City Heart Flatlined
I WHOLEHEARTEDLY agree with Jim Dickenson in his letter (The Examiner, March 10).
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I, and I am sure along with many others, had no idea the wonderful “admiral’s hat” existing roof of the Mall is going to be replaced.
As Jim Dickenson states: It’s quite a work of art that should be kept and admired.
“I love the mall as it is.”
The Quadrant Mall has been sanitised and become soulless, but of course will stay hygienic for many years.
From what I can see of the Civic Square regarding development, it appears very cluttered and the seats have no upper back support.
Don’t get me onto the university move to the low-lying flood pronbe zone or transition in Inveresk, or my heart will flatline too.
Malcolm Scott, Newstead.
Greens
WHILE THE members of the Greens party are licking their wounds and wondering why they did so poorly in the recent election.
I would suggest that, unlike the rusted on inner city Greens supporters who are insulated from the effects of their “lock everything up” policies, there are many in regional areas who have lost their jobs and seen first hand the negative effects on their towns of the policies of the previous Labor-Greens government.
Despite what they may think there are people who have learned to work with nature to harness our natural resources without destroying everything.
Only when the Greens adopt a more proactive, less confrontational attitude will they regain their popularity.
No-one in a regional area likes to be demonised for doing their job or told what to do by someone in Hobart who has probably never worked in the bush in their life.
Malcolm McCulloch, Pipers River.
A missed opportunity
COGNITIVE dissonance is condemning Launceston to status of a third world city.
It seems nothing has been learnt from 200 years of poor decision making and missed opportunities.
The problems of sewage entering the Tamar estuary could be solved by any primary school student with a few minutes of basic training in the fundamentals of problem solving.
It beggars belief that $95 million is earmarked for the symptoms of the under-performing sewerage network while ignoring the root cause, the inappropriate siting of waste water treatment plants and especially outfalls.
Surely our primary school problem solvers would understand the ramification of effluent release into the upper reaches of an estuary?
Storage tanks in the CBD, a major waste water treatment plants and discharge point within the urban environment with complete disregard for tidal flows and future sea-level rise; what could possibly go wrong?
Did someone mention a sub-tidal campus?
That is the way things have always been done in Lonnie and seemingly always will.
Dr Ian Kidd, West Launceston.
Election advertising
IF advertising would not pay, why would it be done.
Surely, not everyone can be bought, right.
Elections are won and lost by appeals to voters.
My mailbox received seven leaflets from the Liberal Party and two from the ALP.
The street posters seemed to show a similar ration.
The election result was only marginal different.
So advertising pays (at least mostly), otherwise it would not be done.
The best Tasmanian state election was definitely a bought election.
Rudi Thurmer, Newstead.
Thanks for the memories
IN MEMORIAM 2017: David Cassidy, Mary Tyler Moore, John Hurt, Chuck Berry, Roger Moore, Adam West, Glenn Campbell, Jerry Lewis, Tom Petty, Fats Domino, and Jim Nabors.
We say to them, goodbye, farewell, amen and thank you for the memories.
Robert Lee, Summerhill.
Election
ARE we going to have to wait another four years until the next state election campaign, for the Liberal government’s election promises to come forth?
Are we going to hear the blame games again for the next four years, like in the past four years, from this government?
K. Nunn, Newnham.
Ignorant Drivers
THERE were a number of drivers ignoring the road works and speed limit signs on the East Tamar Highway on Friday, March 9.
Then there was the female driver that nearly skittled me as a pedestrian, while turning left from St John Street into Frederick Street – not even indicating - about 2.15pm the same day.
All need to obey the road rules or better still do not drive at all.
K. Nunn. Newnham.
The Glover Prize
I WAS absolutely astonished to see Leo Schofield attending The Glover Prize judges dinner (The Examiner, People and Places, March 9).
I am surprised he deigns to grace us with his presence once more after his “dregs, bogans and third-generation morons” rant in April 2015, where he stated that his experience in Tasmania “was probably the unhappiest episode of my life”.
What on earth is he doing back then and who invited him to this event?
Helen Nicholas, South Launceston.
Self-serve checkouts
SELF-serve checkouts can increase wages and cut prices.
It doesn’t make sense to pay for somebody to scan your groceries, if you can do it yourself.
Leon Cooper, St Leonards.