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Opinion
TUESDAY 19 April 2016
Your Voice
Mel’s View
Tattooed volunteer finds a home: Briar is so proud of her Dad. Well done Shane, sounds like they couldn't get by without you. Kelly Crichton.
Council - please consider installing a bouncy mat at the Tahuna Beach.
(as has been suggested by an 8 year old girl) Mel Courtney Council Candidate 2016
Well done Shane, absolute amazing man!!! Melanie Hughes.
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New caves found in Mt Owen: How amazing, imagine finding them, it would be so exciting. Shireen Brookman. Maybe that is where that gold is coming from? That nobody seems to be able to find the source. William S. Marlow. Bark fire burns on Sunday: We live in Stoke and smoke has been billowing into our house with doors and windows open. Washing stinks of smoke, house stinks of the smoke. It's 4pm and still billows coming in. Diane Chandler. Yeah, ash blown all over porch and washing. Barbara Hobbs.
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We could smell the smoke in Stoke. Hope it is out, we went indoors because of the smoke. Diane Sutherland. Sport committee a good move: I applaud the forward thinking of our mayor Rachel Reese in wanting to create an arts-orientated
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council committee and an independent sports and recreation-orientated council committee. For too long we have had to listen to Cr Rainey bleating about the amount of money spent on sport and recreational activities v the amount spent on the arts. We have already seen the repercussions from the rush job of "propping up" the arts $$$$ allocation by building a white elephant (almost) at the southern end of the Trafalgar Centre. Good on you Rachel, I am sure the vast majority of our region's people who regularly use the sports and recreational facilities will appreciate no longer having to "compete" with a "them v us" balance sheet. Errol Millar. Fluoride in water: Any “consultation “ by NMDHB about their future decision to dump the industrial waste product fluoride in our water (once National has put the legislation in place) will be a tragicomedy. NM Health has made their position abundantly clear on the issue, and attempted to shut down the debate. As well, they have presented us with flawed studies in support of their position which do not present accurate analysis. National has made a significant political mistake by trying to ram this one down our throats. Dan McGuire Woodburners still an issue: I see weekly views in your paper by 2016 NCC candidate Mel Courtney. Now that it is getting colder, and the majority of our current council-
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editorial@nelsonweekly.co.nz facebook.com/nelsonweekly www.nelsonlive.co.nz lors have voted to continue to ban the installation of NES compliant woodburners, despite the fact that they can be installed in virtually every other part of the country, I would like to know what 'Mel's View' is on woodburners. The ability to use, or install, an NES compliant woodburner in Nelson is an extremely important issue for many residents, for both financial and health reasons, and so it is important that all residents are aware of where all 2016 council candidates stand on this issue. Harry Pearson. Cycle trail shelter stolen: I went through there Saturday March 12th and again Sunday March 27th. It was there first visit and not there the second - thought it had been taken down for winter. Window of theft therefore somewhere between, if that helps. Marg Parfitt. I believe in karma, I hope it hits the ass of these losers so hard. Theft is happening all too often. Trust in people is diminishing. Jojo Sebastian. That is so sad. What is wrong with some people in Nelson? Adrienne Leatham. I despair of a lot of the human race. The groups of worthless people committing these kind of criminal acts are becoming too widespread. I have suitable punishments in mind if they are caught. Alison Holmes.
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