Where does the buck stop?
Forum – What a confused Council we seem to have on the Central Coast (Vote of no confidence in missing CEO withdrawn; October 16). If Council, like any Board that…
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Financial crisis … nothing another Committee can’t fix
Forum – Can we take Adam Crouch’s word for it that the State Government will neither stump up a $100M loan to provide Central Coast Council with enough cash to…
Roll up, roll up …
Due to recent events I propose a name change from Central Coast Council to Central Coast Circus; the only thing missing is a ringmaster to put them through the hoops….
Solution is simple … keep it local and stop wasting money
When you have an overpaid top level of public servants, leaving the bottom very thin on the ground, that’s where the problem lies. As well as the last Carr Government…
Swallowing the Murdoch Kool Aid
Dr.N.Padmanabhan (October 16); if you don’t like the ABC and prefer Newscorp, I think you’ve swallowed the Murdoch Kool Aid. Look where this particular news source has got the USA:…
Will the Member for Robertson show her love for the ABC?
Forum – A few years ago, the Friends of the ABC had a market stall at the Avoca markets and Lucy Wicks, her husband and friends visited us. She had…
Deal of the century does nothing for local community
While the communities in and around the Vales Point and Eraring Power Stations suffer from unexplained cancers and pollution of our lakes, Sunset International Pty Ltd managers conveniently and suspiciously…
Business runs counter to shared values
Forum – Forgive my fury, but the impotence of Central Coast Council and its planning system, as well as the arrogance of the applicant for a puppy farm in Palm…
No reason why bridge ritual should not continue
Forum – Much has been written and spoken about the controversy concerning the St Hubert’s Island bridge-safety railing or no safety railing is the issue. However, nothing is being written…
Fake traffic studies for development applications?
Forum – Current methods used to measure the impact of new developments on traffic and parking make a mockery of traffic planning. The associated reports could well be described as…
Inconvenient track work
Forum – I’m writing about the inconvenience of train track works from Newcastle interchange to Central. It’s unbelievable to do this work on the long weekend, right in the middle…
Coronavirus prevention more luck than good practice
Forum – After visiting the supermarket in Umina, my casual observations confirmed that we are relying more on luck than good practice when it comes to preventing the spread of…
Speak up for the ABC
Forum – A few years ago the Friends of the ABC had a market stall at the Avoca markets and Lucy Wicks, her husband and friends visited us. She had…
Mangrove Mountain markets moves
Forum – I just want to say thank you to the Coast Community News team for the many years of support in advertising our markets at Mangrove Mountain Hall. As…
Taking David Attenborough’s lead
Forum – I have decided my successful campaign to restore the façade of the Council Chambers in Gosford will not be a one-off event. I am in the process of…
The Case for Planned Retreat
Forum – The erosion of our beaches is distressing. None of us wants to see our beaches disappear or homes collapse into the ocean. But there is nothing new about…
A billion dollars that could be better spent … simple as ABC
The demand from ABC that it needs more funds, that certain programs should not be axed and that we should all rally behind its never ending thirst for more and…
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…
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…