Local government reform needed
Forum – Can Mr Crouch please advise at least one legal reform his “Government can make to prevent local government gross mismanagement re-occurring? I’m tired of bleating and finger pointing…
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Peninsula drainage problem near insoluble
Forum – If only the Peninsula drainage problem were as simple to solve as Maggie Bartlett would have us believe (“Just clean the pipes”, PP 009). The fact is that,…
Former Mayor explains rate differences
Forum – Here are some basic facts about rates. On amalgamation in 2016, both Gosford and Wyong Councils had about $60M of residential rate income per year. Your annual residential…
Correction
The photograph used with a Forum post with the headline No Workable Compromise on March 19, 2021, was incorrectly used. The photo used is an insured rider in a competitive…
We don’t need more political propaganda
Forum – I usually ignore the constant political point scoring put out by Senator Deborah O’Neill but for her to criticise the Government which suspended the Mayor and councillors and…
The real regional capital … Tuggerah
Forum – Mark Ellis’s contention that Council meetings should be held in Ourimbah, rather than in Gosford or Wyong (CCN 283) is right in principle but wrong in detail. He…
Council had no vision for the future
Forum – Further to the recent articles posted in CCN283, by Council Administrator, Dick Persson and (sacked CEO) Gary Murphy, it would appear to me that Mr. Persson acted in…
Close and rehabilitate illegal bike trails
Forum – For many years I have walked in our precious Coastal Open Space System, (COSS) which includes many of the ride-lines around the Gosford area. Due to COVID-19, I…
No workable compromise
Forum – As someone with family members who enjoy cycling, I really wanted to find a way for it to work on COSS land, but after research, personal investigation and…
Times have changed and so should we
Forum – While sympathising with Paul Zahra’s obviously heartfelt, if slightly incoherent, attempt to defend the Union flag as part of our national flag, (Chronicle Forum Mar 10 “Great Britain…
Lifting the veil of obfuscation
Forum – So, Gary Murphy wasn’t even there when it happened or, if he was there, nobody told him what was going on or, if anybody mentioned it to him,…
Why doesn’t council make money by redeveloping its own building?
Forum – I write regarding the future of 49 Mann St Gosford (Gosford Council chambers). This building is soundly built, designed by local firm Grenfell Frazer and could easily be…
Council meetings in Ourimbah?
Forum – If this is to remain the Central Coast Council and Gosford is considered to be the capital of the Central Coast by many (Work Cover and taxation buildings,…
Just clean the pipes
Forum – There are only phone numbers to ring on the “yourvoiceourcoast.com/woy-woy-floodplain” site. So, this is my written submission as a resident who does not agree that a “Flood Plain…
Centrelink wait times to double?
Forum – Lucy Wicks’s latest attempt to justify the closing of the Ettalong Centrelink office (PP 008) beggars belief. Is it conceivable that, in two years of searching, Centrelink could…
Why should we pay for the misdeeds of others?
Forum – Despite a whopping 75 per cent of Central Coast ratepayers responding to a Council survey declaring they want no rate rise to pay for catastrophic Council debts not…
Current financial crisis due to a combination of factors
Forum – Just like most aircraft crashes, it is a combination of factors. As a former council employee, I consider the contributory factors for the current financial crisis are as…
Coal, gas and oil are toxic
Forum – Garry Clifford is probably right in asserting that “climate does change and for anyone to say they know why is dishonest”. (Chronicle Forum, Feb 24) I too wonder…
We need more than a picayune tinkering with a system
Forum – Labor and The Greens need to get a life, instead of rabbitting on about the Council merger (Chronicle ps 3,4 5 Mar 3) which is a done deal…
What does legislation repeal mean for residents?
Forum – The State Government’s repeal of the Warnervale Airport (Restrictions) Act 1996 (the WAR Act) has passed in Parliament with the support of Labor. What does this mean for…