The new direction of shopfronts and libraries

I didn’t call anything a “hippie, feel-good social engineering project”.

But bike lanes that no one uses cos they’re too dangerous for everyone involved come to mind when those words are used.

… and how much was spent on the busway plans before the Govt finally realised it was in financial shit?

I think somewhere around $500,000 to $1,000,000 from memory was allocated, over a couple of years, I’m not sure how much was spent. That may have also been for planning on the Gungahlin bus lane, is that still going ahead?

Areaman, how about the money spent trying to gag the coroner?

Wether you agree with that or not, I wouldn’t describe it as a hippie, feel-good social engineering project.

… and how much was spent on the busway plans before the Govt finally realised it was in financial shit?

Areaman, how about the money spent trying to gag the coroner?

Arboretum > Massively reduced, the only money being spent is what they would have had to spend to rehabilitate the land anyway.
Busway > On indefinite hold.
SIEV-X memorial > Cancelled (and I don’t think it was ever going to get ACT gov funding anyway).

So evidently youshould_knowthis, you’re the one who doesn’t know what the fuck they’re talking about.

If you wear the hijab, does that mean you don’t get raped by excessive ACT Govt charges?

If so, even I’ll be getting a veil.

And I meant to say :

“Like a cat presented with uncovered meat outdoors, they can’t help but eat it”

Areaman, while the mayor has had to trim some of his gay projects to demonstrate he can make cuts (to hold on to the AAA status) they’re still costing.

In any case, I was actually suggesting there will be new ones. They can’t help it.

Lots of funds squandered on other unnecessaries though – like getting huffy about Maria Doogan’s coronial comments and the subsequent blow out in legal costs; maybe also the implementation of the Human Rights Act – while I am all for human rights, it seemed fairly wasteful and pointless to spend time and money on it when all ACT legislation can be constitutionally trumped by the Feds . . .

Meanwhile they are cutting services, closing schools etc. I for one would quite like to see the (insert swear-word of choice here) functional review they are basing all these things on. Whatever happened to whistleblowers?!

I have heard the Arboretum is cancelled – but i have also heard it is only reduced from 12 million to 6 million in funding – anyone know for sure?
Also the SIEV-X memorial was not approved.

Last I heard the busway was on hold.

well they have approximately 68 minutes to duke it out before everyone stops caring and starts heading towards their various pubs and beer fridges to quench that well earned thirst. A thirst that could drive someone like me crazy, and that my friends is not a good sight -me running around like a headless chicken because I haven’t had my friday juice of life. (go areaman)

yeah – benchmark my rates against other jurisdictions PLEASE!

Are you f*&^ing kidding areaman?

Arboretum
Busway
SIEV-X memorial

Need I go on……….

that’s just bizarre. dickson is only 4km away from civic, it states. as if that is somehow convenient! so when they close the civic shopfront all those civic workers who currently use it are supposed to make their way to dickson during their lunch hour?!

But, despite the parlous state of govt finances, they’ll still find funds to throw on hippie, feel-good social engineering projects.

Bullshit, what programs?

Benchmarking against other states or places is absolute rubbish!!

The best thing about Canberra for a long time has been the fact that it is better than those other places we benchmark against.

And to say no-one is prepared to pay for it is crap – look at the increases in rates and taxes since Stanhope took over – we pay more every year, our rates are through the roof, and we keep getting less and less for it.

We are being royally screwed……

The bottom line is what all this is about.

The mayor and his cronies will be cutting back on paper clips too, not just services. More local taxes (in the guise of “levies”) and ongoing increases in all charges

There must have been a shit load of lunches and lobbying to retain the AAA credit rating.

But, despite the parlous state of govt finances, they’ll still find funds to throw on hippie, feel-good social engineering projects. They can’t help themselves.

Because the community will want everything. And they don’t want to pay anything for it.

Benchmarking is about making sure that people won’t be better off going somewhere else, not about giving the best service to your clients.

instead of benchmarking against other jurisdictions, why not ask the community in which the facilities reside what they need.

arrogant fucks.