Another (un)satisfied customer!
Published 9 months, 2 weeks ago in Where I Live.From the Caulfield/Glen Eira Leader (Feb 19th)
Ratepayers will get their chance
Your article last week once again exposed the incredible arrogance of Glen Eira Council.
Ludicrous claims by Paul Burke, that there will be a net gain of open space by building a $5 million pavilion with dozens of new parking spaces, insult residents.
Apart from Maccabi Junior Football club, the other clubs in the park already have their own pavilions.
These clubs were never shown the $3 million architect-designed residents’ option that amply meets the requests for change rooms and storage, but was better designed at just 46m long.
There has never been any justification for the massive scale of this building.
The pavilion has absorbed all of the available funds tht may have been used to upgrade and landscape the park for decades to come.
The council recently announced it would now take 20 years before necessary work could be carried out in the rest of Glen Eira’s parks.
The concept is totally at odds with the registered plan for Caulfield Park, and the planning permit used by the council does not have a valid signature.
I have great faith in the residents that, with elections later this year, Camden Ward councillors Whiteside, Lipshutz and Robilliard will be told they have failed in every way and cannot be trusted to represent the residents.”
Colin Rawson.
To the above I would like to add Councillors Tang, Esakoff, Ashmor, Staikos, Spaulding, and last but not least, Feldman!! Roll on November, 2008.
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The funny thing is that you (whoever you are) are in the same dog owners association as this Colin Rawson.
Trying to spread out your minimal numbers does not make you anymore influential; it only serves to make you look like the silly person you are.
Get some friends..
Sadly peter, what you fail to realise is that with 40% of Australian households owning a dog, and over 50% owning some form of pet, we have plenty of friends. And if the definition of ’silly’ is demanding equity for the majority of residents in this clowncil, then I will accept this label anytime.
I own a dog and I am not your friend!!
poor dog!!!
Well Peter - who ARE your friends? You sound like a council stooge to me.
But heck, go start your own dog group!
Peter Smith, if we had more “silly” people around like canineclub who works tirelessly for the benefit of animals, we’d have even more benefits to offer our canine friends.
I see you own a dog yourself Peter, and so do I. I don’t take my dog off leash once outside my gate regardless, but I certainly have friends who do. Their well trained larger dogs just need that additional space to run, particularly as they invariably live in the newer three to a block unit, when once a suburban home stood.
Canineclub wouldn’t need you as a friend, because the one focussed interest obvious to the author, is in the welfare of the animal.
It would be absolutely fine that you own a dog and disagree with the views as expressed but to call someone “silly” because you disagree with their viewpoint shows you to be the lesser likeable person. Attack the issue, not the person!
Canineclub works hard in difficult circumstances to promote the interests of animals against those who don’t share those concerns, whether a dog owner or not!. Perhaps Peter you can be smug with the conditions under which your own dog lives but not all animals share the joy of your particular brand of friendship.
I know of one family who has a tiny little dog that is outside alone on a permanent basis but is brushed and bowed up for their children’s birthday party.. As cute a button as one could see, but they don’t want that dog “dirt” in their pristine house.
Canineclub encourages responsible ownership of animals - why shoot the messenger?
hmmm … Peter Smith has something against Colin Rowson. he hangs ‘dogs’ on Colin. is it to do with the Caulfield Park issue? have a look at how much space new building will take up on focp.homestead.com/index.html . better still look at the excavations now. definitely less space for dogs (remember 50m rule!), but also any park users young or old. is it a park or a sport arena?