There have been a lot of dedicated locals over the years who have tried to get some progressive thinking and action going in Logan Village, they have had some basic requirements sorely lacking for many year almost as if there was no representation there from any level of government at all for at least the 20 years or so I've known the place.
A lot of locals have put this down to having a councillor who they say has been so self interested and megalomaniacal that nothing could be done in Logan Village unless he was seen to be doing it, and that has resulted in most of the community stuff, like neighbourhood watch etc disbanding and it seems the only groups left were those that he was in control of and gifting council money to.
Lets face it. under the watch of this bloke upgrades for the two shopping centers were continually knocked back, road works to get bitumen on the dirt only happened just before the last election, and it was only this year, yes 2010, that the Logan Village State School got connected to town water, and that's just scratching the surface.
Since that councillor lost his plush, almost decade and a half, shiny seat in council things has improved only slightly as the councillor for the actual township struggles with absolutely zero support from the councillor who has the rural adjacent area.
Last year another push to get a High School for Logan Village began with some very good people behind it and some progressive thinkers among them, and they have real support from community, businesses, and the local councillor and i think even the adjacent councillor is on board, but not resting on their laurels and waiting for council to get something done the organisers have gone to the State Government with some very good data and back up[ supporting a very logical push to put a High School in Logan Village, and it looks like it's going to be successful.
However, the State Government has looked at the idea and appears to have decided that once again Logan Village is not the place for a High School, and the departments that get things done have basically given a free ride once again to a particular developer by putting up a proposal to locate a future Logan Village High School at Yarrabilba, to serve future students of Yarrabilba, but paid for by you and I rather than the developer.
Of course that makes sense once you look at who is now the chairman of the Urban Land Development Authority, a State Government department set up by Beattie designed to fast track development, because he used to be at the top of Delfin and it seems worked on the yarrabilba stuff and is now in charge of making the Logan Village school a free school for Yarrabilba.
The Yarrabilba State High School, . . .has a nice ring to it.
It's yet to be finalised but I'd reckon we, the taxpayer will even have to buy the land for it, it just keeps getting better for Delfin who built nearby Woodlands and didn't supply one bit of infrastructure for it either that they didn't absolutely have to.
Logan Village will be better of in the short term, but with Yarrabilba set to be kicking off in 2011, it will only be a very short term benefit, as Logan Village becomes a thoroughfare of trucks and cars heading to Yarrabilba and anything built on Waterford/Tamborine Road will be almost impossible to get in or out of, including a High School.
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Have to hand it to the pen pushing, seat hugging elitists! NOT.
When are the politicians, elected by the people, going to start listening to us? That is at all levels.
Greenbank Primary has the most horrific parking and traffic problems, which has escalated over the past decade or so. Yet now it seems they have received an enormous amount of Federal funding to add 'an assembly hall and library'.
Under different circumstances that would be great but given the most important problems it beggars belief. The 'assembly hall' is also creating questions in the community. For some time now the school has been funding raising and receiving large donations [$5,000.00 from the Teviot Downs developer, just to mention one] for a 'Community Hall'. One has to ask where is the money raised [ believed to be in the vicinity of $90,000.00] and what has happened to the concept of 'community hall'?
One also has to ask why this school keeps expanding when it cannot provide safe passage for children to and from school? Why are all levels of Gov sitting on their hands while parents run the gauntlet everyday and both the school community and others are at risk?
Anon 10:14 Why are you surprised? The previous Cr ruled over LV with a iron fist and was allowe too by some weak BSC crs. Did you not think that Yarrumbillba would take preference once it got approval. All these Logan Crs know is to spend and waste money on anything except what is required. One day we will have elected Crs for the people by the people.look out the SNAKE is once again trying to be re-elected.
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