In recent times the Nambucca Valley has become 'The Mouse that Roared', ie public meetings over policing turned out to be beneficial to all participants.(outstanding currently is the 24-hour police station including lock-up to be situated on the highway).
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We were 'The Mouse that Roared' again over the flying fox Gordon Park situation which made Sydney's print and visual media, and the end result was amendments to legislation. The council needs to stop quacking and get cracking on this.
The bottom line is the residents of Nambucca Valley stood up to be counted publicly, which was acknowledged by both the system and the media not to mention newfound respect/understanding on all sides.
The Sydney Telegraph Editorial 17/3 pointed out a record number of transient candidates will represent political parties on election day including the Cowper electorate. These casual imports are usually long serving party loyalists locked into (body and soul) preserving the longevity of the party they represent. They hardly represent the interests of the new electorate they are alien to.
On election day a significant number of Valley voters will be handed leaflets suggesting votes should go to the party they represent - this should be made illegal.
Is Nambucca Valley to become 'The Mouse That Roared' once again at election time by putting the Valley on the tv monitors and newspapers?
The procedures to do so are simple - abstain from voting in protest against the ever declining standard of political party governance.
On Saturday it is not illegal to enter the polling station to get your name ruled off and do whatever you feel obliged to do with your voting paper (the mind boggles).
The 'Mouse' can roar again on election day by doing one of two things. It is your lawful right to either cross the form with the words 'Protest' and lodge it or simply take it away. This is what so called democracy is all about.
If only 60 per cent of voters in the Valley did this 'The Mouse that Roared' would most certainly gain the wide respect and be lionised by the vast majority of rural Australia who believe enmasse that political parties need a wake-up call.
Are you to leave your grandchildren with a very uncertain future if you choose to do nothing?
How can anything change unless we make it happen!
Mike Moss
Nambucca Heads
