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…
letters to the editor
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…
Ratepayers prop up incompetent management
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…
An Analysis of Central Coast Council Under Administration
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…
Thank you to good Samaritan
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…
No real action on affordable housing
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…
No need for a path three metres wide
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…
Broad scope for a stand alone Central Coast University
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…
A Central Coast University?
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…
Unemployment headline is a bit rubbery
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,…
Administrator a temporary fix
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….
Pollies and coal lobby created gas problem
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…
Ash dams must be cleaned up before rezoning
Forum: Re: Major Doyalson project gets the go-ahead What is the State Government doing about the 17 recommendations of the Parliamentary Inquiry into the health impacts of the ash dams…
Double standards from EPA?
Local residents read with interest your story that “Environmental lawyers have cautioned the NSW EPA that its decision to give Delta Electricity a pollution exemption in December last year is…