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Collapse Issue 214 - 04 May 2009Issue 214 - 04 May 2009
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Chamber calls for Ministerial inquiry
Sea rescues on Anzac weekend
Council continues investment defence
Service was well attended
Asbestos removal at seniors' centre
Community group reports activity
Harry Boyle dies
Workshops held for estuary plan
Barbecue raises $1500
Port Douglas holiday
Rotary club is Coast's largest
Red Shield appeal starts
Field day at Patonga Creek
Yachts broke moorings
Further west
Hardware store opens in Umina
Peninsula in the news
Corrections
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Gee whiz! It could come good
Vandalism has become regular
History of Little Theatre
Funds should not have been gambled
Council is kidding itself
Refuse noisy bike track
Conference of conferences
Publicity led to packed house
The people should own a republic
Uranium export is bad news
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Students attend Anzac service
Questacon visits local schools
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Rogers Park oval vandalised
Grant for rugby league equipment
Grant to compete in Greece
Flags taken down
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Comedy in June
Prizes at shows
Politicians visit theatre
Duncan Chalmers at folk club
Show based on local childhood
Season of one-act plays
Big band across the bay
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Free flu vaccine for older residents
Mothers' Day run for cancer
Cafe helps in Morning Tea
Anzac service at hospital
Collapse  BIRTHDAY BIRTHDAY
Peninsula News celebrates 10 years
The origins and purpose of Peninsula News
Newspaper is warranted
Connecting the community
Social responsibility has been demonstrated
An important milestone
Recording the changes
Newspaper fills a niche
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Home show winners
The winners

Council is kidding itself

Moves by Gosford Council to block email and phone calls from "repeat complainers" is an attempt to avoid having to answer insistent questions about public issues.

These questions themselves arise because of a lack of transparency.

Community members come to me because their elected representatives are not worth their salt.

While Council continues to take rates, I will expect it to do what we pay for.

I expect councillors and staff to act in the best interests of the community.

Independent deputy mayor Cr Craig Doyle told me the pipes in Piles Creek death trap could not rust because they were made from a special plastic.

He insisted on that silly position even after I went inside the pipes and photographed the deadly results of almost 15 years of Gosford council's total neglect.

Liberal mayor Chris Holstein has accused me of making several hundred complaints, which he conveniently claims were not valid.

The mayor's defamatory attacks on me on ABC radio show that moves to silence me are based in personal animosity rather than community benefit.

The public good in all this has been ignored, and politicians and management have been in damage control for several years.

Gosford Council is kidding itself if it thinks it can continue to do as it pleases and no one will object.


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