Where is the cost-benefit analysis on a desal plant?
Forum – The last thing that we need is a desalination plant as the centrepiece of our water-management strategy (CCN 279). Such an installation would involve a huge capital cost,…
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Who’s mowing the path from Davistown to Kincumber?
Forum – I have written numerous emails to Central Coast Council regarding the sudden stoppage of mowing the grass on the water side of the pathway that stretches from Davistown…
New thinking needed
Forum – The three musketeers riding to our (Council) rescue assuage ratepayers by claiming they have a collective 100 years of experience. But that’s just a number. I’ve had 72…
You get the local government you deserve
Forum – The letters in the Chronicle are full of finger pointing about the predicament of the Council and many suggestions as to who should pay for the financial debacle,…
Dumped shopping trolleys could be a source of revenue
Forum – I, too, have noticed the increased proliferation of dumped shopping trolleys on the Central Coast (Chronicle Forum, Jan 20 “Dumping of supermarket trolleys ignored”). This is particularly in…
I’ll weed the median strips if Council won’t
Forum – I am appalled by the overgrown weeds on the roundabouts and median strips in the local area. The complete lack of attention to these areas is woeful. The…
Club controls millions of dollars of land that they didn’t pay a cent for
Forum – The Wyong Race Club’s mischievous response (Chronicle Feb 3 p7) to the claims of unethical conduct in seizing land for their exclusive use is yet again a demonstration…
Still more questions than answers over Council debt
Forum – I really like the job the Chronicle has been doing in reporting the Central Coast Council rate rise. The letter by Alan Hayes (Chronicle Forum, p15 Feb 10)…
What guarantee do ratepayers have?
Forum – So, we are bailing the Council out and providing the nominated 10 or 15 percent rate increase. Did we have a choice? It defies common sense that poor…
Letter should have been headed: “Increased rates due to Council incompetence”
Forum – It was extremely disappointing to read the letter dated January 13 to ratepayers from Acting CEO of Central Coast Council, Rik Hart. The heading “Securing Your Future” has…
Let’s get back to basics
Forum – Isn’t it about time that we all spoke plainly and removed the political correctness from our society? The majority of people I have spoken to over the past…
Give residents back some power
Forum – So we are to have a referendum on only two issues at the next Council elections in September. One to ask us if we (should) reduce councillors who…
A blueprint for LG political reform?
Forum – If there is to be a revamping of the Central Coast electoral system (CCN, February 5). there are four important considerations. First, if we are going to have…
Keep the Coast nuclear free
Forum – I am passionately in favour of retaining Gosford’s nuclear free zone status. No one who I have engaged with, in person or on social media, is in favour…
I will not pay a rate rise and I encourage other ratepayers to do likewise
Forum – I have received the letter from Central Coast Council, signed by Acting CEO Rik Hart, proffering excuses as to why ratepayers are responsible for bailing out Council’s current…
Carers retreat extends its care to wombats
Central Coast Carers Retreat extends its care to wombats. Coordinated by Central Coast Local Health District’s Carer Support Unit (CSU), the retreat recently housed Southern Tablelands couple, Beth and George…
Can rates burden be shared by renters and non-residents?
Forum – I have written to Central Coast Council about its intention to increase the rates as a result of their mismanagement of budgets and associated cover-ups until recently. An…
We might be more accepting of rates rise … if we got the truth
Forum – An open letter to Central Coast Council Acting CEO Rik Hart. I refer to your letter of January 13 concerning a possible increase in Council rates. It appears…
Termination payment ridiculously high
Forum – I read in disbelief the explanation by the Central Coast Council Administrator given for the $380,000 termination payment to the former Chief Executive Officer, Gary Murphy. (Chronicle p4…
Ratepayers should only pay for what they use
Forum – I refer to letters from Evan Deas and Joy Cooper about the Council’s bankruptcy matters in Central Coast News, January 15. These reveal there is both lack of…