I see that the new Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore is reforming the processes of local government in Sydney to ensure that local residents have a greater say over proposed commercial development in Sydney. These reforms mean that developers wil have to hold special meetings to deal with traffic congestion, public transport, sustainability and public facilities that could go on for the life of a development project.
What an innovative strategy. So different from Adelaide where the official line si that more and more buildings are required, more and more cars are desired and more and more car parks are needed. That equates to economic growth. The residents concerns are sidelined as anti-development.
As you would expect the big developers, who are connected with the Carr state government, are not happy. They fear that the growing number of CDB residents will stymie development opportunities. Residents should not expect suburban amenities in the CBD. Residents should not expect views, trees, carless streets, parks, clean air, friendly public places or good environmental outcomes.
Nope. For the property council the CBD is about business, office towers and shopping. It is not about decent urban spaces for people to interact within.
So we have local government standing in conflict with state government.
Posted by Gary Sauer-Thompson at August 29, 2004 07:32 PM | TrackBackFound this summary of Moore on the web.........................................
Clover Moore (IND)
Member for Bligh in NSW
Independant and gutless unless you are a dead beat bleeding heart, dope smoking dole bludging housing commission resident, Clover (Can't answer letters that contain words with more than 3 letters) Moore local Independant Member for Bligh in NSW has as much guts as inanimate road kill.
On issues that are actually relevant to the wider community, Clover
has taken her lessons from the Mayor of SOUTHPARK. Cleverly enshrining herself in a majority area and dedicated to the nobel causes of saving brain dead aboriginal disabled whales that strand themselves in Surry Hills, she has not an ounce of compassion for the poor schmucks who actually pay their taxes. Clover Moore is Less than ballsy when it comes to dealing with issues that are raised by those who vote in her community that actually pay tax, when you find a good majority of voters, stick to them and hang the consequences for the elctorate, there's more votes from pinko lesbian sole parents ripping off the sytem than there is from the poor dills that earn the money to support the system.