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The Border Watch : November 1st 2013
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12 COMMENT TEXT YOURVIEW 0427135114 THE new logo, what a joke, reminds me of the program Egg Heads. How much do we pay these people who design stuff that makes no sense? First the new SA logo and now this rubbish. John The new logo looks uninviting and boring like the ugly grey pavers. I hope we haven’t payed a fortune for that logo. Anonymous Totally useless. It says nothing about our region. Anonymous I was so impressed with the new logo I may have to take a valium to curb my excitement. Seriously I’m sure we have enough artistic talent in our schools to come up with something more relevant to our region than that ROBE SAILING Christmas break-ups. Corporate groups. Special occasions. Just for fun. rubbish. Biddie, why don’t you ask some tourists what the logo means to them? My money is on the “I haven’t got a clue response”. Tony Klik The logo is retro and that’s very refl ective of the dominant 1950s socio cultural attitudes ... “if it moves shoot it, if it is green chop it down”. Do I like it? No. But it does point to some sad truths about the people who shape the cultural experience of the region for both our visitors and local residents. Just look at the incredibly ugly street scapes of our major centre. To Debbie Holland. How are people meant to survive when we can’t even get a pay rise to keep up with infl ation? Get your head out of the sand. Adrian Not a “new” idea Mr Bell. Many car dealers in the region already have rego reminder stickers. If people are organised and in control of their VISIT US ONLINE borderwatch.com.au New Limestone Coast regional branding fails to capture imagination The Commercial Street East and Woolworths car park? Aesthetically 1950s. Ugly! Anonymous fi nances, they will know when rego is due and not get a fi ne. Why do people constantly need to be “hand fed”? The majority of us can think for ourselves. Another Liberal incentive? John Marijuana causes schizophrenia, depression, paranoia, stress, murders and yet those people convicted of cultivating get off scot-free. Stuart Why aren’t we harvesting and processing our own seaweed? Lois Empty promise on jobs State Labor falls short of employment pledge PREMIER Jay Weatherill continues to demonstrate a disturbing lack of understanding about South Australian unemployment statistics, especially how they are affecting regional communities. 13m luxury sailing catamaran. 4 cabins, 3 ensuites, full galley. Charters from $99pp. Built for space, comfort and performance. The ocean makes up 71% of the earth’s surface. Get on it! www.robesailing.com.au Ph: 0429 358 557 Email: stay@fayrefi eld.com.au On the same day McCain Foods announced it would close its potato processing plant at Penola, resulting in the loss of at least 59 jobs, I asked Mr Weatherill in parliament about the total number of jobs that have been lost in South Australia in the last four months. Mr Weatherill responded “in trend terms, our economy continues to grow Marinated Chicken Wings $ Terra Rossa Porterhouse $ 21.90kg SUPER SPECIALS 3.50kg Specials effective from 30/10/13 - 05/11/13 Lamb Cutlets Pre Packed BBQ Sausages $6.90kg “Where Quality & Service Matters” SMART DRIVE Honda Drive away a great value Honda $29,990 DRIVEAWAY* AUSTRALIA’S PETROL SUV1 #1 THE SMART BUY CR-V 2WD VTi THE SMART DRIVE PUSH CR-V 4WD VTi-L WITH ADAS Carlin & Gazzard Honda 116-138 Commercial Street East, Mount Gambier 8723 8881 Dealer Excellence Award Winner 2012 Customer Service, Sales, Service and Parts 1Source: VFACTS SUV segment YTD June 2013. *Conditions Apply 12 - The Border Watch, Friday, November 1, 2013 630700 $29.90kg Mighty Burgers 80cea MARGARET STREET MEATS 28 Margaret Street, Mount Gambier Ph 08 8723 2003, Fax 08 8723 2959 Email: terrarossabeef@bigpond.com and jobs continue to grow, so no jobs have been lost. We continue to grow. The state continues to grow in terms of its employment growth (Hansard, 15/10/13)”. Australian Bureau of Statistics data confi rms that in trend terms, South Australia has actually lost 12,000 jobs in the last four months and in seasonally adjusted terms this fi gure is almost 18,000 jobs. Instead of addressing our dire jobs situation, Mr Weatherill simply continues to stick his head in the sand. Many South Australians, including residents in Mount Gambier, are doing it extremely tough at the moment and the premier’s answers in parliament would just be adding salt to their wounds. At the 2010 election, Labor promised to create 100,000 jobs by 2016. This means the Weatherill Labor Government must create over 3300 jobs a month to avoid breaking yet another promise. Labor has only created 67 jobs a month since making this promise - jobs are being created at a rate 50 times slower than the rate promised. Mr Weatherill can’t be trusted to manage the state’s economy, he can’t be trusted to deliver what he promises and he can’t be trusted to manage our state’s future. The people of Mount Gambier deserve a State Government with better priorities to get our state back on track. The only way to ensure we get the change of government our state desperately needs is to vote for local Liberal candidate Troy Bell on March 15 next year. Steven Marshall SA Liberals leader Bike lane creates more potential hazards I HAVE no doubt that bike riding is one of the most popular recreational activities, as pointed out by Sharon Holmes in her recent letter. However, this fact provides no justifi cation whatsoever for installing bike lanes and “no parking” restrictions along a short section of Penola Road. Most recreational bike riding is done on weekends and well away from the short section of Penola Road between the main street and the roundabout. Those who do ride recreationally during the week are invariably up early and well and truly off the road by 7.30am. I am often on that piece of road, or even parked there, between 7am and 8am and have yet to see a cyclist, be they recreational or otherwise. Even if there were bike lanes, I would fully expect most cyclists to still pick an alternate route, particularly at the busiest times, even if there were no parking between 7am and 9am and 4pm and 6pm. Despite this, there might still be the occasional recreational cyclist who wishes to take their chances along this piece of road during a week day. It could be a shift Wednesday, September 25, 2013 Country Press SA Newspaper O ear – 201 0, 201 2 0 1 & 2012 tvwatch CITY’S BUSINESSES CELEBRATED NEWS > PAGE 3 YOUR WEEKLY SEVEN-DAY TV GUIDE On your bik ANGRY: Prominent Mount Gambier businessman Peter Roberts is fl abbergasted the transport department plans to sweep in dedicated bike lanes along Penola Road. Daily parking restrictions will be introduced under the controversial plan. Picture: SANDRA MORELLO Mount Gambier business owner vows to fi ght ‘rush hour’ bicycle lanes sa sandra@tbw.com.au A PROMINENT Mount Gambier businessman has described a plan by the transport department to sweep in bike lanes for four hours a day and parking bans along one of the city’s busiest thoroughfares as “preposterous” and has called for the contentious proposal to be dumped. Under the plan that will radically reconfigure traffic management along the route, no parking bike lanes will be introduced on both sides of the road between 7am and 9am as well as 4pm and 6pm. A painted median strip will also be WEATHER > MOUNT GAMBIER TODAY - A FEW SHOWERS. 18O Would bike lanes ne a nuisance or welcome upgrade for Penola Road? introduced along the gateway into the city centre, which will separate traffi c and provide sheltered right turn lanes. – REPORT PAGE 27 Lashing out at the department’s blueprint for the stretch of Penola Road from Percy Street to Jubilee Highway, Peter Roberts - who owns a car dealership in the area - said the plan was “ludicrous” and would affect a number of businesses, including McDonalds and Hungry Jacks. “This plan is absolutely preposterous,” said Mr Roberts, who claimed BILLY’S > PAGE 10 “These are just bureaucrats who are trying to justify their jobs.” His comments come just three days before public consultation on the controversial traffi c management plan closes. Continued page 4 Concept drawing page 4 COMICS > PAGE 11 CLASSIFIEDS > PAGES 12, 21 & 22 it could close down trade for half a day. SUP SU ERCROSS SET TO ROCK BORDERLINE SPORT > BACK PAGE www.borderwatch.com.au | $1.10 a R o S o n h t e h l and dangerous as Penola Road, and if he turns left or right into Commercial Street, then he is entering on a kamikaze mission. This is all thanks to the new bike lane funnelling him into a death trap. Are the proponents of the bike lanes ready to experience blood on their hands? FLASHBACK: The Border Watch, September 25. worker who gets up in the afternoon, thinking he will go for a recreational bike ride soon after 1pm. However, being bleary eyed, he has overslept and misreads his clock, and it is actually 4pm. After enduring a hair raising experience with dozens of B double trucks coming along Jubilee Highway or Penola Road North, our cyclist enters the new bike lane at the roundabout heading south, at the busiest time of the day. What happens when he gets to the Main Corner? If he proceeds along Bay Road, that is just as busy P c a c p p It is about time our local parliamentarian Don Pegler stood up to the city-centred bureaucrats advocating this illconsidered, unpopular, potentially dangerous proposal. Surely the monies could be saved and directed towards installing lights at the Penola Road/Wireless Road intersection. That way, everybody would be a winner. I think they will fi nd that, bike lanes or no bike lanes, most sensible cyclists would avoid that piece of road at busy times regardless. Let’s face it, there is a time and place for everything, and recreational riding up and down Penola Road, even if it were in designated bike lanes, at the busiest times of the day, is neither the time nor the place. John Kirby, Mount Gambier 625956 632530 621180 618488 INSIDE TODAY
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