Departure should have raised questions
Forum – During the tenure of the Administrator, the Forum page was full of demands that a representative Council be put in place to reflect the will of ratepayers and…
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Amazed at such a massive deficit
Forum – It’s beyond belief how Central Coast Council has amassed such a massive deficit of about $89M in such a short time that they have been in office. (Chronicle,…
Good decisions come from the civil interchange of ideas
Forum – I must protest at the comments made by Councillors McLachlan and Marquart, (Chronicle September 30, page 6) during the debate on Councillor Greenway’s Motion against on-line abuse. Cr…
Parents forced to pay to watch their children play
Forum – Parents of junior rugby league players as far and wide as Doyalson in the north and Umina in the south were charged an admission fee to watch their…
Far north misses out again and again
Forum – Former Wyong Shire residents, especially those who didn’t support the amalgamation delivered to us, can rightfully feel aggrieved by the latest budget blowout to about $89M in the…
Pandemic highlights ridiculous inconsistency
Forum – Over the past few months I have been planning a getaway to Queensland, as I expect many other Peninsula people have been doing. With border closures, it is…
New op shop opens in Woy Woy
A new opportunity shop has opened in Woy Woy in time for National Op Shop Week, September 28 to October 4. Kitch ‘N’ Sink takes over the premises previously used…
Thank you to AI Anon and Alateen
Forum – With much gratitude and absolute support, I read in your September 25 edition, the very moving and generous A simple offer of help from AA. I also want…
Fall in home care package funding?
Forum – With regards to Lucy Wick’s defence of the Morrison Govt’s funding for aged care (CCN 262) and Home Care Packages she should be aware that numerical data is…
Delete ‘cat’, insert ‘dog’
Forum – Good story in the Coast News of October 2. regarding cat control. Delete cat and insert dog. With the increasing people population there is also an increasing dog…
More loutish behaviour
Forum – As a retired secondary teacher of a so-called “elitist” school, I too sadly and wholeheartedly agree with H. Padmanabha’s Forum letter (Oct 2). My husband and I had…
Dead trees a fuse for bushfires
Forum – As we enter the bushfire season Kincumba Mountain is primed and ready to blow. The bike riders have come in with saws and axes removing branches, cutting down…
Bank branch closure a disaster
Forum – I have just received notification that the Woy Woy branch of the ANZ bank will close permanently on November 11. What a disaster. The nearest alternative branches are…
No incident in last three years helped by bridge project
Forum – With the St Hubert’s Island bridge project’s funding through the Urban Congestion Fund, it is very difficult to see how this proposal contributes to “supporting upgrades to the…
Ward councillors missing from splash pool opening
Forum While at the Peninsula Leisure Centre yesterday (September 30), I saw that the official opening of the $1 million splash park was taking place. It was disappointing to see…
‘Safety fence’ is not needed at $900,000
Forum I write to convey my complete disappointment and opposition to the Central Coast Council’s intention to expend the huge amount of $900,000 to prevent a very small number of…
Letters to Local Member not even acknowledged
Forum Am I the only one having problems in gaining a response from Member for Robertson Lucy Wicks to snail or e-mail correspondence? In my last email, I specified the…
Many amalgamation issues would have happened anyway
Forum – Gary Blaschke makes some good points (“Amalgamation has not been a good thing for residents”, CCC208, September 30), but many of his complaints have nothing to do with…
Why are we stalling on COSS?
Forum – The Coastal Open Space System (COSS) is big, comprising around 662 parcels of land, equating to approximately 4,368 hectares or 10793.6 acres. In the Coastal Open Space System…
Less transparency with water rates notices
Forum – Many Central Coast ratepayers may not be aware that Council has “slipped” in a slight change to the water rates and usage notices for all ratepayers. They have…