Backlash Ten years ago on January 1, 2008, The Echo’s lead story was Mallam’s supermarket selling to Woolies, marking an historic moment for Mullumbimby. Other news from last decade’s edition include concerns of a raw sewage outfall in the Brunswick River and rural groups wanting Council to halt the urbanisation of Byron hinterlands. Q Q Q Q
Holiday letting was also a hot topic in 2008, and a new hotline was launched by the holiday letting organisation (HLO). The number is still active – those concerned about the behaviour of holidaymakers in your street can call 6626 6888. Q Q Q Q
Christmas time can be a trying time for families. And political party families are not immune to discord either. Backlash hears that the recent Greens Christmas Party went a bit pear shaped after mayor Simon Richardson admonished members for having the temerity to turn up at Council meetings and lobby for their causes. But without defined or available policies on local issues, who can blame them? Q Q Q Q
State MP Tamara Smith was also at the Greens Christmas Party, and was heard to say that the mayor had become institutionalised by working so closely with Council staff. That appears so – is he an elected representative of the community or a tool of management? Q Q Q Q
Congrats to Byron lad Sabri Suby, whose company King Kong was named fastest growing digital marketing agency in Australia. After just three years in business, the company was named 35th on the
Australian Financial Review’s (AFR) Fast Starters List. Q Q Q Q
Main Arm Upper Primary School have won third place for a recycling competition, landing the school $1,000. First prize went to a Gold Coast school, which receives a playground made from recycled beauty products. Organisers from TerraCycle say the Main Arm students diverted 3,100 units of beauty product waste from landfill.
BYRON COMMUNITY MARKETS Sun 7th Jan 8am -3pm Butler St Reserve Featuring live music from: Oka, Guy Kachel, Juzzie Smith and Didgera
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The battle to save an old native Morton Bay Fig tree appears lost in Lennox Head, despite efforts from neighbours and one lone Ballina councillor, Jeff Johnson. It appears insurers spooked Council with unspecified legal threats. Yet with losses come wins; Mullum residents this year saved a similar magnificent specimen on Station Street after Council wanted it removed in an effort to maximise land yield when selling the block.
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Should we believe the fear rhetoric of those who will benefit from massive corporate tax cuts, or those who are qualified with how economies respond to such measures? The latter say cutting tax rates, like in the US, will be a disaster.
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Local organic produce Gourmet deli unique selection of cheese & meat Home made delicious food
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Here’s a wish for 2018 – that all major developments lodged over Christmas have a mandatory extension for an extra month so that there is a reasonable timeframe for the public to digest what monstrosity is about to hit them. Given West Byron’s unknown traffic congestion predictions and management on Ewingsdale Road from their own report, it would seem appropriate.
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