Premier Beattie - there are other options ...
Since July 2005, Mayor Thorley has consistently told the community that there are NO other alternatives for Toowoomba and it had to proceed with her controversial recycled sewage project.
Yesterday, Premier Beattie came to Toowoomba and suddenly Premier Beattie and Mayor Thorley are working on alternatives.
Just to be clear, Mayor Thorley has MISLED the community since July 2005.
Premier Beattie used the visit to try to bash the Federal government, complaining that he was "sick to death at how long a decision was taking".
Maybe if the Mayor had not gone ahead with her ill-conceived plan in the first place, alternatives would have been considered 9 months ago and Toowoomba would be well on the way to solving its water source problems.
Premier Beattie does not care about Toowoomba. If he did, he would never have given support for the recycled sewage proposal.
He cares about votes - he knows the recycled sewage proposal is a vote loser, he has a state election coming up and he's trying to salvage at least some chance of retaining power.
So he's trying to convince Mayor Thorley to consider the alternatives which have always been there and which she has ignored.
It's shameful ...
posted by Concerned Ratepayer at 8:37 AM
4 Comments:
But Beattie has publicily stated that no Queenslander will be drinking recycled sewage. Why is he still backing this project.
Who knows what they both have up their sleeves. They need to be more upfront with Toowoomba residents!
10:30 AM, March 14, 2006
If Beattie comes along with more of the Mayor's tactics, people in Toowoomba will let him know their response at the next election.
12:57 PM, March 14, 2006
It's time for the Mayor and her cronies to resign.
1:57 PM, March 14, 2006
Yep! TCC haven't even considered other options and do not seem to care that they are jeopordising this cities reputation and its economy. Thousands of jobs are at risk in the food industry alone and several, hundreds of millions of dollars worth of projects mooted for this city have been lost!
5:01 PM, March 14, 2006
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