Your say: Carss Park pool scorecard raises questions

Major sporting events at the location would be disruptive to the use of a public pool, especially during school carnival season.

The use of the pool by numerous local schools on a regular basis during summer, and winter if heated, would also create significant traffic congestion.

If Jubilee Oval is promoted ahead of Carss Park as the preferred location of the Kogarah War Memorial Olympic swimming pool, then the wealthy sports codes which would benefit most from such improvement should be required to contribute to its building and upkeep, not expect continuing free public handouts.

There is no doubt that a public pool should be located where it would benefit the most residents and schools, not where it is least likely to be used.

Wherever the pool lands, the new pool should retain its original title.

Richard Piech

Sans Souci

I wish to express my dismay at the proposed cuts to the council staff. I, for one, am happy to pay more taxes for services to our community. Private enterprise will only provide services for-profit and not care for those of us that have more costly needs.

The Private sector does not care for the whole community. I would like to see a happy and healthy community that we all benefit from caring for others. Council spends money on festivals, how is it that childcare and the local environment is not as important if not more important?

It is also distressing to learn that some councillors have rejected the outcome of the rate payment survey knowing that the survey will have to be done again at a great cost!

Is this proper economic management or a strategy to win uninformed votes?

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Is it just me, or have others noticed how Jacques Avenue Peakhurst seems to have become the overflow parking destination for the overpopulation of Peakhurst park.

Not only is it now the parking choice of people with additional cars and boats but it also seems to be the holding yard for truck trailers and a storage facility for a skip bin company.

I'm pretty sure storage on a public street for your company business is not acceptable.

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Wanting to put a word of warning for people out there, after recently being booked for picking up a passenger in a small laneway of cronulla mall that there are now cameras on the lookout for such criminal activity. Don't mind the lack of areas to pick people up in the ever popular cronulla mall area, when we have double park rules which basically means any stopping even in a quiet side street to grab a passenger or wait for a car to move is a hefty offence of $268.

Richard Dollington, Woolooware

As a mark of respect I attended the recent State Memorial Service for the Bushfire victims recently.

Whilst there I noticed Georges River councillor Payor also in attendance.

Considering none of Georges River area was burnt during that disaster I was pleased as a Georges River resident that our councilor took the time to also pay their respects for others affected.

Well done to councilor Payor, I may not agree with many things the council does but I can recognise a good deed when I see it.

Whilst I did not notice any other Georges River councilors if they were there I commend them as well.

John Rodger, Kogarah

To make a difference somehow had always been his plan.

The need to help his fellow-men was inherent in this man.

So he joined his local fire brigade----this group always had need

Of help in fighting fires, 'twas a well-known fact indeed.

This commitment he maintained for years, so faithful in his cause.

Always first upon the scene---never one to pause.

Until a different summer came after years and years of drought

And suddenly fires were many and refused to be put out.

So he left his home in Possum Brush and joined his comrades, yet----

They all knew that they may not win against this monstrous threat.

Firemen around the world came forth to help them out

For Australia was in crisis with no rain and years of drought.

For days they battled heat and smoke the like that few had seen.

Smoke so thick they could not breathe, the need for sleep a dream.

Eventually they had a break whilst others took their place,

So he headed back to Possum Brush to see a loving face.

But sometimes fate is hard and cruel, no fairness can be found,

For what was there to greet him but his home burnt to the ground.

So selflessly he'd volunteered to help all those in strife,

Yet his reward was losing all he'd worked for in his life.

We know he's not the only one to suffer such a loss.

Many others gave their all at even greater cost.

But how do humans understand wrong balance in this way?

It shows we aren't the masters of our fate and have no say.

Val David

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