Latest Reader Comments on Bay Post-Moruya Examiner

• Terry McGee From “A year on: shire mayor reflects | bonus video”
  “We had a lot of people grandstanding – I was probably a part of that too.” Heh heh, I'll say! But good of Liz to recognise that, and publicly. A sign I think that she's growing into the new job. In regard to the heated pool, have we seen firm data yet on: 1) the capital cost of the two proposals (25 and 50metres), 2) what (if anything) we might be forced to lose if we go to the bigger pool, 3) the projected operating costs of the two sizes (heating, staffing, etc) 4) the projected income from the two sizes, 5) the projected maintenance costs of the two sizes 6) what the difference between income and costs means when divided by the number of ratepayers 7) any other information helpful in understanding the issues? We're hearing a lot of noise from what seems a small number of people. But without clear, concise and readily available and digestible information, it's not easy to tell if they are the enlightened ones, or are expecting too much.
• Terry McGee From “Get a sticky beak at a sustainable home”
  Heh heh, we ran into Bay Post Editor, Kerrie, at Paul's house. Small world syndrome! Paul's house had lots of interesting features. And Paul instantly put forward some suggestions on improvements we could make, just given the issues we want to address. We're going to have him round soon to follow up. Also saw Kathryn & Thomas' home in Moruya - again, lots of good ideas that can be done on a budget. Didn't get to the other two houses, but heard great reports from some who did. The moral of the story is inescapable. Making your house more sustainable isn't hard, and brings great benefits. The ultra-conservative right likes to pretend that being green involves returning to the caves. Didn't see any caves today - just nice, warm, well-lit, comfortable houses that are cheaper than average to run. Get smart, go sustainable!
• Terry McGee From “Dunns Creek fire contained: RFS”
  Great work, all. That was a pretty rugged few days for firefighters - hot, dry and with high winds, and a pretty inaccessible area. Interesting to watch the fire-bombing chopper at work. Interesting for us to contrast the professionalism of the local volunteer firefighters dealing with this quite unexpected outburst with the Canberra bushfires that had been known about and approaching for weeks, but suddenly caught the local authorities completely offguard. Living in the western suburb of Holder, we saw and heard no appliances. First official contact was a police car carrying four police that cruised by an hour and a half after the fire went over. When they saw us they stopped and told us we had to evacuate. Yeah, sure. Follow the fire into danger and leave house and workshop to burn? Not this little black duck. By this stage 5 houses had been lost in our street and we had put out a fire in our garden. But the worst was clearly over. So, people. Clearly a wake-up call. We've had a hot wet summer, followed a mild dry winter. Fuel loads are high, and there have been limited opportunities for hazard reductions. Fire has a plan. Do you?