Well, council has done us over...again...or so they think....we've got some nasty little aces up our sleeves yet.
Great day! Long day...fantastic media coverage for us and more tomorrow.
Council moved a motion to start with $13,000,000 of their $24.3 million plan (no outdoor pool - some BS indoor water play crappo thing)...no funds to pay for it; hoping on grants which we know they won't get - how come we know this and they don't? Oh that's right...doesn't matter; they'll just put up our rates to pay for their white elephant anyway...
Council's own engineering department issued a detailed report a few months back stating that the costing for a totally renewed pool site with everything was $2,000,000. Our mayor was on council then...listen to what he says in response to my interview with ABC radio here...sorry for the Aussie accent fellas! Listen hard, you'll understand me I'm sure (and I'm not usually this agro - really I'm not
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Oh! We got a new quote for renewing the pool too! Was submitted to council at the meeting tonight by our pool gurus who know this stuff - $995,000 to bring the 50 metre pool up to olympic standard plus renew toddler pool and have it all operational - council just chucked that aside...they are confirming what we know - they have plans for this piece of real estate as it's pretty valuable...but they deny any plans at all. They are full of it (yes I am angry - that's a good thing for this campaign).
Council in deep water - ABC Gippsland Vic - Australian Broadcasting Corporation