I congratulate Wodonga mayor Anna Speedie for her comments in regards to lowering speed limits (‘Not sorry for slower speeds’, The Border Mail, April 12).
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If Councillors Danny Lowe and Tim Quilty have problems with reducing speed then they should prioritise time schedules and leave earlier. If you arrive at your destination in one piece that is a good outcome.
I understand that police and emergency services do not want to go to accidents and scrape the remains from the scene, and to then have to inform families of the tragic loss of life because an individual could not drive to the condition of the road or they were bored with sitting behind another motorist going in the same direction.
Cr John Watson perhaps should have been clearer on the opinion of Westmont Aged Care Services. It is felt that our safety is as important as the rest of Baranduda Boulevard and the 60km/h should apply at least to Middle Creek Bridge. Motorists do not take notice now of the 80km/h when approaching Westmont from the 100km/h zone. Let us hope that the outcome views safety first.
Liz Wilson, Baranduda
Pillars of profit
When I was a boy, the Commonwealth Bank and AMP were the bedrocks and beacons of stability, security, and integrity, and the promise of prosperity for all – the pillars of our culture.
Clock towers and money boxes confirmed to us their total integration into our personal psyche and our broader society. Now, I'm shattered. I'm terrified that the next thing you'll tell me is I shouldn't believe anything that David Attenborough says! What is happening to our world?
Michael Elvins, Holbrook
Leave dams in the past
Alarm bells are clanging at the response of the NSW Farmers Association to the news under the heading “No end in sight for drought-hit NSW” published in The Border Mail, April 9.
First is the concern that approvals for low interest loans “..are not slowed down by unnecessary administrative processes.” There are no unnecessary administrative processes. They are all there for good reasons, usually environmental protection. In my experience farmers often forget that.
A spokesman for the association then went on to say that the government (the taxpayer) has to build more infrastructure for the benefit of farmers, and added “including dams”. Dams are a lost cause and a very inappropriate response to climate change. Still water evaporates in high temperatures so open outdoor storage should be minimised, not increased.
Successful farmers will look to 21st century solutions, not the ones that used to work in previous decades before the climate changed.
Graham Parton, Beechworth
Proud not to be PC
I am proudly heterosexual, sorry if that’s not politically correct. But do I push my views down people’s throats? No, I don’t.
I know we live in a democracy and everyone is entitled to their opinion. But frankly, myself and many, many others are tired of reading of the leftist chip on the shoulder of gay advocate, Father Peter MacLeod-Miller and his heavily biased opinions on an almost second daily basis. It's like a broken chip on the shoulder record.