Forum Farce
‘Growth through imposition’ – you’ve got to be kidding! More like ‘How I gave up my democratic rights and learned to love the dam!’
Up until Sam Bailey’s presentation I was very disappointed with what we were hearing at the so called forum (a public meeting for OPEN discussion) held last Wednesday evening (6 Aug 2008) at Dungog High School. It had been promoted as a chance to hear from and discuss issues with tourism experts and other dam affected communities about making the best of it. Each of the 6 speakers prior to Sam made numerous assumptions and presented various ‘facts’ which left one wondering if they had really thought about who they were talking to – do they really know or care about our situation or were they at the wrong meeting? continue reading » »