Narooma News letters | Sept. 7

Updated September 8 2016 - 10:35am, first published 9:18am

Crowning achievement

As the current term for Eurobodalla Shire councillors comes to an end it seems opportune to sit back and reflect on the past four years of the outgoing group. Sure we got a rates increase in excess of 20 per cent over three years and we now are the proud owners of the ageing Batemans Bay Bowling Club to name a few, but the crowning achievement of the current group of councillors rarely gets mentioned. The ban on the sale of ‘soft drinks’ at all council-owned and run facilities throughout the shire. This has to be the ‘Holy Grail’ of this group. Yes the Eurobodalla Shire commenced social engineering and now we are regulated by a council policy telling us what we can and can’t drink at council owned or run facilities. Picture this, Australia Day celebrations in the Eurobodalla. One can eat as many cream cakes, pies, sausages and lamingtons as on desires…nice I say. Then one can wash it all down with some nice wine, or perhaps a few cold beers or indeed a cup of tea with multiple teaspoons of sugar…excellent. But don’t think about asking or bringing a can of lemonade for the kids a can of ‘diet Coke’ if you are diabetic. Sorry, not allowed in this shire…not in the Eurobodalla. That folks was the crowning achievement of the current group of councillors. Maybe it’s time for nine newbies this Saturday.

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