No happiness here

If community objections are ignored and a McDonalds fast food outlet opens in Umina Beach, any produce ordered for the Umina Beach franchise would be offset against reduced orders from Woy Woy, West Gosford and Kincumber, meaning no additional income for any primary producers.

Any kindergarten student could verify that the toys that accompany the Happy Meal (cheapest of the "cheap") are made in China.

No happiness for Australian toy makers here.

Free newspapers, "cheap" meals and a clean dunny are still available at Woy Woy, West Gosford, Kincumber and many other locations for those who desire these services.

Nobody is trying to close the existing outlets.

Ocean Beach Rd, Umina, is clearly an unsuitable location for this development.

The residents of Umina have every right to comment on or protest against planning decisions that impact upon their environment, their quality of life, the socio-economic fabric of their society, traffic congestion, noise pollution, litter, visual pollution from neon signs and the ethics of retailers who target their advertising campaigns at our children.

I hope that Gosford Council will agree that the concerns of a local community carry more weight than then the opinions of non-resident advocates for "cheap" meals.

Email, 12 Jan 2012 Tim Haylor, Umina