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‘Long suffering ratepayer’ has raised what appears to be a valid issue regarding the proposed new library and multi level car park. Although the project is only at the proposal stage and Council is seeking funding, presumably the application for funds will be based on the drawings from antarctica architects. These appear to show that [...]

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Is the community aware of the details in the preliminary plans for the proposed new library and multi level car park? It should be noted that no community consultation took place giving us, the ratepayers the option of alternative locations for the library instead of being tacked on to the Corporate Centre. Personally I would [...]

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This is a website about celebrations for Pete Seeger’s Birthday.  We are having a singsong at The Mallacoota Mudbrick Pavilion.  All welcome. http://herringmcfish.wordpress.com/for-petes-sake-sing/ Don Ashby

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All  too often when the East Gippsland Shire Council indicates that it proposes to sell property there is the inevitable and usually ignorant public outcry with the most used phrase something like “you can’t sell that, it is a public asset”. The double headed message in that is that the ratepayers own it and the [...]

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For the past few years the CEO has used ratepayers money to attend Sea Change conferences in exotic holiday resorts, supposedly to deal with the needs of Councils facing infrastructure problem due to the massive relocation of people to the coast as a result of the Sea Change phenomenon. It was reported that CEO, Steve [...]

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Isn’t it time we had an enlightened Prime Minister and Premier from any political party who had some understanding of the real world in which most of us live, and had enough common sense to appoint a Minister for Deregulation. The position would be so important that it should be a Cabinet Minister. This country [...]

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The draft for this article was written on 5th March, but was not published because it was felt that the task of deciding who received money and how much would be very difficult and no matter what decisions were made, would be the subject of criticism, and we didn’t want to add to that. In [...]

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Political posturing and proposed rescue plans for GM and Chrysler are a nonsense. Lets hope that the Rudd Government never gets involved in this sort of political exercise. Private enterprise is just that. Succeed or fail on the basis of your abilities and expertise. Many marginal and out of date Australian small to medium and [...]

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