How would you answer this email?

I thought I would share with you a recent email I recieved- Its not unlike mail I have had in the past- yet it's a quandry. I was curious to watch the show that inspired the email and I was not surprised at all- It just about describes some of the areas in Shoalhaven. Equity was one of the reasons I joined the Greens and that mean equity in all areas not just the human dominated one. i did put together a reply for the author and like many replies I have written languishs in the draft box for it seems futuile to respond - leave me a comment and tell me what you think

Amanda.......

Email recieved 5 October 2011 sent to all Councillors, Local Members and Some Chamber of Commerce people.


I suspect many of you were too busy or unmotivated to partake of “Four Corners” tonight. It was the best commentary and lesson for the politicians and corporate thieves that I have seen in the last ten years and demonstrated the pitiful performances of governance and empathy that has had me screaming at the television set for the last 12 years since leaving corporate life myself and watched the demise of our manufacturing industries and employment in Australia.

 But...... I wonder if you are all capable of understanding what you are seeing Listen carefully to the “Words from the Mouths of Babes” & “the man that lost his $800 a month job” in Leicester and now  brings up 3 children on $200 per month as his job was lost offshore ( probably to Eastern Europe – our equivalent to Asia).
 The statistics that are presented as graffiti on the brick walls throughout the show are quite staggering and you should take special note of these if you watch the rerun............ if you missed it.

 Overall it presents a frightening picture and don’t be blasé about it as you will find comparisons related to issues ( albeit of a lesser nature) fermenting in our paradise brought about by extreme unemployment ( especially in the area where we want to resolve the problem by putting in a 24 hr police station).. What a resolution.
This Four Corners presentation addresses the problems and if you listen carefully you should get an answer –get them jobs – not youth or student allowances... give them opportunities to take pride in their work and themselves –it’s not rocket science—it worked for 200 years before the do-gooders came along

This four tiered economy of ours, with its focus on mining, mining and more mining  is leading us down the same path as what you will see in this episode.......... so I suggest that the “Top of the Tree” starts to wake up and realises that if the bottom of the tree is starving and rotting the top of the tree comes crashing down

What does that mean to the South Coast, Gilmore and our beautiful Shoalhaven?
 If Sydney gets a cold we get pneumonia...

 We have to liberalise our LEP, Expand and upgrade  our hospitality standards  to attract higher financially endowed tourism as well as our current emphasis on Family Tourism, expand our thinking beyond JB because its at saturation capacity, get those marinas going in JB & especially Ulladulla to develop diving and deep sea fishing industries,
Sink a few navy wrecks ( not just one)  in key locations adjacent to our struggling coastal villages. By expanding and upgrading our tourism we will also increase fringe service industries and increase turnover and jobs  in existing businesses-----
I know you all keep saying these things but for gods sake do something about it before its too late ............again
Don’t be frightened to take the hard decisions now and build a couple of 6-8-10 storey hotels in key tourist positions ( with views for a change).
The Ulladulla Civic Centre should be a JV with a major hotel group and encompass a 200 hundred hotel overlooking the harbour with a  convention (civic) centre, library and tourism centre incorporated in it...
.Can you all handle that???????
 Then when your done with that build the marina ( or do both at once) –wow what a feature that would be????/
You keep talking about creating jobs and a future for our youngsters –here’s one start in the underprivileged and cash starved Southern Shoalhaven that would turn it’s economy upside down....
 Not only that we have top TAFE facilities turning out excellent chefs, waiters, administrators etc and then they have to go away to work?????????????
Are you all frightened that Ulladulla with a beautiful harbour, marina and smashing accommodation would become the NICE or MONACO of NSW or Australia----what a fantastic thought???????????
Think of the fringe benefits for all locations in the Shoalhaven –Nowra may need a domestic air terminal to handle the traffic –wow.......... more jobs.......heliport at Ulladulla........more jobs.........Marina.....stacks of jobs...........

 Tough One Amanda????

 Let’s get something going for a change---talk is cheap---and it’s only money.......what the hell Have a good day