October 24, 2014: Your readers may not be aware that Councillor Milton Leslight is one of the ERA councillors who fought on behalf of residents for the abandonment of the toxic LEP, and removal of the equally toxic bio-certification land trading scheme, promoted by the Greens and blindly adopted by non-ERA councillors.
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He is the only councillor so far to stand up against council’s proposed 25 per cent rate rise.
For those living in low-lying areas around Mummuga Lake in Dalmeny, he is the only councillor who has taken up the fight to repeal the interim sea-level rise policy and to replace it with a sensible policy that does not decimate the value of coastal property or further damage the Eurobodalla’s economy.
As if the mayor has not done enough to trade off community land rights in order to gain the Greens vote in council, we are now told that he has removed Cr Leslight as chairman of the Coastal Management Advisory Committee and replaced him with a Greens councillor.
The 6000 affected ratepayers will be ecstatic to learn that the Greens now have control of the advisory body that will guide the final sea-level rise policy and coastal management plan.
With the Greens calling the shots, and the mayor requesting 55 coastal councils in NSW to adopt his latest sea-level rise report before it was placed on public exhibition, there is no chance that council will take a realistic approach to the sea-level rise issue.
Our only hope is for Shoalhaven City Council to reject the latest joint sea-level rise report in recognition of the damage it could do to its economy, or for the state government to stop shirking its responsibility in relation to sea-level rise policy development.
Ian Hitchcock, Dalmeny