Frankston Council forms rubber stamp committees

Frankston Council forms rubber stamp committees

Keep Asking Until You get a Different Answer

It's quite obvious now that Frankston Council when it set up local area committee's for the purpose of consultation actually set them up so they could get the answer they wanted and get their proposals rubber stamped. Imagine Frankston Council's surprise when a new committee was formed this year in Karingal and 40+ people were present, and that almost the only topic of discussion was the green area at Gretana Cres.

Another meeting was held only a week ago, and once again nearly 40 people were present.

Residents Meet to discuss Gretana Cres 10 Oct 2013 

Not only that, but Council also organised a Local Area meeting last year, and the main topic of discussion then was Gretana Cres! There's actually been meetings in Karingal about this site over a number of years and the residents each meeting have made it clear that they want the area cleaned up and turned back in to publicly accessible green space and recreational area.

Council's response to this has been to let the site become derelict, and refuse to maintain the site. Council of course denys this, but their actions speak louder than any words they say.

Keep Asking Until You get a Different Answer

Since Council isn't getting the answer they want , they are now proposing to ask the whole of Frankston what they want to do with the site. This proposal is to be put to a vote at council next Monday 21st October 2013.  If you don't like the answer keep asking the question until you get a different answer. It seems this is council policy. Why not join us at Frankston council chambers next Monday, so we can find out first hand who it is that supports this insult to Karingal resisdents.

It appears that Frankston council just has no idea how angry Karingal Residents are over the issue, and that there will be repercussions if they continue down this path.