Community let down by former leaders
I spoke at the Joint Regional Planning Panel (JRPP) hearing to determine a development application for the erection of an ATO building on part of the former Gosford Primary School…
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Poppy Park is a war memorial and must be left as such
The recent announcement of a second government office block being built on the former Gosford Public School site signals the absolute failure of the CCRDC intervention to make Gosford a…
Too many NFP Orgs avoiding paying tax
So many organisations are now trading as Not for Profit and avoiding paying tax. Numerous sporting clubs do not pay tax along with Unions, religious organisation and many more. Many…
12 years long enough for cinema debate
I am shocked that this Avoca cinema debacle continues. Surely 12 years is enough for Gosford Council to have made a fair DA decision. The covert and overt campaign against…
Lack of transparency in public land sell-off process is unacceptable
I am writing as a concerned resident of Gosford to register my disapproval regarding the proposed reclassification and sell off of various parcels of our public land. I don’t profess…
From roosters to feather dusters over forced amalgamations
It is great news that so many Liberal and National Party MPs (state and federal) are coming out publicly against Premier Mike Baird’s forced council mergers. Most recently, National MPs…
Letters to mayor ignored
I have written to Gosford’s Mayor several times in relation to the sudden stop to grass cutting in Gosford West with no reply. I have been writing to the Mayor…
Lack of support for enquiry no surprise
The headline ‘Liberals refuse to support call for independent enquiry’ regarding the Mangrove Mountain tip (CCN, Issue 128) was no surprise. That Labor won’t either is also no shock. Unfortunately,…
Pensioner Manifesto proposed
If ever there was a social group for which we need to formulate a protective “log of claims”, it is our many pensioners who live in Robertson. Pensions are essential…
Dementia figures on the increase
New dementia figures for 2016 show more people than ever will be living with the condition this year. In the Gosford state electorate there is estimated to be 1,600 people…
Bus service required at night
Premier Mike Baird, alias the Smiling Assassin, is spending millions but there are hundreds of aged pensioners who live between Point Clare and Gosford who can’t visit relatives or travel…
Job creation rhetoric has changed
Lucy Wicks is at it again (Parliament hears about benefits of ATO building, CCN, Feb 11). This time with subtle differences to adjust the original rhetoric of the ATO scheme….
Significant heritage building reduced to a coffee shop
The School of Arts on the corner of Mann St and Georgiana Tce, Gosford, opened by Sir Henry Parkes, served as a centre of cultural activity and a focus of…
Forum convener warns about independent and reforming candidates
The Central Coast has seen many candidates make clever use of ‘Independent’ and other tags to garner support for their ambitions, according to Politics in the Pub convenor, Mr Norman…
CBD Car parking about to be lost
I refer to the article, ‘Kibbleplex sold but community not trusted with any details’ (CCN Jan 28). Your continuing illuminating reporting of this imminent sale confirms council has absolutely no…
Negotiations undertaken in secret create suspicion
The murky dealings over the Kibbleplex site in Gosford seem to be well matched by the equally obscure negotiations over the China Theme Park site in Warnervale. In both cases,…
EPA has major conflict of interest over landfill
In response to the media release from EPA’s, Mr Adam Gilligan, (CCN Jan 28), entitled ‘Katandra Poultry Farm fined $7,500 by EPA’, it is good to know the EPA is…
Strategy on management of public lands called for
It is with dismay that I am informed that the mayor and councillors of Gosford have collectively passed at least two motions to convert community land to operational land under…
Council Merger process has restricted access
The public consultation on the proposal to merge Gosford and Wyong included three public meetings with two of those meetings to be held at Wyong. The single meeting at Gosford…
Former cinema owner comments on Avoca theatre
I have read with interest your articles (CCN January 14) regarding the Avoca Beach Picture Theatre. My wife and I owned the Kincumber Ritz Cinemas from 1997 to 2007 and…