Many of you may remember the Action group that Hagnal Ban claims to have got up to make a lot of noise about industrial plans for an area of North Maclean and how she was the funder, spokesperson, chair and everything else for that group which basicly muted almost everything they did.
Their only real objective and claimed success was having the enterprise precinct dropped from the agenda of both Council and the OUM, unfortunately under pressure from Cr Ban council agreed to release a statement designed to placate the people which said that Council had no further intrest in North Maclean as an Enterprise Precinct, . . . . . . . for now.
I have been given reliable information about the instigation of the Mount Lindesay North Beaudesert Area study and how the OUM got the information to begin with and it's a compelling story which puts the Mayor of the day and the chair of the Planning and Development committee Cr Ban as representatives squarely into the picture as the providers of that information including the North maclean area.
Back then Cr ban tried to paint another Councillor as the villan and laid the blame at his feet because of work done as a continuation of policy from the previous Council and in fact the previous Mayor, because the area there was identified for industry rather than put more residents into a proximity situation with a noxious odour from the nearby Mushroom Farm.
Once again we see Cr Ban blaming another councillor, this time Phil Pidgeon, for pressing the issue of industrial development in the North Maclean area and going to the press with a confidential item and making it public.
Cr Ban seems to have been in full support for development at Ollies Orange, and the BP as well as being in favour of further additions at the Mushroom Farm, all in North Maclean and all industrial, so what gives?
It would seem that Councillor "figjam" (Ban) wants to be seen by developers as the good guy and by residents and environmentalists as the good guy as well which is bad for both sides because no one has a councillor they can rely on.
This is poor form from Logan which has been the local authority over this area since March and seems to be flat out even getting routine slashing under control, and seems to have at least one out of control councillor trying hard to stuff up the remaining part of Beaudesert Shire as fast as possible.
