Council's last desperate act - expect level 5 water restrictions just before Referendum day ..
It will be the final trick of Mayor Thorley and her Yes campaigners.
Allowing the dams to slip below the 20% level just prior to the Referendum on 29 July.
Council's engineering services head (and currently seconded to run the Yes campaign) Kevin Flanagan indicated as much in today's Chronicle:
"Mr Flanagan reiterated to council that Toowoomba could be on Level 5 water restrictions, which bans outdoor bucketing, by late next month."
See - Chronicle - Preparing for dams drying up.
By going slow on drawing bore water, Council can artificially rundown the dams so that the 20% level is breached just in time for the Referendum, in the hope that this will scare Toowoomba residents into voting Yes.
It will be the final act of a Council desperate to hang on to Mayor Thorley's floundering Water Futures project.
Would you expect anything less from a Council whose senior members are hoping it doesn't rain in Toowoomba between now and 29 July. Where else would you find a city in drought where the Yes campaign openly admit to NOT wanting it to rain. It's shameful ...
posted by Concerned Ratepayer at 2:41 PM
4 Comments:
We are all well aware that there is bore water and they are holding it back. This is disgusting and no city should have to put up with it.
I feel a march of our own coming on and this will be adult to adult.
I would not be Thorley's shoes for quids.
7:27 PM, June 20, 2006
It was interesting to see that Ramia was surprised the the bore was running good clean water, well I think if they got a few more down the people would know that there is water down there and will get us through this drought.
Drill the Artesian bores now!!!!
8:51 PM, June 21, 2006
Toowoomba City Council are not interested in raising the public's awareness of bore water as an alternative - at least not until after 29 July. Everything they do is calculated to try to maximise their chances of winning the referendum. It's all about misinformation and scaring the public. On 29 July, you get a chance to let them know what you think of these tactics.
9:23 PM, June 21, 2006
Talk about not getting any rain
BLOODY
UNREAL
Are we cursed or someting? - time to start asking BOM what the hell is going on! That is not climate change - its just bloody ridiculous!
12:08 AM, June 24, 2006
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