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Letters Sat down to read <strong>The</strong> <strong>Echo</strong> this morning. Ple<strong>as</strong>ant surprise. A rare week without a self-serving letter from F<strong>as</strong>t Buck$. <strong>The</strong>re is a God. Love <strong>Byron</strong>. Moved here five years ago. Love it. Not all of it but nowhere else I would rather be. Don’t understand the constant moaning and bitching in letters to <strong>The</strong> <strong>Echo</strong>, given the many gifts of living here. Don’t understand F<strong>as</strong>t Buck$ at all. He isn’t funny or eccentric, he’s just a negative pest. Loves playing the crowd with populist inanities. Rarely even a hint of a better idea. What’s with the nom de plume, Mr Buck$? Makes you look furtive and silly to me, not even remotely intriguing. Anyway, back to hypocrisy. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Echo</strong> seems to be promoting a code of selective compliance when it comes to building approvals and non-compliant structures. 59 Shirley Street holiday letting by stealth. Shame, shame, plus, they’re from Melbourne! Shame, shame! (I actually agree this is unacceptable.) ‘Hinterland’ properties just a few kilometres away, initially developed <strong>as</strong> single residences continued from page 13 that love is best expressed through abuse? Join Suicide Club Earth: no rush, one at a time ple<strong>as</strong>e, starting at the equator. Alternatively, you can help make g<strong>as</strong>-fired power less attractive to investors by reducing daytime peak electricity demand by investing in solar power. In doing so you help reduce the price of solar power too! Sapoty Brook Mullumbimby Circus fun I had a marvellous time at Spaghetti Circus’s show l<strong>as</strong>t weekend. <strong>The</strong> talents, abilities and ‘have a go’ attitude of the performers made for a brilliant show. – open slather. Ple<strong>as</strong>e just don’t kill anyone with faulty wiring or dodgy plumbing! After all, these are long-standing, noisy locals offering praiseworthy ‘affordable’ accommodation (even if they make money from rent, just like any other landlord) so they are ‘special’ and why should their unapproved buildings be forced to comply with Council requirements? Who knows, some might even commit the mortal sin of attracting and renting to awful ‘holiday makers’. Quelle horreur! What a load of self-serving cobblers! Come on, guys – I just built here – the building codes are not especially unre<strong>as</strong>onable and are trying to work for the greater good. We surely can’t condone two sets of rules, simply to suit a few noisy hypocrites. Ian Gow New Brighton Contrary to what w<strong>as</strong> printed in l<strong>as</strong>t week’s <strong>Echo</strong> on page 1, the Council at its meeting on December 1 did not quite vote to ‘e<strong>as</strong>e off on unauthorised dwellings in the hinterland and concentrate instead on unap- In these ‘plug me in’ times, it is a great treat to see kids having fun, using their bodies and channelling their energies. Congratulations to Leonie and the team for nearly 20 years of providing the opportunity to learn and perform circus skills to our very fortunate children. Of course, kids being kids, there’s always the chance some of them will run away to join a troupe of travelling accountants. We’d better watch out for that. Jen Jacobs Mullumbimby In his likeness I’m an atheist but I needed to write this to the churches and to the politicians who make the laws that we’re expected to live proved holiday letting’, nor w<strong>as</strong> the vote 7–1. What actually happened w<strong>as</strong> that Cr Tabart had a motion in the agenda ordering staff to desist from enforcing rural unauthorised rural dwellings until the state government solves the affordable housing problem. However the minutes of the meeting show that he never formally moved it, ie it never came up for debate. What happened instead w<strong>as</strong> that Cr Richardson, seconded by Cr Cameron, moved to change Council’s compliance priorities, by taking unapproved dwelling out of the ‘very high priority’ category. Where it w<strong>as</strong> to be put w<strong>as</strong> not specified. Picture then if you will our beloved compliance officer David Murray arriving at your front door with a search warrant. Indignantly you splutter that according to <strong>The</strong> <strong>Echo</strong> he shouldn’t be doing this. At which point he breaks into a silly grin and says, ‘Oh we’re not doing this out of any kind of high priority type motive, only out of, you know, a medium kind of priority’, upon which he barges onto your property, with knowing smirks from his henchmen. In by because I think they should wake up to themselves. If god made the earth and all of its creatures surely god can’t discriminate against the marriage of gay people. Aren’t we all made in his likeness, his children, his creation? Hannah Grace Ocean Shores Hoppers not copters Inadvertently the <strong>Byron</strong> <strong>Shire</strong> Chemical Free Landcare Group which h<strong>as</strong> been working on the dunes south of the Brunswick Heads SLS Club for the p<strong>as</strong>t one and half years failed to get a mention in the Dunecare Week credits. <strong>The</strong>se volunteers came about in response to aerial spraying and the use of chemicals which precluded many from taking an Get <strong>Echo</strong> news daily: www.echonetdaily.net.au Dwelling compliance and the potential existence of God other words, business <strong>as</strong> usual, sorry to say. <strong>The</strong> other part of Cr Richardson’s ill-conceived notion w<strong>as</strong> that action against holiday lets ‘be continued’ and be put in the ‘very high priority’ category for 2012. What the twats forgot is that the 2011 priorities program already gave holiday letting a special urgent mention – and the staff did absolutely nothing. To complete this schemozzle we had the inevitable contribution from the mayor that Council solve one <strong>as</strong>pect of the problem by writing a letter to the government. Some landlords can’t afford safety and environmental upgrades on their accommodation, so Jan’s brilliant idea w<strong>as</strong> that the state government offer them interestfree loans. Mmm, I can just see it now: a conservative government gives money to hippies in the hills so that they might undertake their illegal activities more responsibly. Bewdy Jan. <strong>The</strong> vote for this camel of a resolution w<strong>as</strong> in fact 8–3. Cr Tucker, faithful exponent of unfettered holiday letting, voted against, <strong>as</strong> did (surprise, surprise) Cr Diane Woods and active role in dunecare work. We now have a working b<strong>as</strong>e of over 30 members who take part in fortnightly working bees. This regular participation h<strong>as</strong> been augmented by secondary school cl<strong>as</strong>ses and land management trainees. We would like to thank our sponsors the Mullumbimby Community Garden Inc, the BSC, NRCMA, and the organic farmers (banan<strong>as</strong> etc) for their ongoing support and encouragement. Special thanks to our patron Rose Wanchap, handson lantanaist, scientist Ellen White, and professional bush regenerator Nadia De Sousa for sharing their knowledge, expertise and infectious enthusi<strong>as</strong>m. continued on page 18. Markets policy letters overleaf. good ole shit-on-the-liver Patrick Morrisey, who daily reveals his resemblance to one Ian Kingston. PS: <strong>The</strong> dog Mitchell died l<strong>as</strong>t week of cancer, a few days www.aquaconstruction.com.au sales@aquaconstruction.com.au 0417 683 815 Member of ECIA & Water Effi ciency Operator: WEO43073 after Council unanimously voted to revoke the original order declaring him dangerous. At le<strong>as</strong>t they got that right. F<strong>as</strong>t Buck$ Coorabell WATER PRESSURE CLEANING SOLUTIONS ‘Maximise Your Property Value’ Same Day Service Driveways from $75 Call today for your free quote www.echo.net.au <strong>The</strong> <strong>Byron</strong> <strong>Shire</strong> <strong>Echo</strong> December 13, 2011 15 SALE NOW ON! Notice Of Planning Assessment Commission Public Meeting Proposed Cultural Events Site at Yelgun <strong>The</strong> proposed concept plan and stages 1 and 2 project applications for the cultural events site at Yelgun have been referred to the Planning Assessment Commission for determination, under the terms of the Minister’s delegation. For this proposal the Commission comprises Emeritus Professor Kevin Sproats (chair) and Ms Gabrielle Kibble AO. <strong>The</strong> applications and <strong>as</strong>sociated documents, including the Department of Planning and Infr<strong>as</strong>tructure’s <strong>as</strong>sessment report and recommendation, are publicly available on the Department’s website and via the Commission website www.pac.nsw.gov.au Due to the level of public interest in the project, the Commission will be meeting to hear submitter’s views on the Department’s <strong>as</strong>sessment report and recommendation, prior to determining the project. <strong>The</strong> Commission meeting will be open to the public and scheduled to commence at 9:00am, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 at the <strong>Byron</strong> Bay Community Centre, 69 Jonson Street, <strong>Byron</strong> Bay, and continue if required. Those who wish to comment on the Department’s recommendation can register to speak at the Commission Meeting by contacting Mrs Paula Poon before 4:00pm Friday, 20 January 2012. Enquiries: Paula Poon (02) 9383 2101 NSW Planning Assessment Commission GPO Box 3415 Sydney NSW 2001 Email: paula.poon@planning.nsw.gov.au Ple<strong>as</strong>e note that all documents provided to the Commission are public documents and may be made publicly available on the Commission’s website, unless you have clearly indicated that you do not wish your submission to be made public. For submissions made by individuals, the individual’s personal contact details, other than their name, will be removed from the submission before it is published. 809816v2
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