by BC Numismatics » Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:51 am
Ray,if you came over here to Wellington,New Zealand,you will find that there is a very poor public transport system.There are far fewer car parks now than 10 years ago.There's a lot of corruption that goes on between the Wellington City Council & some developers,of whom one developer is the Mayor's own husband.There's almost never any public consultation,as the City Council often gives building consent,& saying that they don't need to put it up for public notification.To me,that is downright undemocratic,& that is a shambolic practice that needs to be outlawed.
There is a car park just down the road from where I live.It was sold to a developer,who is planning to stick an ugly block of flats on the site.Recently,the Endowment Fund Board,who administers the finances of my local Anglican parish church have put a proposal before the Vestry (of which I am a member),which includes an option to sell off the car park behind the church if a developer decides to put in an offer.I've expressed my objection,as if the car park is flicked off to a developer,who would more than likely stick an ugly building on the site,it would worsen the car parking problem in the centre of town,& get people pissed off that their car has been given a ticket,towed,or even clamped.I am going to promote my position to the special general meeting of the parish in February,so I am hoping that this blatantly offensive proposal will get shot down in flames,as it were.
Aidan.
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