Dismayed by ‘evil’ religious discrimination bill
I hear with dismay the Liberal Party is continuing with its push to legislate discrimination against atheists, and others, with their Religious Discrimination Bill. By the time this letter is…
letters to the editor
On political representation
[Forum] Recent recommendations from the Federal Government’s Electoral Matters Committee include optional preferential voting, the introduction of the Robson Rotation for House of Representatives ballot papers and an entirely new…
Can councillors really return?
[Forum] Regarding “Council’s debt blows out to $565M” (CCN, December 4); I have seen a couple of times now (that) the councillors could be returned, attributed to the Administrator Dick…
Climate change alarmists and deniers do not have a solid foundation in fact
[Forum] This letter to the editor is in reply to several letters that appeared in Coast Community News edition 230, pertaining to climate change. There are two camps, the climate…
Climate change results from an ever increasing population
[Forum]We are all aware of the current excitement over climate change, but it seems that there is little substance to the ill-informed hoo-hah. The climate is simply the daily weather…
Headline seen as unfair criticism
[Forum] Your headline “Prime Minister makes a flying visit to the Central Coast but has nothing new to offer, ” (edition 220) is, by inference, unfairly critical of the Prime…
We should support the use of mobility scooters
[Forum] A recent accident at Peninsula Plaza Shopping complex at Woy Woy drew various articles by journalists as to the use of mobility scooters. Comments about a three kilometre per…
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…
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…
Local Planning Panels are self serving
[Forum] Imagine a situation in which a small gaggle of self interested individuals decided to get together to set up a Central Coast Chapter of the Excellence in Planning Committee….
Private or Council certifiers?
[Forum] In response to the article Council will table seven motions at LGA Conference which appeared in edition 214, one Council motion will be that building certification be taken away…
The people will never be silenced
[Forum] I would like to give a hearty congratulations to your newspaper on being independent. As the people have shown, the Liberal and Labour parties are not the only ones who…
Proposed changes in DCP are of serious concern
[Forum] I am deeply perturbed with what I have seen happening in Gosford CBD of late, and the draft Development Control Plan (DCP) exhibited. Issues of concern are: Traffic flow and…
The world’s gone mad
[Forum] After reading some of the newspapers lately, I’ve come to the conclusion that our country is now out of control with stupid political correctness. Is there anything now called…
Wrong place to grow water-hungry crops
[Forum] Call me heartless, but I am afraid that I have very little sympathy for ‘Big Irrigation’, who also steal water by by-passing their meters, who insist on growing water-hungry…
Gosford could become a gridlocked nightmare
[Forum] I would like to echo the sentiments of other writers (Forum; Aug 16) on the need for politicians to respond to the concerns of their electorates, rather than currying…
Bus chaos at Gosford Interchange
[Forum] Never mind the train chaos in Sydney last Saturday, I moved away from the place nearly two decades ago and never looked back, what about the bus chaos at Gosford…
Gosford in the grip of a State Government takeover
Gosford is in the grip of a State Government takeover, so wake up Gosford and voice your opinion now. The State Government is proposing, under the recently released ‘Go Gosford’…
Elected council should retain ultimate control & planning powers
[Forum] The State Government has appointed a team of expert overseers made up of the Government Architect, a Coordinator General, and a re-purposed, but unelected, Central Coast Regional Development Corporation,…