Page 655 - Week 02 - Wednesday, 9 March 2011
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ability to scale up the mowing for times like these. If there was a constant workflow, perhaps doing it in-house would be more economic. However, given that demand for work can fluctuate, outsourcing the work on demand has its advantages. I am not criticising the contractors or the staff at TAMS; what I am critical of is this minister’s inability to prioritise the look and feel of the city and his lack of respect for the residents, business and visitors that take pride in our national capital.
In comments to the Canberra Times on 6 March 2010, Mr Stanhope said:
I cannot recall in the 41 years that I have lived in Canberra the city looking more divinely beautiful than it does at the moment.
This demonstrates just how out of touch the Chief Minister is. He is wrong, and the opinion of people who contact me suggests so too. As I said earlier, I receive much correspondence from residents of Belconnen and elsewhere in Canberra about the mowing program or lack thereof. A resident of Bruce emailed me in March, saying:
The Chief Minister tells us that Canberra is looking divinely beautiful. I have attached some photos showing the divinely beautiful weeds and overgrowth on the park across the road … This little park is a disgrace, as are all of the small parks in this area. It has not been cut since before Christmas, and when it was done it was done so shoddily that it looked disgusting.
A resident of Dunlop said:
Well, once again i am forced to voice my opinions on the shabby state the suburbs of Canberra are in at the moment. Have they just stopped mowing grass???
I ride my bike every afternoon around my suburb of Dunlop and the grass hasn’t been mowed in our suburb for over 2 months at least, while other areas (well seen by motorists and ‘IMPORTANT’ areas) are still being mowed.
The grass is a metre high … and the grass is growing over the foot paths, weeds everywhere … anyone would think we lived out in the sticks.
This is an absolute disgrace … if the ACT Govt stopped wasting money on … stupid eye saws (supposedly art) around the place then maybe priorities like grass mowing and weed control would be funded to happen every month.
A resident of Latham said:
You will be “pleased” to know that the ‘pathway’—
on Southern Cross Drive—
STILL has NOT been mowed and if the paspalum gets any higher we may have to alert our ‘Roadside Assist on our car’ just in case we get lost. Don’t know if the Lady in the GPS unit will understand the problem, but we can only try.
A resident of Macgregor said:
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