Janet Mays

Welcome

The 2008 Blue Mountains City Council elections are vitally important to Mountains residents.
This is not an election that people can afford to sit out or ignore because the challenges facing us are more complex and more important than ever before. We face a time of great change in the Mountains and it is vital that […]

Key Issues Facing Katoomba

KEY ISSUES FACING KATOOMBA

Town Centre Revitalisation
Local Jobs Creation
Public Safety
Balancing Resident Needs with Tourism Needs
Effective Management of Development
Access to Quality, Local Health Care Services

Katoomba is the largest residential and commercial […]

The Case for Change

“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results” Albert Einstein
The time has come for change on our Council. Change that is far reaching and definitive. Change that will usher in a new era of Local Government in the Blue Mountains.
Some of our Councillors have been […]

Ward 1 - Upper Mountains Council Area

The Ward 1 Council area comprises of Leura, Katoomba, Medlow Bath, Blackheath, Shipley, Megalong Valley, Mount Victoria, Bell, Mount Wilson, Mount Irvine and Mount Tomah.
During the course of this campaign, Janet will visit each village in the Ward 1 area as she seeks to better understand the issues facing each village and to champion her […]

Voting at Council Elections

Election day for the next council general elections is Saturday 13 September 2008. Polling places are usually at local schools and halls. In most cases they will be the same as those used for the State and Federal elections. Polling places will be advertised in the period leading up to the election and will be […]

Leura Dog Owners to Wait

Leura dog owners were left disappointed last week after being advised by Council that a report on Leura oval as a possible dog off leash area was a minimum 3 months away and may not even happen for another 12 months.
Recently, a petition containing over 600 signatures was submitted to Council requesting a suitable […]

Response to the North West Draft Subregional Strategy

Introduction
This submission addresses concerns surrounding the inclusion of the Blue Mountains in the NSW State Government North West draft Subregional Strategy.
This submission does not support 7,000 additional dwellings in an environmentally sensitive area such as the Blue Mountains, nor does it accept the ensuing population growth and the transport pressure which will be placed on […]

Losing Our Identity

Have you noticed that the Blue Mountains are often referred to as Sydney surrounds in many tourism brochures and websites? If you are a local, like me, you probably don’t read many tourism brochures or review tourism websites such as www.visitnsw.com or www.sydney.visitorsbureau.com.au, but the trend is there.
From a tourism perspective, the Blue Mountains […]

Caring for Our Youth

Whilst doorknocking recently, I struck up a conversation with a woman in North Leura who told me she felt that we “had dishonoured our youth”. She went on to provide examples of where, as a community, she felt we are failing to meet the needs of our young people. She said we needed to […]

Media Release - Leura Dog Owners Seek Equity

 
A petition signed by over 600 people that calls on Council to give immediate consideration to the upgrading of leash free dog facilities in Leura, has been submitted to BMCC General Manager, Phil Pinyon.
The petition which was championed by independent candidate for Ward 1, Janet Mays, declares that the current leash free area in […]