Trumping hot air myth
WHEN Trump gets into the top job in the USA and starts to question where all the money goes, there will be some big panics from the global warming advocates.
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They will probably be asked for proof for what they say is the impending disaster that will come from global warming.
Then the dirty stuff will hit the fan, because there is no scientific proof.
The next step will be that Trump will cut off the funding for the monoliths created for this bogus cult.
Then there will be massive savings for the USA, and for Australians.
The world won’t end, our climate won’t change, and with a bit more CO2 in the air we will even get a bit more rain. Wow!
Des Goonan
Wagga
Derailing trail debate
I FEEL compelled to once again use this column to express my strong feelings against the push for a rail trail in Wagga, based on a few issues which have appeared in The Daily Advertiser recently.
First of all is the clever use of the rail trail committee to name Brad Kahlefeldt as their ambassador.
There is no doubt Brad is an exceptional athlete but I wonder if the committee has given him all of the facts on the impact the rail trail would have on people that live on the farms along the proposed trail.
As I recently mentioned in my previous letter, I really do not know why the supporters of the trail believe that with its construction, all of the Wagga “couch potatoes” will miraculously become inspired to use it.
Secondly, after the tragic drowning of Peter Abd-El-Kaddous at Wagga Beach recently, the mayor of Wagga announced he could not support the appointment of a lifeguard at the beach.
It seems we cannot afford a lifeguard over summer to protect lives, but the mayor has offered his support to the rail trail by indicating his willingness to commit council funds to the project.
It would be interesting to see a comparison of the people who use the Wagga Beach to the number of people who will use the rail trail.
On the day I am writing this letter, it is 32 degrees in Wagga and I wonder how many people would be using the proposed rail trail on a day like this.
Michael Marien
Wagga
Change is a comin’
THE Shooters, Fisher and Farmers Party are going to introduce a bill in the upper house early in 2017 for a plebiscite asking residents if they are in favour of forced mergers in their community.
Shooters NSW MP Robert Borsak said: “The mergers have caused a situation in the bush where jobs are lost, community services are lost and people have lost contact with local councillors”.
Our former democratically elected mayor, Abb McAlister, said 93 per cent of Gundagai locals didn’t want to merge with any other council and wanted our council to stand alone.
I believe Abb is a little out with his figures because, from what I have seen and heard, the locals opposed to forced mergers would be closer to 99.8 per cent.
And I note that our administrator, Christine Ferguson, without any consultation whatsoever with the townspeople, has given the green light for Gundagai to become a “refugee welcome centre”.
This is sheer arrogance on her part.
But then again, this is typical of the Baird dictatorship.
My advice to Ms Ferguson is that she needn’t worry too much about welcoming refugees to Gundagai, or anyone else for that matter. Because, when the legislation is passed, it will spell the beginning of the end for the unwanted council mergers and its administrators.