Lists of accomplishments show poor understanding of responsibilities
Forum – It’s enlightening now to look back at the lists of accomplishments by our councillors, as they were published only a few weeks ago. Out of all of them,…
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ABC is much needed
Forum It was with much surprise on reading Dr N Padmanabhans’ letter in Forum issue 264, that anyone could be so misinformed in regard to the ABC. This channel is…
Ban political parties from local government positions
Forum – What a disaster our new Central Coast Council has turned out to be, plunging us ratepayers in multimillion dollar debt in only three years, and no light at…
Great Southern Nights comes to the Peninsula
The Peninsula is set to hold three live music events this month as part of the inaugural Great Southern Nights event aimed at boosting local industries. Everglades Country Club will…
Bush stone curlew happy with Council efforts
Forum – With all the negative news re Central Coast Council recently, I would like to thank the groundsmen and Environmental Officer, for all their help in protecting the bush…
Increased theft of rego plates
Peninsula motorists should be vigilant, with Brisbane Water Police noting an increase in the theft of registration plates. Police say offenders use stolen plates to avoid identification when committing serious…
The story of the Southern Cross
Forum – The story on the front page of the last Peninsula News takes me back to the early 1950’s. The St Joseph nuns from the Kincumber Orphanage owned the…
Airport costs could be better spent
Forum – It’s interesting that the NSW Government is pushing ahead with the repeal of the Warnervale Airport (Restrictions) Act that limited flights and the runway length, among other important…
The swamp needs to be drained
Central Coast Council faces termination by the State Government due to money mismanagement. Ah, those were the days of Wyong Council, when we had a movie house built, the Metro…
How big will council’s deficit turn out to be?
Obviously the Council needs to be sacked, especially if in coming weeks people find out the actual debt is closer to $300M than $100M. The true liability amount will be…
What a stitch-up
First the NSW government dissolves the democratically elected and most accessible branch of government to the people of the Central Coast, then both councils are forced into amalgamation through financial…
Where did all the money go?
On the front page of Issue 199 of Community Coast News (16/1/2019), our mayor at the time, Councillor Smith, linked the negligent enforcement of local planning controls with problems identified…
A farrago of incompetence
Events are moving so quickly in relation to the dismissal of Central Coast Council that it is difficult to know where we stand at any particular moment. The Minister has…
The running sore is still running
Forum – In their Notice of Motion regarding the furtherance of the rail maintenance facility at Kangy Angy (Coast Chronicle, p27, Oct 7), Councillors Best, Gale, McLachlan and Marquart state…
Unlikely
In reference to reader K. Woldring’s letter about Lucy Wicks’ professed support for the ABC (Issue 265), it is risible to think that she will actually do so. It is…
An acoustic report of actual noise can be manipulated
Forum – We strongly object to a development application at Palm Grove that seeks retrospective approval for an unauthorised puppy farm. (Coast Chronicle, p8 Oct 7) Since July 2019, neighbours…
The quality of the ABC speaks for itself
Commenting on Dr Padmanabhan’s letter in Issue 264 concerning ABC bias: Yes, it is reasonable to expect our ABC to report in a fair and balanced manner. We need that…
What about council’s directors?
Forum – Blaming Councillors for the financial problems of the Central Coast is not the solution to the problems and is being used as a political football. In any normal…
A Budget of missed opportunity
Forum – Are you able to imagine a new and better society and Australia post COVID-19? One with free education, pre-school to university and TAFE, free childcare, housing for all,…
Tuggerah Station needs a lift
Forum – It’s bad enough that residents in the former Wyong Shire are missing out on things, thanks to amalgamation, but now I have found out that the State Government…