Toowoomba Water Supply Task Force in go slow mode ...

Letter to the editor, the Chronicle, 2 November 2006:

More dithering anticipated

PH's article (Toowoomba Chronicle October 26, 2006) has to be read several times to be believed.

After the lengthy water debate in which our illustrious council of the day, mainly through the mayor and the chief engineer, went to incredible lengths to try to convince the people of Toowoomba that there were no other options or alternatives to their mad cap idea of recycling sewerage (sic) water and adding it to the domestic water supply.

The Task Force is calling for water ideas and submissions.

It is hard to believe that Toowoomba's representatives of the Task Force are asking for water ideas when every idea and probably every option known to man were identified during the water debate. This can only be politically motivated.

I say to the Water Minister, the people answered a question and said No in resounding fashion. Prior to the vote every opinion, option and suggestion with regard to Toowoomba's water was aired, argues and discussed.

You have one option that is totally off the agenda and all others remain. Leave politics, bureaucracy and egos out of this Task Force.

You have one option that is totally off the agenda while all others remain. Stop dithering and get on with the job.

JD
Toowoomba

Well said.