Should a convicted person maintain public housing

The rabid insistence by Ms Foskey and others that her security of tenure is more important than someone else having a roof ofver their head has amazed and dismayed me and Others who choose not to post about it.
I am not party political and in fact voted for MS Foskey – and probably would again – but I maintain she is very wrong on this issue. And in fact is guilty of the green ‘in a perfect world’ view. I hadn’t actually thought of that until just now though.
Yes security of tenure is a nice idea. No we can’t afford it. Yes she is clogging up a house that a desperate family could be living in. Their lives would be changed by her moving out. She would be only minorly disadvantaged by getting a mortgage/paying rent in a suburb a bit further away – just like most of her constituents.
I had stopped posting on this issue because the argument has become very circular. But I still feel strongly that her decision to remain in her home is morally wrong and politically stupid. But I did want to add that the theory that those speaking against her decision are all rabid right wing loonies is far from the truth. I support public housing, and tenure for those with changeable circumestances. But not for the rich.

I’m new to town and haven’t decided where my fealty lies, most presumably because there is a complete lack of CDF in all of the parties at the moment.

I’d probably vote Democrats if Natasha ever came back though, at least she’s not half bad looking on the telly.

Well I for one can inform you that I don’t belong to any political party. I just prefer to sit on the fence and slag them all off.

And the comments on the Greens web site which are even more critical than RiotACT?

Thumper, your comment is so obtuse as to be rendered meaningless. For the record, Eastman retains his tenancy because, as yet, his case has not completed all avenues of appeal, and should he be ultimately found not guilty, he would and should be fully entitled to return to his ‘home’.

As I understand it from a near neighbour of Eastman’s at Jerilderie, while he has been in jail, the property has been tenanted by a variety of people, including refugees from the 2003 fires.

I have to say that the calibre of debate on these issues, with particular reference to the Deb Foskey lynching party, has severely disappointed me and others, some of whom are so amazed at the simplistic sloganeering and vitriolic hatefulness exhibited that they have declined to enter the fray, despite being passionate supporters of Deb’s right to stay put for as long as she likes.

To be honest, much of what I’ve read has the ring of a party-political hatchet job and any non-partisan readers would be well-advised to take the opinions expressed with a grain of salt.

I live near where Eastman used to live…anybody remember his flat number, I’d be more than happy to pass by and check if the place is occupied (without ever going near or talking to occupants of course).

Samuel