Pathetically poor planning
Forum – As the Federal Government is responsible for COVID-19 quarantine and securing the vaccination supplies that Australia needs, it is very worrying that they seem incapable of either. When…
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Community shouldn’t pay for Council ‘car crash’
Forum – Everyone seems to be blaming the Councillors for the debacle that the Central Coast Council has become. I’m not saying they are blameless but how is it the…
Don’t vote for politically aligned councillors
Forum – I have been following the disaster ridden findings about the amalgamated Central Coast Council with interest. I have only been a resident on the Central Coast for a…
No bowing down to the minorities
Forum – After a very pleasant stroll along the new Terrigal Beach boardwalk, along with many other smiling faces, I was at a loss (as to) what all the objections…
Funding should be based on merit and equity, not political self interest
Forum – Here we go again, following closely on the heels of this Government’s $100M sports rorts fiasco and the Western Sydney airport land purchase for more than 10 times…
Keep the community’s place of memories
Forum – The fully fenced playground at Fisherman’s Wharf Woy Woy includes wonderful play equipment for children and covered picnic facilities. It is a highly valued community asset and should…
Build a new railway station to fix crowded roads
Forum – I am reading with interest the suggestions about places to put further parking in Woy Woy town centre. They all revolve around finding somewhere near the station, which…
Time to put people before economic benefits
Forum – Having a son overseas, who I have not been able to see in person for two years, I am very interested in the situation of stranded Australians. The…
Rate payers subsidising five-star perks
Forum – I agree there seems to be a “nose in the trough culture” within the senior management of Central Coast Council (“In the real-world productivity drives higher salaries”, PP018)….
No more half-baked makeshift planning, please!
Forum – Assuming that it ever gets started on time, the redevelopment of the Ocean Beach/Rawson Roads intersection is going to disrupt traffic through this bottleneck for the next five…
Is latest announcement a good or a bad thing?
Forum – Is the latest announcement by Adam Couch on changes to DA processes a warning sign for us to heed? (“New funding to speed up assessment times for regionally…
Funding should be based on merit and equity, not political self interest
Forum – Here we go again, following closely on the heels of this Government’s $100M sports rorts fiasco and the Western Sydney airport land purchase for more than 10 times…
Administrator accused of sophistry of the highest order
Forum – I would like to respond to the Administrator, Rik Hart’s, suggestion that the rate rise is needed beyond three years. He has accused local political leaders of choosing…
Coast impacted by Covid restrictions unnecessarily
Forum – With the current and, no doubt, future lockdowns for the Greater Sydney region, can the Central Coast’s five State Government representatives push to exclude the Coast from being…
Sensors and blue ink could just solve the shopping trolley problem
Forum – I can’t believe (there will be a) meeting regarding the disposal of shopping trolleys (CCN300). First, on multiple occasions over the years I have (called) supermarkets and their…
Buck-passing over Gosford public wharf is a disgrace
Forum – I applaud the signs that Central Coast Council has recently taken some initiative to remediate the environmental vandalism resulting from illegal mountain bike trail construction in some of…
In the real world, productivity drives higher salaries
Forum – The revelation that Central Coast Council CEO David Farmer earns more than $500,000, none of which is dependent on hitting performance or productivity targets, illustrates one of the…
Ring your bell!
Forum – I would like to say thank you to Liesl Tesch (Member for Gosford) for her article in the Coast Community Pelican Post dated July 1, 2021 “Bike users…
$210,000 per car space … that wasn’t on the leaflets
Forum – Woy Woy commuter car park to cost more than $210,000 per space!!! More than 4 times the recommenced benchmark cost. Based on these figures that is 15 times…
It was always the long term goal to maintain the new rate levels
Forum – The latest in the financial fiasco saga is that Central Coast Council, meaning our Administrator, plans to make the just approved three year rate impost permanent (“Council flags…