JULY 24 2020 - 6:30AM
[BUT CAN THEY?]
The community continue to seek clarification on the City of Launceston council's acceptance of $10 million in grant funding meant for drought affected communities. [AND IT IS FED BOVIN DUST BY THE SHOVEL FULL JUST LIKE MUSHROOMS]
The $10 million Building Better Regions grant was given to the council for its Creative Precinct development. To be eligible it had to prove the project would be delivered in a drought-affected location. [AND LAUNCESTON WAS NOT IN DROUGHT AND HAS NOT EXPERIENCED DROUGHT BUT IT SEEMS WHAT’S NOT A DROUGHT ANYWHERE ELSE IS A DROUGHT IN THE BASS ELECTORATE ... IS THIS A LICENCE TO TELL PORKIES ON YOUR TAX RETURN???]
The development will transform the Paterson Street car park into a bus exchange and the old Birchalls building will host a creative industries education precinct. [COULD THERE BE ANY KIND OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST HERE???]
However, elected members wiped their hands clean [not really, they are just looking the other way] of the debacle as mayor Albert van Zetten repeatedly stated grant applications were "operational matters", during Thursday's council meeting. [REALLY, REALLY IS THIS WHAT ELECTED MEMBERS DO? IF SO, WHY DO RATEPAYERS BOTHER WITH ELECTIONS???]
"The submission of grant applications are operational matters [WHY WOULD THAT BE AND UPON WHOSE DESK DOES THE BUCK ACTUALLY LAND???] which are not reported to council. [AND WHY NOT????] Council makes many grant applications each year and where they are successful, councillors are advised of the opportunity to accept the funding," he said. [SO, IN GOOD CONCIENCE HOW CAN THIS MONEY BE ACCEPTED IF IT CAN BE CHARACTORISED AS BUREAUCRATIC THEFT ... AND ANYWAY, WHERE WOULD THIS PASS A PUB TEST]
"The full details of the grant application are yet to be publicly announced however, I can confirm that it was not appropriate that there be discussions with the Paterson Street central car park owner in respect to the applications."[NOT IF YOU HAVE BEEN CAUGHT OUT TELLING PORKIES]
A key criteria for the grant was to be included in the Commonwealth's Drought Communities Programme. [ YES THAT IS RIGHT AND LAUNCESTON DID NOT EXPERIENCE DROUGHT] The Tasmanian councils included in that program were Devonport, Break O'Day and Glamorgan Spring Bay. [ AND DID THESE COUNCILS APPLY FOR THIS MONEY?]
One member of the public asked if the council would return the grant funding as it was "unethically and immorally benefiting" despite not experiencing drought. [AND WHERE IS THE ARGUMENT THAT IT WAS MORAL AND ETHICAL TO APPLY???]
Cr van Zetten said the application was made in good faith. [REALLY, REALLY AND YOU WOULD BUY A USED CAR FROM ANYONE WHO TOLD YOU THIS ???]
He said the Australian Bureau of Meteorology data showed, in the 20 months before the council's application in December, a 'severe deficiency' in rainfall for the region. [BUT AS IN ALL THINGS “deficiency'’ IS RELATIVE ... BUT NEVERTHELESS THE BUREAU DID NOT DECLARE A DROUGHT IN BASS BUT, POLITICALLY SPEAKING, A 'severe deficiency'COULD BE A DROUGHT IN BASS]
"According to the bureau, both the 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 year figures show that the kanamaluka river was well below average in terms of flow and were equivalent levels to those recorded during the height of the millennial drought in Tasmania," he said. [NONETHELESS, DID THE BUREAU DECLARE THE REGION AS BEING IN DROUGHT ... THE EVIDENCE SUGGESTS PROBABLY NOT]
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