CAR PARKING: THE BIG QUESTIONS

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Is is a simple question that is quite concerning. Do not ask anyone at Town Hall – elected representative or functionary – as they'll find a whole lot of things more important to do than "answer your #&•!'> inane questions".  BUT SORRY, we're paying, you're representing or doing what our representatives require of you and we need to know if we should still be asking our representative to do the job for longer.

Cutting to the chase, the council has borrowed a whole bunch of money in RATEPAYER'S NAME that ratepayers will have to repay and not necessarily for a purpose they understand or agree with. So, to reiterate given that the council has made the loan, spent the money and sometimes carelessly, and for the dubious benefit of a section of the community:

1. How long is it going to take to pay off these loans? 3,5,7, yrs or the never-never?
2. Who are the beneficiaries of the loan?
3. Who is actually paying these loans off, how are they to do it, when and for how long?

AND do not tell us that "it is all in the budget", clearly set out, etc. etc. because it is not, well not in an accessible way.

Then there're the question to do with:

1. Where is the parking to be located?
2. How accessible will it be?
3. How is parking to be managed in the city and by whom?
4. Who is it being provided for and to what end?
5. How will it help deal with the downward population trend trend?
6. When will ratepayers and residents be included in council discourse?