A Background Note: Launceston has a ratepayer who pays rates in various constituencies and is therefore qualified to make comparisons between LCC's performance and rating priorities and their experiences with other councils elsewhere in Australia and the UK.
To quote "Greetings from England, and CONGRATULATIONS! A most commendable submission, and we most fervently trust there is a substantial and meaningful response.
As a matter of interest, in the county of Wiltshire, re-cycling is a big issue: it is let to a private contractor for sale/disposal; many 'free' household re-cycle centres have been set up on the outskirts of towns, in which every conceivable type of waste is collected and sorted; from electronic, green garden, household etc. etc.. ratepayers are most supportive, and a visit to such places has become almost a social event!
However the general drift of your submission is worthy of adaption to a world wide context; I'll not launch into similar situations that could be observed here! Local rates are being kept exactly the same level as last year, in response to central government demands for economies.
Cheers, Susan and Mike "
Launceston ratepayers can only dream of anything like the experiences of their UK sisters and brothers being theirs too!
As a matter of interest, in the county of Wiltshire, re-cycling is a big issue: it is let to a private contractor for sale/disposal; many 'free' household re-cycle centres have been set up on the outskirts of towns, in which every conceivable type of waste is collected and sorted; from electronic, green garden, household etc. etc.. ratepayers are most supportive, and a visit to such places has become almost a social event!
However the general drift of your submission is worthy of adaption to a world wide context; I'll not launch into similar situations that could be observed here! Local rates are being kept exactly the same level as last year, in response to central government demands for economies.
Cheers, Susan and Mike "
Launceston ratepayers can only dream of anything like the experiences of their UK sisters and brothers being theirs too!
1 comment:
Susan & Mike need to be thanked. Not only do they share our experience they have several different situations to compare their Launceston experience with.
However their comments are bound to seen as "inappropriate" which is code for illegal or unacceptable or is it really just unwelcomed.
It looks like it is muzzle the critics if you are on difficult ground.
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