canineclub

Oh my! How righteous we can be. We’ve had the fun police, now we’ve got the ‘moral police’ attempting to close down the Kittens car wash. What is important is that VCAT’s judgement is not about the MORALITY of scantly dressed buxom beauties titillating their customers - this was clearly stated. The judgement was based on whether a permit is required for ‘advertising’, and a couple of minor things like fences, etc. So we have had this major case going on and on, and councillors leading the charge all in the name of ‘morality’!! Oh please!! Was this case really worth all the time and money that us ratepayers had to fork out? For example council had the following officers attending the VCAT hearing - a lawyer (perhaps a barrister?); John Kiriakidis; John Bordignon, Manager Civic Compliance;Douglas Taylor, Planning Enforcement Officer;Greg Avdoulos, Animal Management Officer; Bruce Graham, Statutory Building Inspector;
• Nicholas Atkinson, Civic Compliance Officer; Frank Magaldi, Assistant Technical Officer; Emma Donnelly, Traffic Engineer. That makes it NINE council employees possibly sitting in a hearing all day - and for what?? The judgement wasn’t that the car wash be closed. It can only be closed if they don’t adhere to the conditions of fixing a fence and removing the advertising!! So how much has this cost us as ratepayers. Morality is expensive isn’t it. Pity it is directed to this petty stuff, rather than ensuring that ‘morality’ also extends to clowncil and its practices.