Safety concerns at Lone Pine Plaza
It’s great to see stores and services opening up in Lone Pine Plaza at Umina Beach, however road safety continues to be a concern for those visiting the centre by…
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Let’s all agree It’s Time
Made famous in 1972 by former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, It’s Time is the mantra we need to bring forward into 2024. One of the best-known slogans in Australia’s history,…
Hidden side of greyhound racing
I am writing in response to the recent comments made in Forum by Mr Simmons and Mr DeGuara, both greyhound trainers. If all greyhounds were truly cared for around the…
Think twice when voting
Voters need to think twice about electing the former councillors who were part of the mess that led to their dismissal and replacement with an administrator. Why risk a repetition…
Concerted action needed to stop illicit tobacco sales
Despite my prediction of more tobacco shop fire-bombings on the Central Coast (CCN 453), I was shocked to read in the same edition of a second tobacconist firebombing, this time…
Let’s keep 15 councillors
I was interested to read about the sizes of voter populations in different NSW council areas. Particularly of note was the difference between, for example, Brewarrina and the amalgated Central…
Unfair ballot system
Your recent correspondent raises some concerns about the motives of some of the candidates who have nominated for election to Central Coast Council claiming to be independent as opposed to…
Unfair treatment by Council at Copacabana
In response to the article in CCN452, Removal of (war) memorial divides Copacabana, I wish to clarify key facts of the case. Central Coast Council’s improper decisions against me, as…
Leave greyhound owners in peace
I wish to comment on the front page story in CCN452 – Rally to ban greyhound racing. I find it quite surprising that a dozen so-called passionate protestors can get…
Greyhound march called into question
So, a “massive” crowd of less than 100 marched in Sydney calling on the closure of greyhound racing – and this warrants a front page coverage (Issue 452)? This deluded…
Be careful how you vote
My goodness, there are enough of the power-hungry old guard standing again for Council for it to be of concern. Not only did they lead the Council blindly into huge…
Why take so long?
In issue 452 Coast News features the departure from Central Coast Council of Dr Alice Howe, Director of Environment and Planning. At the conclusion of the article, it says that…
Bouquets to Gosford Hospital
Late in July my husband suffered a severe bladder bleed and went into Gosford Hospital emergency department at about 9pm on a Friday. He spent the next five days under…
Concern for environment lacking from candidates
With a team of 15 to cover every ward across the Central Coast, Lawrie McKinna (CCN Issue 449) detailed his team’s priorities as business, sport, long-term growth, health, infrastructure, tourism…
Get serious about illicit tobacco sales
It was dismaying to read in the Coast News of the tobacco shop fire-bombings on the Peninsula. The tobacco wars were always going to come to the Coast with the…
Pooch with a social conscience
Recently I was sitting in our car with my husband having a coffee when we noticed a dog doing a poo on the grass beside Wagstaffe waterfront. His master cycled…
Vote yes in referendum
As a former mayor of Gosford, I will be voting for the reduced number of councillors, namely nine, at the referendum on September 14 at the local government election. Those…
Council needs to be proactive
Central Coast Council fails to enforce (fine) and/or act on complaints. From illegal parking to rubbish on the kerb side, dogs off leads, illegal building works etc, the Council takes…
Think carefully about who you vote for
A previous councillor was asked at a recent ‘meet the candidate’ meeting why we should vote for him since he was the cause of the council going into administration. The…
Political parties have a place on councils
Those in our community of the view that councils are mainly about dustbins and potholes, and so political parties have little role to play there, need to think again. In…