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FRANKSTON Life Community are teaming with council to help collect Christmas gifts for visitors to Frankston Life Community lunch. Unwrapped gifts can be left under the Christmas tree for donation at Frankston Library. A crowd of nearly 600 people are expected to attend the lunch at the Arts Centre on Christmas Day. A team of nearly 150 volunteers will be on hand to help out. Frankston Life Community CEO Pastor Mark Whitby said “Christmas is an important time of the year to think about those less fortunate in our community.” “For many in our community, Christmas isn’t a happy time. The joy of giving, the joy of receiving, and especially the joy of sharing is what being part of a community is all about,” he said. “The Christmas lunches are especially meaningful to the many volunteers who give their time on the day. It is an opportunity to serve members of our community who are often over-
looked by the general population.” Frankston mayor Cr Michael O’Reilly said “Christmas can be a challenging time for those who are doing it tough or who spend Christmas day on their own. Extending your gift giving and celebrations to those less fortunate, is an awesome feeling.” “Just by placing an unwrapped gift under the tree at Frankston Library, you could transform a potentially gift-free Christmas experience into a memorable moment for someone at the Frankston Life Community Christmas Lunch. Adults and the elderly can often be forgotten as being in need of that special Christmas cheer that comes around only once a year. “I encourage everyone to consider adding a little something extra to your shopping list so that your generous contribution can go straight to supporting our local community. Gifts of no more than $20 can placed under the tree until 21 December.
FRANKSTON Council will write to VicRoads to express their “grave concern that a government authority sees fit to grant consent for reserves under its control being used for candidate electoral signage” in the lead up to the 24 November state election. The motion to write the letter was moved as a matter of urgent business by Cr Glenn Aitken at the 19 November meeting. “Council is of the view that government agencies or authorities should be seen as impartial politically,” Cr Aitken said. “There is a member of parliament who has had signage put up in a number of locations that have been brought to my attention by people. These signs, some of them very large, have been located on the verge of roads on public land. I hounded that issue throughout last week and our officers responded quite efficiently by removing a number of them, because I believe that under a normal course of events, council doesn’t allow political advertising to be erected and remain on its areas of governance. I would assume that is the case with VicRoads.” Council resolved earlier in the year to ensure election material was removed from council land. (“Warning given or erection of election signs” The Times, 8/10/18) “What has happened is a very selective process which sees a major government authority unfortunately crossing a political line,” Cr Aitken said. Cr Steve Toms added “I think the community would feel quite sick if cozy little deals between VicRoads and the state government were taking place.” Cr Bolam said “we get approached by many community groups asking to advertise markets, garage sales, advertise charities, and routinely they are more often than not denied those opportunities. Very seldom have I seen any sort of signage on VicRoads land for anything. This has really set a precedent.” The motion was carried unanimously. Brodie Cowburn
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