A Pratt's fuss over fences

But I agree with the rest of it 🙂

Sorry Big Al but I’m having a pedantic one.

Geographic schmeographic – isn’t the centre of a city (the one referred to by signs on a highway that say Canberra 252) considered the GPO?. By that definition, I’d say Kambah would be outer.

Firstly, let me raise an objection to the term ” …the outer suburb of Kambah” Woden is the cities geographic centre, and besides, from my Kambah balcony you can see a hell of a lot of suburban sprawl stretching south from where I live. Now that I’ve got that off my chest, let me say that so far Urban Services (or whoever is responsible for keeping grass down) has done a great job out our way. The guys regularly come and slash the grass behind our place and along the laneway next to us (probably three or four times since the start of spring last year). If I was still concerned about fuel loads then the responsibility to do something about it should be entirely mine.

I think that the Pratt has just lost touch with reality – being in opposition is a doddle really – spending your days churning out coulda, shoulda, woulda press releases in the full knowledge that your not actually expected to live up to any of it. I bet those fundamentalist pricks that held him hostage released him ‘cause they just couldn’t stand the prick any longer.

I livede in Melbourne after Ash Wednesday, and the govt put a real effort into public education. I still remember the ads on tv about what to do if you were caught in a fire in your car, the value of wrapping in wool blankets, and staying in your house while the fire passes over, then running out to the most burnt patch of ground (if you can’t get out earlier).
The ACT govt has been a bit slack I think. Perhaps if they’d thrown resources at fire fighting/SES and grass maintenance in the years since the fires people wouldn’t be SO angry about the failures in the lead-up to the fires. they will look really stupid if any sort of suburban fire happens again.

Wouldn’t they be Yimby C***s ssanta? 🙂

If id’ been his Pr adviser I would have suggested he actually put something positive or proactive in the letter as well – eg 5 tips for residents on better fences/how far to mow if you’re doing it yourself, a number to call if their grass is really high etc. I don’t think this stunt will earn many votes, cos it isn’t offering the residents anything, just scaring them, and he openly admits he hasn’t been able to do anything about the problem.

i can see his point. until urban infill occurred i had never mown fields in front of my place. grass regularly grew and was NEVER mown.

i called urban services and was fobbed off. wrote a letter and was fobbed off.

one day a guy was delivering something and said ‘i used to live around here when i was a kid, we used to come down and light fires over there’.

i wish id known who the bloke with the urban cowherd i see around lake ginninderra was, i would have encouraged him to drove his herd my way.

Swaggie,

Sprayseed. No mower required!

Pratt lost the plot months ago. If he’s so concerned I’m sure he could put his time to better use by getting out and doing some mowing himself on behalf of his constituents.

Mael,

I have a few of those sunflowers in my gutters. Thankyou mr plastic bird feedering NIMBY C**t.