A Launcestonian with a memory alerts the Concerned Launcestonian Network of another little bit of fine print that is being conveniently suppressed by Town Hall management.
The land title for York Park includes the area of land known as Elizabeth Gardens. These gardens also include a memorial to workers who died at work, and never to return home.
So, it apparently turns out that a piece of land that was gifted by the then Queen – therefore the name – to the Public of Launceston in perpetuity. Far from being mindful of any of this management has, and is now, proposing to regifted it to a State Govt authority with apparently no accountability to the previously gifted public.
And, as it is turning out, the State Govt authority could well 'flog off' this little land to a 'developer' for say a car sales yard, a pub cum bottle shop, or goodness knows what.
Sadly, the 'manager/s' proposing this might well be called a 'blowin' of the kind that appear from elsewhere and disappear to elsewhere carrying away gleaned wealth to be spent elsewhere to add insult to injury.
To top it off, this class of blowin seduces elected representatives that their 'economic rationalism' cuts the mustard. That can only be so for uncritical thinkers without a moral compass. They know the price of many things but sadly not the 'value' of anything.
Being a successful politician is not anything to do making profits. it's actually about making a positive impact on people's lives and delivering dividends – social and cultural dividends.
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