Landing Forum
Page 8 - February 13, 2012 - Coast Community News
Mayor Maher disappoints s a ratepayer of Gosford City and a Central Coast resident for some 40 years, I am disappointed and disgusted at the intemperance of recent remarks on NBN television by Gosford mayor Cr Laurie Maher.
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Those objecting to The Landing are neither “running a smear campaign” nor “misleading people” as claimed. Their comments have been focused on the significant and adverse impact that multi-storey
buildings along the waterfront and protruding
into Brisbane Water and the loss of public open space and views will have on our community and the environment. Inviting people to have their say then denigrating their comments is hypocritical.
Email, 3 Feb 2012 Kevin Armstrong, West Gosford
feel your pain, Laurie Maher; every time you write about the Coast Shelter and the homelessness on the Central Coast, I can only imagine how hard it must be for you every morning; deciding between putting on the black shoes for the Coast Shelter or the white shoes to hock Gosford’s schools, pools, parklands, beaches or our waterfront.
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Landing is bad for local economy ho gave Gosford Council the right to virtually give away public land, in this case, precious water front and parklands, t o money making concerns?
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There is no doubt that an injection of money into the Gosford region would be welcome, but that injection is only short term and ultimately would go to organisations that are located elsewhere. If Gosford has to have this Landing why not purchase the land near Rose Recreational Park off Avoca Drive or
as Marc Alexander of Christchurch NZ said in Coast Community News (Jan 30) there are a lot of seemingly abandoned buildings within the Gosford CBD. As Gosford is built on a
swamp-wet area, why not have a Gold Coast style of development with canals into those abandoned sites? Maybe this won’t happen because the same developers have an interest in those properties and want to keep them and use free public land, thus preserving future potential for their benefit.
Mayor needs to focus on homelessness
Like any ratepayer, the mayor is entitled to his views but is not entitled to use his office to denigrate sincere people who happen, after careful consideration, to express views differing from his personal opinions.
The point of this is that there are options that haven’t been explored. I’m sure there are many more than the two I mentioned above. I, for one, don’t want to see council and big business in partnership to strip Central Coast residents of what belongs to them. Email, 31 Jan 2012 Barry Johnston, Bensville
Put on the black shoes Laurie and walk the path. The black shoes will lead to you education opportunities for the kids, to parklands for families and to developing a housing policy for all. Selling Gosford waterfront is not a housing policy Mr mayor. Don’t be confused between hocking parkland and schools and a housing policy that protects human rights. End the turmoil Laurie.
Letters to the editor should be sent to: Coast Community News PO Box 1056, Gosford 2250 or mail@gosfordnews.org See Page 2 for contribution conditions Put on the black shoes. Email, 8 Feb 2012 Richard Brew, North Avoca
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Public attention needed n behalf of Gosford Waterfront Action Group, we would like to thank you for your front-page article and your coverage of the waterfront issue.
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We really appreciate your effort to bring this issue to
the public’s attention. We are now on the countdown for the public to put in their submissions to the Department of Planning and Infrastructure opposing CCRDC’s submission to
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make the waterfront a State Significant Site. If their submission is approved, the 18ha public land and 33ha of water at the waterfront will become private real estate ready for development. Email, 27 Jan 2012 Peter Carstairs, WAG
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