After all of this time I've never had a single name come my way, unless "Useless" is someone's name and I didn't catch on to it at the time. "Useless" came up often, but never a Tom, Dick, or Harriet.
This would appear to be the case because from what I have observed over 36 months is that more often than not our Council works against sustainability. Just when I thought the pinnacle of idiocy had been reached, it is surpassed again and again. How can they be so backward?
The latest example comes from yesterday when I walked out to collect driftwood on our oversized beach to find my rates paying to bulldoze sand into the Tasman Sea. During my photo shoot (see below) the dozer driver came over with an angry look on his face. I greeted him with a handshake and a smile. We were having a nice conversation when the excavator driver walked over to see what we were on about. He joined in our pleasant conversation. They were just nice guys being paid to do a stupid job.
I told them I'd get out of their way, and walked home to scribble out the following Letter to the Editor:
I don’t want to Scrooge anyone’s Christmas, so I’ll keep
this as jolly as possible. How comical is it that our rates are being used to
plow sand into the sea? Tragically comic I’ll admit, but comic nonetheless.
I already know the responses from climate change deniers and
Council rationalists. Yes, this has been done for X years at a cost of Y
dollars. But I’m afraid that is no longer justification for the unsustainable
combustion of carbon-based fuels and the unsustainable rates rises we’re all
forced to pay. Can we please get an inkling of progressive thinking for a
change?
The cost of living is forcing families to downsize. The cost
of medical care has threatened to force our hospital to downsize. Changes in
education funding have forced many Whanganui education providers to downsize.
Why not downsize Castlecliff Beach? Let’s focus on quality rather than
quantity. In the long run it would both save money and cut pollution.
Peace, Estwing
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