Archive for June, 2008
Once more glen eira clowncil runs true to form with its so-called ‘environmental policy’ - See agenda items for July 1st meeting. I won’t bother going through this point by point, but will just make some general observations.
1. Words such as ‘investigate’, ‘encourage’ etc. dominate this poor excuse for policy. Target figures are practically non-existent […]
It appears the Cr. Lipshutz just can’t help himself. First there was the ‘no we didn’t receive the Friends of Caulfield Park submission’ even though it appeared in clowncil minutes and there was a signed receipt issued, and now we have the following howler as reported this week by the Glen Eira Leader. I quote: […]
Ever wondered what these ‘grey ghosts’ get paid as they leap out from behind trees and accost little old ladies walking their dogs on retractable leads that are ‘illegal’ in this clowncil simply because they are more than 1.5m in length? Well a recent job advertisement on clowncil’s website, offered the king’s ransom of $57,000 […]
Election time is definitely looming – what else could explain the amazing ‘pet friendly’ turn around of councillors at tonight’s clowncil meeting. It was positively nauseating to listen to this new found zeal for pets, and seven out of the nine councillors owning up to the fact that they were doggy owners. There were ‘mea […]
I’ve just finished reading version two of clowncil’s Domestic Animal Strategy. Looks like the woeful first effort has hit the dust and clowncil has actually been shamed into toning down its language and adopting a more conciliatory tone. They have also corrected some basic errors that were in the original version such as including staffies […]

