Issue No 10 | 23 April 1999 | |
NewsCouncil's Hypocrisy Sparks Green Ban Call
Pittwater Council voted to use community land for its own commercial purposes on the same night it slapped a Heritage Order on Labor Council property at Currawong.
The Council Monday night agreed to ignore local residents' concerns to rezone land at Ingleside from "community use" to "operational" to legitimise its operation of a commercial sanitation depot which it had been running illegally for many years. While the deal would net the Council $500,000 per annum, many local residents want the land to be rehabilitated and turned into open park space. "This decision exposes the hypocrisy of a Council that is running out of control," Labor Council secretary Michael Costa said.
"On the one hand, this Council is moving to block a bona fide proposal for Currawong before it's even seen the Development Application, " Mr Costa said. "In the same breath, it is railroading community concern to make money out of land which has been designated for community usage." "While they call on the State government to seize the Labor Council's property and make it part of Kuringai National park, they want to commercially exploit other parts of the same park." Mr Costa said he had contacted residents opposed to the Ingleside re-zoning and offered the union movement's support, including Green Bans if they are needed. He also called on the Department of Local Government to investigate the matter. "Local Councils have an important responsibility; if they can't discharge their duties in an appropriate manner, the state government should step in,' Mr Costa said. Labor Council is due to vote on the Currawong proposal on Thursday May 6
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