently has on exhibition is essential reading for all Peninsula residents. The Study and Plan cover the whole…
Unconvincing rationale over local election date
It is no big surprise that Gregory Knott’s petition to bring forward the election date for Central Coast Council garnered only 752 signatures (CCN 376). First of all, the petition…
Council needs more investigation
I refer to the excellent letter (CCN January 19) under the name of Kevin Brooks criticising Central Coast Council’s present administration. Mr Brooks, whom I do not know, is right…