Comments for Janet Mays http://www.janetmays.com/wp Running for local council in the Blue Mountains 2008 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:15:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 Comment on Leash Free Dog Petition Reaches 600 Signatures by admin http://www.janetmays.com/wp/leash-free-dog-petition-reaches-600-signatures/#comment-74 admin Tue, 06 May 2008 09:50:56 +0000 http://www.janetmays.com/wp/leash-free-dog-petition-reaches-600-signatures/#comment-74 Hello Ann Thank you for your comment and for airing these important issues. As the owner of 3 cats and 2 dogs, I totally agree with your concerns regarding this draft management plan. I will be submitting my comments to Council this week and urge others to do the same. Could you please send me your email address via my email info@janetmays.com, so that we can further correspond on this matter. Regards Janet Hello Ann

Thank you for your comment and for airing these important issues. As the owner of 3 cats and 2 dogs, I totally agree with your concerns regarding this draft management plan.

I will be submitting my comments to Council this week and urge others to do the same.

Could you please send me your email address via my email info@janetmays.com, so that we can further correspond on this matter.

Regards

Janet

]]> Comment on Leash Free Dog Petition Reaches 600 Signatures by Ann Lenehan http://www.janetmays.com/wp/leash-free-dog-petition-reaches-600-signatures/#comment-73 Ann Lenehan Tue, 06 May 2008 06:37:21 +0000 http://www.janetmays.com/wp/leash-free-dog-petition-reaches-600-signatures/#comment-73 Dear Janet, I am writing to you concerning the "Draft Companion Animals Management Plan (cats and dogs) 2008 - 2011" BMCC. There are a couple of concerns in this document pp4, 5, 9, 14. P4 last para. ...... - Dogs found in prohibited places such as child care centres,children's play areas, food preparation and consumption areas (unless in a road reserve)public bathing areas and parks / recreational areas so indicated as prohibiting dogs...... Firstly can we have a definition of 'road reserve'?? This is the beginning of eradicating the family dog/s from having a coffee/cuppa up the shops when you take it for a lead controlled walk and meet friend/s for a drink. It has become an ever increasingly popular habit for people in Springwood to sit outside on the footpath and have a cuppa with the dog/s sitting quietly next to them. p4 Secondly does this mean that we can not take our dog (on lead) to the park with the children while they play, or to watch them at their local sports fixtures, or to places such as Wenty Lake in the summer when the family goes for a dip. Fair enough they aren't leash free zones but where do we get to take the dog on a family picnic or the aforementioned activities when it is on a lead and under supervised control on lead?????????????????? p5 '.....not adversely impact on neighbours and in public places.' What does this statement mean? The open interpretation can be as wide or narrow as takes the personal bias of the council employee dealing with such matters. The BMCC has not shown a particularly positive bias in favour of dogs with many many issues to date. Why would dog owners think that they will show one with the definition of 'adversely'????????? p9 ' The mere presence of cats and dogs....." Come on, I have bushland at the rear of my house and have never smelt or seen foxes in the area. Although I have seen echidnas, snakes, wallabies etc and I have 3 dogs. What about the rubbish dumps with the domestic garbage....... wouldn't they pose more of a threat to native flora and fauna by encouraging the presence of foxes and vermin??? p14(prohibits)'In or within 10 metres........' Can no longer walk down Macquarie St Springwood, Hawkesbury Rd or Ellison Rd near the school and many other areas I am sure........ This can't surely be a serious consideration. Although I do unfortunately fear it is. p14(prohibits) 'Recreation and........'again as outlined above on the p4 comments. I hope that you will, if not already, obtain a copy of this document and give serious consideration to these matters. There may be more concerns that you will pick up on when you peruse the doc. I will be raising these concerns in my comment to the BMCC but thought that you would have more influence and eloquence on behalf of the speechless cats and dogs of the Blue Mountains. "Blue" being the operative word when it comes to being a cat or dog or owner of same in this council area. It is also in contrast to '...responsible pet ownership....being encouraged...' when you are becoming so restricted in where and when you can take you dog for exercise, play, socialisation eetc etc Thank you for your time. Regards, Ann J Lenehan Dear Janet,
I am writing to you concerning the “Draft Companion Animals Management Plan (cats and dogs) 2008 - 2011″ BMCC.
There are a couple of concerns in this document pp4, 5, 9, 14.
P4 last para.
…… - Dogs found in prohibited places such as child care centres,children’s play areas, food preparation and consumption areas (unless in a road reserve)public bathing areas and parks / recreational areas so indicated as prohibiting dogs……

Firstly can we have a definition of ‘road reserve’?? This is the beginning of eradicating the family dog/s from having a coffee/cuppa up the shops when you take it for a lead controlled walk and meet friend/s for a drink. It has become an ever increasingly popular habit for people in Springwood to sit outside on the footpath and have a cuppa with the dog/s sitting quietly next to them.
p4 Secondly does this mean that we can not take our dog (on lead) to the park with the children while they play, or to watch them at their local sports fixtures, or to places such as Wenty Lake in the summer when the family goes for a dip. Fair enough they aren’t leash free zones but where do we get to take the dog on a family picnic or the aforementioned activities when it is on a lead and under supervised control on lead??????????????????
p5 ‘…..not adversely impact on neighbours and in public places.’ What does this statement mean? The open interpretation can be as wide or narrow as takes the personal bias of the council employee dealing with such matters. The BMCC has not shown a particularly positive bias in favour of dogs with many many issues to date. Why would dog owners think that they will show one with the definition of ‘adversely’?????????
p9 ‘ The mere presence of cats and dogs…..” Come on, I have bushland at the rear of my house and have never smelt or seen foxes in the area. Although I have seen echidnas, snakes, wallabies etc and I have 3 dogs. What about the rubbish dumps with the domestic garbage……. wouldn’t they pose more of a threat to native flora and fauna by encouraging the presence of foxes and vermin???
p14(prohibits)’In or within 10 metres……..’ Can no longer walk down Macquarie St Springwood, Hawkesbury Rd or Ellison Rd near the school
and many other areas I am sure…….. This can’t surely be a serious consideration. Although I do unfortunately fear it is.
p14(prohibits) ‘Recreation and……..’again as outlined above on the p4 comments.

I hope that you will, if not already, obtain a copy of this document and give serious consideration to these matters. There may be more concerns that you will pick up on when you peruse the doc. I will be raising these concerns in my comment to the BMCC but thought that you would have more influence and eloquence on behalf of the speechless cats and dogs of the Blue Mountains. “Blue” being the operative word when it comes to being a cat or dog or owner of same in this council area. It is also in contrast to ‘…responsible pet ownership….being encouraged…’ when you are becoming so restricted in where and when you can take you dog for exercise, play, socialisation eetc etc

Thank you for your time.

Regards,
Ann J Lenehan

]]> Comment on Media Release - Leura Dog Owners Seek Equity by admin http://www.janetmays.com/wp/leura-dog-owners-seek-equity/#comment-64 admin Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:23:47 +0000 http://www.janetmays.com/wp/leura-dog-owners-seek-equity/#comment-64 Thanks for the feedback! Janet Thanks for the feedback! Janet

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]]> Comment on Losing Our Identity by admin http://www.janetmays.com/wp/losing-our-identity/#comment-30 admin Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:46:21 +0000 http://www.janetmays.com/wp/losing-our-identity/#comment-30 Bravo Michael! You have summed the situation up beautifully. Now we need to get the Council you describe and shape our identity once and for all. Janet Bravo Michael! You have summed the situation up beautifully. Now we need to get the Council you describe and shape our identity once and for all.

Janet

]]> Comment on Losing Our Identity by Michael Burge http://www.janetmays.com/wp/losing-our-identity/#comment-29 Michael Burge Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:33:43 +0000 http://www.janetmays.com/wp/losing-our-identity/#comment-29 I think this issue of Blue Mountains identity is a great one to debate from the perspective of what benefits an identity might give residents (or not). Janet is right - we are getting seen as the city, but not in every way. Why, for example, must we in the Upper Mountains pay long distance phone rates to Sydney when according to most government departments we are Sydney ? Most funding bodies see The Blue Mountains as Greater Western Sydney and not as a separate NSW Region, meaning we get lumped-into a larger, more competitive zone than we need be when seeking support for independent ventures and projects (to supplement our incomes in an what most see as an employment-starved "outer suburb"). Services for locals in cities like Orange and Bathurst are better all-round because they have their own identities as places at a distance to Sydney, they can access regional funding, and they are so far away they just expect to pay long distance to phone the city. Imagine placing The Blue Mountains another 2 hour's drive away from Sydney - in an instant we'd have Harris Farm, ALDI, new release movies, Myer AND all our "other" businesses of local flavour. Perhaps we'd have no Leura Mall or Carrington, no "Faded Honeymoon Capital" atmosphere, no visitors, no commuters and a struggling country town mentality? I'd like to see us make better, more efficient use of the identity we have, through a Council which has enough balls to make a misguided development like The Edge negotiate fairly with the owners of The Savoy Cinema (an empty shell of a building in the heart of Katooma with a landfall high enough to house an IMAX screen) instead of building a monstrosity on the GWH attached to an empty crumbling Italianate Convent school. Those two buildings sum up the debate for me - two identities slammed together, never to suit or complement. If we could marry develpment with our unique identity I would not care about paying long distance rates to call the city. Could we re-invent the concept of "identity" by NOT copying the model of a city, or a country town, or anything else. Heck even Blaxland has an identity now, and all it took was a few strategically placed date palms to distract us from all the empty shops, which are now all full and thriving ! My choice for Lawson would be avenues of Jacarandas either side of the highway - word has it you can grow them there. Now that would be identity .... I think this issue of Blue Mountains identity is a great one to debate from the perspective of what benefits an identity might give residents (or not). Janet is right - we are getting seen as the city, but not in every way. Why, for example, must we in the Upper Mountains pay long distance phone rates to Sydney when according to most government departments we are Sydney ? Most funding bodies see The Blue Mountains as Greater Western Sydney and not as a separate NSW Region, meaning we get lumped-into a larger, more competitive zone than we need be when seeking support for independent ventures and projects (to supplement our incomes in an what most see as an employment-starved “outer suburb”). Services for locals in cities like Orange and Bathurst are better all-round because they have their own identities as places at a distance to Sydney, they can access regional funding, and they are so far away they just expect to pay long distance to phone the city. Imagine placing The Blue Mountains another 2 hour’s drive away from Sydney - in an instant we’d have Harris Farm, ALDI, new release movies, Myer AND all our “other” businesses of local flavour. Perhaps we’d have no Leura Mall or Carrington, no “Faded Honeymoon Capital” atmosphere, no visitors, no commuters and a struggling country town mentality? I’d like to see us make better, more efficient use of the identity we have, through a Council which has enough balls to make a misguided development like The Edge negotiate fairly with the owners of The Savoy Cinema (an empty shell of a building in the heart of Katooma with a landfall high enough to house an IMAX screen) instead of building a monstrosity on the GWH attached to an empty crumbling Italianate Convent school. Those two buildings sum up the debate for me - two identities slammed together, never to suit or complement. If we could marry develpment with our unique identity I would not care about paying long distance rates to call the city. Could we re-invent the concept of “identity” by NOT copying the model of a city, or a country town, or anything else. Heck even Blaxland has an identity now, and all it took was a few strategically placed date palms to distract us from all the empty shops, which are now all full and thriving ! My choice for Lawson would be avenues of Jacarandas either side of the highway - word has it you can grow them there. Now that would be identity ….

]]> Comment on Goldsmith Place Development by Reg http://www.janetmays.com/wp/goldsmith-place-development/#comment-28 Reg Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:11:37 +0000 http://www.janetmays.com/wp/goldsmith-place-development/#comment-28 Typically, this development has come to nothing. It appeared that this would be the likely result at the time. With the growing financial crisis this site will remain as it is for some time. Typically, this development has come to nothing. It appeared that this would be the likely result at the time. With the growing financial crisis this site will remain as it is for some time.

]]> Comment on Losing Our Identity by admin http://www.janetmays.com/wp/losing-our-identity/#comment-27 admin Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:36:12 +0000 http://www.janetmays.com/wp/losing-our-identity/#comment-27 Thanks Rozi. I appreciate your support. I have just written to Council about the potential losses stemming from Council’s investment in CDOs and FRNS via Grange Securities. We need honest answers on this issue ASAP. Janet Thanks Rozi. I appreciate your support.

I have just written to Council about the potential losses stemming from Council’s investment in CDOs and FRNS via Grange Securities. We need honest answers on this issue ASAP.

Janet

]]> Comment on Losing Our Identity by Roslyn Starkey http://www.janetmays.com/wp/losing-our-identity/#comment-21 Roslyn Starkey Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:06:28 +0000 http://www.janetmays.com/wp/losing-our-identity/#comment-21 Well done on your advert in this weeks Gazette (just received this am) Frank Sartor has a lot to answer to, and I am going to forward your advert to Alan Jones at 2gb Radion Station. He has been on various cases which some he has helped others they have ignored (Beacon Hill School) Rozelle Mental Health Unit to name many of Mr Sartors distruction of NSW> We love the mountains that is why we came here and you are so right with infastructure matters. I was agasp to see Page 18 !!!! in the Gazette about loss of our money with risk management investing our hard earned rates. Why was this money not put into secure Bank Bills, someone is not doing the right thing putting it out at risk management also this means who is getting the fees for investing these funds!!!!!Surely this should have been headline news. Well feel you are doing a great job good on you and will follow your website for updates. Phone number is 4782 2428. We need more like you on Council......... Rozi Starkey Well done on your advert in this weeks Gazette (just received this am)
Frank Sartor has a lot to answer to, and I am going to forward your advert to Alan Jones at 2gb Radion Station. He has been on various cases which some he has helped others they have ignored (Beacon Hill School) Rozelle Mental Health Unit to name many of Mr Sartors distruction of NSW> We love the mountains that is why we came here and you are so right with infastructure matters.

I was agasp to see Page 18 !!!! in the Gazette about loss of our money with risk management investing our hard earned rates. Why was this money not put into secure Bank Bills, someone is not doing the right thing putting it out at risk management also this means who is getting the fees for investing these funds!!!!!Surely this should have been headline news.

Well feel you are doing a great job good on you and will follow your website for updates. Phone number is 4782 2428.
We need more like you on Council……… Rozi Starkey

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