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…
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Administrator’s comments raise concerns
In CCN374 (Page 21) we read of Council Administrator Rick Hart’s response to the most recent publications of the Greater Cities Commission along with some of Council’s own plans for…
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…
Most don’t want early Council election
I read with interest (in) a story in the December 23 edition the comments by the Labor Member for The Entrance David Mehan, who now has to admit that the…
Praise comes for Gosford Hospital staff under stress
Especially since the advent of COVID-19, our hospitals have been put under a lot of stress. The people who make our hospitals work deserve to be held in high esteem…
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…
Carols in Kibble park a delight
On Christmas Eve, the local community gathered at Kibble Park in Gosford to sing carols by LED candlelight. It was a delightful evening, with the orchestra, choir and organisers doing…
Disbanding AAT a bad move
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The recently announced decision by the Federal Government to disband the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) should be something of concern to every citizen of the country….
Adelene Village staff do a wonderful job
FORUM – As my mobility causes me to sit quietly, watching, but still enjoying the Christmas festivities, I was recently privileged to observe, and marvel, at our Adelene Village Independent…
Reappraising power options
Geoff Robertson and Michael Chamley (CCN 372) responded to my contribution in CCN 371 re the Super Battery proposed for Munmorah. They point out the principal purpose of the battery…
No praise for Council from me
FORUM – I really do get a little sickened when I pick up your paper and read self backslapping by the Central Coast Council Administrator and his CEO; when I…
Super batteries provide stability to power grid
FORUM – Mr Hemmings of Woy Woy (Forum, CCN371) should get out of Woy Woy and take a drive up to San Remo-Doyalson to see for himself the actual situation…
Bad dog owners make blood boil
FORUM: – It makes my blood boil. A lady walked her dog off the lead (wrong) on the no dog beach (wrong) and the dog pooped and she didn’t pick…
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…
Leave the waterfront alone
FORUM – I refer to issue 369 regarding Gosford waterfront plans. According to RDACC we are all suffering from ” waterfront fatigue”. What’s that? It’s the only view of the…
Concern over Umina Beach dune system
Forum: – I am very concerned about Council’s proposed plan to damage the Umina Beach dunes as reported in Coast Community News on November 18. And importantly, the ‘upgrade of…
Urgent call to oppose Toukley boarding house
I am writing to alert all residents of the Toukley area, that another amendment has been lodged with Council for the Development Application (DA) 222/ 2021 for the change of…
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…
Reseal roads instead
Forum – Re: One-man campaign to tackle potholes – It might have been better if the council had resurfaced the road itself rather than just continually fixing potholes waste of…