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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
I applaud Kevin Brooks’s letter (CCN374), “An Analysis of Central Coast Council Under Administration”. It is excellent and truly reflects the sad state of our Council. When the previous councillors…
FORUM: – More than two years of Council under Administration have brought higher rates and worse services. There is little evidence of reforms to improve the efficiency, culture, or productivity…
I want to thank a very Good Samaritan who found my phone at Ettalong Wharf on Wednesday, December 21 and took it to the crew on that trip – 2.30pm…
FORUM: It is good to hear that Regional Development Australia Central Coast (RDACC) is a “key driver of affordable housing initiatives across the region” (CCN 370). If it weren’t for…
At a recent site meeting with Central Coast Council’s agent, community members attempted to put a case for keeping Council from partially destroying the remaining fragment of the dune (at…
Forum: I read with interest Dr Van Davy’s one page argument for the establishment of a Central Coast University (CCN363). I have no disagreement with the points that Dr Davy…
We recently observed the expansion of the University of Newcastle’s presence on the Central Coast toinclude a medical school at Gosford Hospital with a nearby planned larger campus, in addition…
The headline in [last week’s] Coast Community News that “Unemployment on the Coast falls to 2%” is way off the mark. The data (2% unemployment rate) was correct for May,…
Re: Democracy lacking in Coast local government Look, we all know that the current administration is temporary. Let’s not get into a weeping session about the loss of democratic rights….
Some years back the LNG people offered to convert all of the coal fired power stations to natural gas free of charge. The politicians and the coal lobby totally rejected…