Hi All
Last night we had a win, a win because Yarra Ranges
RatePayers has put this current Council under scrutinee & demanded it
explain itself.
What happened was Council in caretaker mode voted 6
to 3 to not take VCAT to the Victorian Supreme Court and waste possibly
hundreds of thousands of ratepayers money on a frivolous court cases.
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To explain McDonalds want to open an outlet in Tecoma. The
site is permissible and use permissible under the planning scheme. Only the
building required a planning permit. At a Council meeting where a Green rent a
crowd turned up Council voted 9 to 0 to ignore the Yarra Ranges Planning
Scheme and reject the proposal. Of course it went to VCAT, of course VCAT were
scathing in their judgement of course Maccas got their planning permit. Of
course we just wasted thousands on defending Green dogma.
So then what happens is Crs Dunn & Cliff try to bully,
with another rent a crowd intimidating Council, into putting an urgent motion
through the last meeting of Council before the election to commit YRC to
spending money on ideology. Forget governance forget the moral obligation of an
outgoing Council. The Greens were only interested in themselves. All I can say
it thank you to all of you who have been part of this campaign to raise Council
standards and stand up for us the Rate Payers. I can only hope that come next
week we have some balance on Council.
best regards
Comment: Alister is standing for council at the upcoming elections.
2 comments:
I'm a local affected by McDonalds being allowed to build in Tecoma (by VCAT not by Shire) and a RATEPAYER. Who is Alister Osborn? A person who works in Lilydale...not even someone who lives in the Shire. Don't be fooled by his title, President of the Yarra Ranges Ratepayers Group.
Can Jess Brown or anyone else please explain why all the objections to another business starting up and employing young people in Tecoma? What are the main objections about? I'm still none the wiser as I dont live in Tecoma, but there must be some complelling reason why so many residents are against a little more free enterprise?
Are the small coffee shops concerned that McDonalds will get their current customers by staying open longer than they wish so they can emjoy a private life after dark? Are they objecting to the meat they sell in their bergers? or the salt on their fries? Can someone please tell me the reason for all this fuss.
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