What a typically cynical media spin by the LCC, to let slip news of the financial disaster which is Launceston Aquatic, literally under the wraps of the Federal budget. Ratepayers should demand that Frank Dixon, who sloped off before the bad news became public, hands back his golden handshake.
If the still-sitting aldermen responsible for this ongoing financial haemorrhage had a shred of self-respect, or any community conscience whatsoever, they would resign forthwith. Gross mismanagement of this kind condemns us ratepayers to decades of needlessly wasted money, while works of an urgent nature, such as the plight of the upper Tamar Estuary, go unfunded. Those responsible however, carry on with their cosy salaries, fees, and careers intact.
In the face of the gross mismanagement displayed here, what makes the LCC think that Federal or State authorities would advance further monies into their care? Ratepayers should remember that these same aldermen spent tens of thousands of ratepayers dollars on legal costs so that they could bully, ridicule and ignore those who have now proven to be much wiser counsel. That counsel urged that a more financially modest proposal, subscribed to by all Councils in the region, would be a more apt and sustainable model. Instead, we have a massive white elephant sitting on the hill, bits of which are already falling apart.
It is such a monumental comedy of errors; I should fall about laughing, except for the fact that I am one of the poor idiots who have to pay for it all.
Swimming with snorkel Launceston
3 comments:
What is the REAL loss? There are rumours that the real loss for the swimming centre is $1million. I’ve forgotten what the budgeted loss was but it wasn’t that. I’m just a ratepayer forking out for all this while the so-called managers receive their inflated salaries. I could go on but later on maybe?
There was a lot of huffing and puffing about the parking problem at the swimming centre. Residents were required to buy parking permits to park outside their home. HORROR HORROR But it has all been a fizzer, no parking problem, zilch impact.
But hang on, why is that? Well it is down to there being too few people attending the swimming centre to cause a parking problem. Apparently the drones at Council have seen and extended the parking time in York St.
It is all a bit strange that they have seen this but haven’t noticed that it was a symptom of the diabolical financial problem at the swimming centre.
This is something that our highly paid bureaucrats SHOULD have seen and a long time ago. It is why they get paid so much!
Did Frank Dixon see this problem? If he did not, then why not? If he did, when did he and then was this anything to do with cutting his contract short?
It is very simple really. Too few people are going to this fancy new aquatic centre.
That is down to a couple of things. Bad marketing and bad management are a part of it.
But most of all this facility cost too few ratepayers far too much. That is simply bad decision making informed by bad advice.
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