Do you know what really cheeses the community off is the same people running the same projects, just every now and then climbing over one another to get a prime job first. I could sit here and name ad finitum power hungry people who probably in their own minds have convinced themselves they are doing a community service; but they ain't fooling most of us at all. All we see are business people who belong to say, Geelong Chamber of Commerce, G21, Committee for Themselves, Geelong, - all making decisions alongside governments,(there are other sources which possibly in some cases be added here) when hey guess what, the ordinary everyday joe is left out of the equation, most of these people would never have had the background many of us have, or if so, have long ago attained a monied position in society, giving them no understanding of how it is in today's grass roots world.
None of the people aforementioned would necessarily have any idea of how we the community subsist, excuse me, exist, yet they push on and force markets up, real estate out of control, infra structure not adequate, etc.etc.Wouldn't it be good if vision played a part in everyday plans for our future as a City and "real people" had the say in what was needed to be done. I firmly believe it would not matter which political party were leading us, the matters would be handled in the same vein, just different team, different guernsey.
Ah well we are all clever in hindsight. What do we think of Fruiterer Frank selling 50% to America. I cringe at the thought that Arnotts Biscuits, Vegemite and other things are not ours any more. If these people really wanted to help us they would be taking the S7 toxic waste poison out of our drinking water, for health and environmental reasons.
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