I know a number of people in the community are looking at the Bromelton proposal and worrying that it will have a large footprint to the west of Beaudesert, and that it will also have an impact there as discussed in a previous comment about heavy Truck traffic through the centre of beaudesert itself, but since the State Government has taken over it is beginning to be seen and it is huge, in fact scarey huge.
From what I rceived in an email the following is proposed:
1. The area west of the rail line and south of Undullah Rd at Kagaru is designated as an intermodal transport hub, This will extend to approx the Barnes Rd area.
2. The area between Brookland Rd and the rail line is designated as rail dependant industry
3. The area between Brookland Rd and the river is non rail dependant industry
4.This pattern is followed south to the Boonah/ Beaudesert Rd Around Struss' the rail dependant industry extends further east.
5. The area south of the Boonah/Beaudesert Rd is to be an investigation area looking at industries that require a buffer.
(Thanks to the Author)
See what it looks like from this Map of the Proposal The real concern, apart from the outright size and the amount of dollars the State Government is willing to spend here, is How much of this was a trade off for our council keeping quiet about amalgamations and shire boundary realignments?, and, How long have our councillors known about this ( and I mean the full extent of this proposal on the map)?
Add to that the item 5 above, and Ask just exactly what kinds of noxious industries , and hazardous industries does the State Government intend to put down on our precious Border Range doorstep.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
A reply to Jenny Freeman, of Carbrook.
In a letter to the Editor of the Logan &Albert News which was printed in the Friday edition (7th Sept.) Ex Mayor, John Freeman's wife Jenny has submitted what I consider to be an arrogant letter which is patronising to the people of the proposed annexed area of Beaudesert Shire who feel they have a right to a say on their choice of lifestyle and shire of residence.
Due to the difficulty in being published if the view opposes those preferred, I'll make a reply here;
Jenny Freeman of Carbrook,
Feel free to say it is inevitable that boundary realignments will occur, so far that is the view of almost everyone associated with the State Government and the Logan Council and if actions speak louder than words, inaction by you all for our democratic rights speaks volumes.
The shame I would feel as an elected representative of the people or a recently past one would prevent me going public asking people to give up all hope and actually failing to represent the real views of the community, and yet here you are doing just that and asking us to accept the loss of democratic rights accept a compromised future for ourselves and our children, accept the potential ravaging of the environment here and accept expansive population sprawling across our rural and rural residential area.
I'm sure you have the mandate of the residents of Logan (not) to offer us a warm welcome, as you chide us for having negative and reactive attitudes rather that positive and proactive ones , I expect you also wrote to the Press in Scotland and told them after all these years to accept the Rule Britannia.
As far as sharing our hopes and dreams to make Logan one city (exactly where is the city centre anyway, do you have one?) that is absolutely ludicrous when the idea seems to be to continue the rambling urban sprawl with some commercial areas, where will our dreams of retiring on our property in peace be? where will our dreams of leaving them to our children? and what will be the point of continuing to garden and maintain them as we are rated out ?
Let some of the future residents of the caravan parks your mayor wants to dump here answer maybe.
Jenny, you are basically saying, You WILL be assimilated, best you learn to like it and just shut up.
Sorry to disappoint you, I will never like paying higher insurance, having hundreds of cars up and down my street and seeing lights all night long instead of darkness and the stars, and, I will never vote for you and your husband after such an arrogant , patronising and condescending letter.
Regards Unowho
Due to the difficulty in being published if the view opposes those preferred, I'll make a reply here;
Jenny Freeman of Carbrook,
Feel free to say it is inevitable that boundary realignments will occur, so far that is the view of almost everyone associated with the State Government and the Logan Council and if actions speak louder than words, inaction by you all for our democratic rights speaks volumes.
The shame I would feel as an elected representative of the people or a recently past one would prevent me going public asking people to give up all hope and actually failing to represent the real views of the community, and yet here you are doing just that and asking us to accept the loss of democratic rights accept a compromised future for ourselves and our children, accept the potential ravaging of the environment here and accept expansive population sprawling across our rural and rural residential area.
I'm sure you have the mandate of the residents of Logan (not) to offer us a warm welcome, as you chide us for having negative and reactive attitudes rather that positive and proactive ones , I expect you also wrote to the Press in Scotland and told them after all these years to accept the Rule Britannia.
As far as sharing our hopes and dreams to make Logan one city (exactly where is the city centre anyway, do you have one?) that is absolutely ludicrous when the idea seems to be to continue the rambling urban sprawl with some commercial areas, where will our dreams of retiring on our property in peace be? where will our dreams of leaving them to our children? and what will be the point of continuing to garden and maintain them as we are rated out ?
Let some of the future residents of the caravan parks your mayor wants to dump here answer maybe.
Jenny, you are basically saying, You WILL be assimilated, best you learn to like it and just shut up.
Sorry to disappoint you, I will never like paying higher insurance, having hundreds of cars up and down my street and seeing lights all night long instead of darkness and the stars, and, I will never vote for you and your husband after such an arrogant , patronising and condescending letter.
Regards Unowho
How Logan sees it's annexed area.
The Mayor of Logan, Graham Able, has announced his big new idea for fixing housing affordability in his shire, by dumping the poor into Caravan parks built in the North of Beaudesert shire.
This statement comes before consultation with his Council, Beaudesert Shire Council, or even a quick look at the town plan or SEQ Regional plan. but it is indicative of the mindset of Logan City council and representative of the intent for the use of our rural and rural residential areas as the assimilation process begins.
The fact that only 20 submissions to the LGMS for the Parkridge to Logan reserve MDA were "correctly" submitted along with letters of concern from residents within the area also shows that the people of Logan accept that they have no recourse to councils plans, actions or intents when it comes to development at all costs.
Unfortunately Logan sees the annexed area as simply a resource to be exploited with some people who are simply in the way of the future expansion of the ugly urban sprawl that replaces trees with house roofs in estates called Gumleaf or Treeview and have neither.
I don't accept that this is a done deal, if it was why are the State Government spending thousands in TV adds trying to tell us it will be for the best.
At this point I'd like to say how disappointing some of Beaudesert Shire Councillors have been on this matter especially a couple of those in the north with only Bob and John openly criticizing the way the reform process went about this Machiavellian sham and communicating it to residents.
This statement comes before consultation with his Council, Beaudesert Shire Council, or even a quick look at the town plan or SEQ Regional plan. but it is indicative of the mindset of Logan City council and representative of the intent for the use of our rural and rural residential areas as the assimilation process begins.
The fact that only 20 submissions to the LGMS for the Parkridge to Logan reserve MDA were "correctly" submitted along with letters of concern from residents within the area also shows that the people of Logan accept that they have no recourse to councils plans, actions or intents when it comes to development at all costs.
Unfortunately Logan sees the annexed area as simply a resource to be exploited with some people who are simply in the way of the future expansion of the ugly urban sprawl that replaces trees with house roofs in estates called Gumleaf or Treeview and have neither.
I don't accept that this is a done deal, if it was why are the State Government spending thousands in TV adds trying to tell us it will be for the best.
At this point I'd like to say how disappointing some of Beaudesert Shire Councillors have been on this matter especially a couple of those in the north with only Bob and John openly criticizing the way the reform process went about this Machiavellian sham and communicating it to residents.
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