Former school site has a confusing history
The school site was originally three parcels of land: the Police pound and Sergeant’s residence in the middle, the School of Arts site taken over by the school when it…
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Pot calls the kettle black over candidate selection process
I wish to respond to the article ‘ALP candidate selection undemocratic’ in Coast Community News Issue 153, published on March 9. As a former ALP candidate for the NSW Seat…
Concerns remain over future of former school site
I, along with many others, remain concerned about the future of the land around the old Gosford School site and the threat of it being sold off for private profit….
Community event was not for neutral voters
On March 12, I attended the community event organised by Liesl Tesch and the Labor Party. I attended thinking it was a community event. There must be very strong Labor…
Library decision doesn’t inspire confidence
The decision to construct a regional library in Gosford is typical of the 20th-century thinking of the Council which hasn’t yet come to grips with new technologies and with changing…
Produce the money and the boats
Lest anyone is tempted to laugh at yet another proposal for a fast ferry service from Ettalong to Sydney, I think it is worthwhile pointing out that all of the…
Class divide alive and well
Is it not strange that a judge, who, I believe, never works weekends and earns thousands of dollars per week, made a ruling that low-paid workers working on a Sunday…
No apparent benefits
Where’s our plebiscite Gladys? We at Mannering Park Progress would like to express our dismay at the latest ad hoc council amalgamation farce that now confronts this State. Wyong Council…
Airport does not serve community
Central Coast Council’s secret Warnervale Airport Development Opportunities Feasibility Study asked “whether the current land use best serves the community as is, or should such a valuable asset be limited…
Still time to save Kangy Angy
It is not too late to change the Kangy Angy Train maintenance site to a different location. Since the changes in the Wyong (now Central Coast) Council, the Warnervale site…
“World class” proposal needs the release of more details
In the latest “world-class” billion dollar waterfront proposal announced for Gosford and surrounding areas including Point Clare and Ettalong, which Central Coast Council Administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, released this month,…
Delays in finalising Council accounts raises red flags
After reading the disturbing article, “Accurate Finalisation of Gosford Accounts Crucial” in Coast Community News, it beggars belief that the communities of the former Gosford Council area could think that…
The great unwashed dubious about waterfront proposal
I refer to the Billion Dollar Waterfront Proposal, (Coast Community News, February 23) when I say that the Lazarus-like, ill-fated Landing scheme, has been resurrected from its well-deserved grave and…
Harris accused of backflip over Government offices
Former Prime Minister, Mr Paul Keating, said of one of his many adversaries “he has more front than Mark Foys”. On that criteria, Labor’s spokesperson for the Central Coast, Mr…
Community group extremely disappointed over Council’s court loss
Well, it looks like we’ve lost our cosy, homely little movie theatre at Avoca Beach. It’s heading off in a new direction, soon to boast four screens, a café, a…
Don’t re-elect Gosford councillors
The long promised and awaited regional library for Gosford still has not progressed passed the draft concept or design stage. This just shows why we need to put a broom…
School funding cut claims denied
It was obvious in the last Coast Community News that while much of the publication highlighted positive local news and achievements, Labor was too busy peddling its latest scare campaign….
Vision for new Council unlikely to be met
Mr David Abrahams’ letter on the upcoming Council election (“Future councillor’s role will be more demanding than ever”, Coast Community News, 27/1/17) is a vision of perfection that is likely…
Kathy Smith has left her mark
I attended a Cancer Council Consumer Advocacy Training Workshop at Erina in November 2006. Among the participants was a lady named Kathy Smith, and during the workshop, Kathy spoke about…
Walk to the station is extremely difficult
After the welcome showers, it is now extremely difficult to walk to the railway station between Matthew Pde and Collard Rd, on Brisbane Water Drive, Point Clare. As one side…