The playground horse has bolted
Re: the front page story on the Tamworth Regional Playground (Northern Daily Leader, August 20).
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As quoted by councillors it would mean accepting a lower standard of behaviour in the community if we fence off the $2.2m playground.
It is painfully obvious that there is a “lower standard of behaviour” by lower standard humans, they exist in communities.
By not erecting a boundary fence around that area these people who perpetrate the offences will continue doing so undetected.
The $65,000 (an excessive expenditure, as usual) fence will have to be erected to eradicate these offences -sadly it will detract from the “look” of the park/playground! But what other options - the CCTV measures are not 100 per cent efficient - the offences will camouflage their identities and elude conviction.
The TRC’s intellect to erect the playground wasn’t looking to these future incidents – “the horse has bolted”, so to speak.
You create the problem, now you must find the solution to stop this invasion of felons.
Greg Daly
Limbri
Waiting for a reply from Barnaby
About two weeks before the election I wrote to Barnaby Joyce about my concerns in relation to the Productivity Commission preliminary findings that threaten the Australian book industry and the livelihoods of authors.
I wanted to know where Mr Joyce stood on this matter prior to the election, so reeasoned that writing an actual letter (rather than an email) might give weight to my concerns.
However, I am astounded that more than 2 months later I still have no reply, despite Mr Joyce’s office acknowledging receipt of the letter and assurances that, when I rang this week, “it’s awaiting signature”.
We provide our MPs the resources to communicate with their constituents, and it seems unacceptable to me that a relatively straightforward query to my local member can’t be handled more considerately – it makes you feel there’s nobody listening.
James Vicars
Armidale
Triple treat on stage at Capitol Theatre
On the opening night of the latest Tamworth Dramatic Society presentation “Watch Us Play” I joined the other members of the audience in being enthralled by three short plays performed by excellent casts.
The highlight for me was the tastefully done nude scene in the second play.
No one should miss this outstanding event at our own Capitol Theatre.
Bill Warburton
Tamworth
Traffic solutions
Re: the Calala access route. Is that all? Try and live where I live. Yes! That bit between Calala exit and Greg Norman Drive.
The Clalala residents can get squeezed in there any time and at peak times. It’s worse again as they come across the nightmare roundabout linking with the highway. Why not use the existing Calala Lane as is and widen it to four lanes?
The space is there and you can finally extend the culverting on the length to reduce the flooding of the roadway now.
You can do two at once. No stupid roundabouts, and lights at the Campbell Rd and Osprey Way. Harrier Parade can pick up the traffic from the eastern side of Osprey, where it now rejoins the lane. Replace that roundabout at the Calala, Goonoo Goonoo schemozzle with proper lights and replace the centre. If you want something in the middle for no reason put a statue of the imbecile who planned it there as a monument for the local pigeons.