REMEMBER the old joke?
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How do you know if the plane that has just landed at Moruya Airport is full of local business people?
The engines have stopped but the whining continues.
These columns reverberate with the constant whining of business people blaming council for their own failings.
A recurrent theme is how council’s policies are driving down property values, particularly in relation to that “more progressive shire, Shoalhaven”.
These claims have been debunked by data from several authorities but the whining continues.
Now Lucy Macken (Domain, SMH) reports that Eurobodalla property values have grown 8.2 per cent in the past six months, compared to Ulladulla’s 2.9 per cent.
Domain also predicts that both will rise another 5 per cent in the year ahead.
The sky wasn’t falling, after all.
Cut the whining, guys, and face the inevitable.
If people aren’t flocking to buy your products, you’re selling the wrong products, or you’re selling them in the wrong place.
I make flutes for Irish music, and I haven’t sold one in the Eurobodalla in the eight years I’ve lived here.
Do I blame council for that?
No, I export them to where they will sell; mostly America, as it turns out.
Constant droning about council and its policies can only bring down consumer confidence, not increase it.
And if it’s a ploy to soften up the electorate for a business party takeover next election, it ain’t working.
Australians don’t like whingers, so think laterally, not negatively.
Terry McGee
Malua Bay