A slightly regressive post today as I deal with some more 'Feedback' and an unpleasant and unexpected attitude adjustment courtesy of the local Lifestyle1 free magazine that comes in the mail...certainly not criticising them for running the relevant article nor the previous one I mentioned in my posts re the sale of the SERDE building to local lawyer Bill DeGaris...and I had been in a 'positively not completely pissed-off' mood when I started out this morning, full of a sense of empathy even forgiveness...then I read, Variety is the spice of life & spicy is exactly what St Martins is dishing up.
Kudos Where Due: as I stick to the positive stuff first...and genuine kudos to The Border Watch newspaper for the attached article from TBW Tuesday April 29th 2014, Child porn investigation questioned...as indicated by the article, TBW has allegedly contacted this weeks Labor Police Minister Tony Piccolo and SAPol (police)...and as it's written, TBW has made specific requests for information and has been refused that by both; "Neither Mr Piccolo nor SAPol would provide a response"...taking as a given that this is true, then good on TBW for at least giving it a bit of a go...
Interweb Of Deceits: yesterday went back past where the guys were 'NBN cabling' on Monday, but they weren't there...I spoke briefly to one of them (Monday) and all he knew was "it's something to do with the NBN"...previous reportage has had Mt Gambier not hooked up to the National Broadband Network for at least 5 possibly 7 even 10 years...is the 'cabling conduit stuff' for the Internet connection being established by (I think) Uni SA?...is this just normal cabling related to the new phone tower 3kms down Bay Rd?...unfortunately even the bloke doing it didn't know why exactly, but it seems like a very odd place to be working on the NBN stuff...
My Interweb access issues are a combination of very poor bandwidth availability in Mt Gambier, and my own limited access allowance on my phone plan...when I run out of 'allowance' my service grinds to a halt and the post starts dropping out, etc...it frequently pauses, glitches, and then leaps ahead, so one is constantly making corrections only to have nothing happen, to then do it again and have it happen twice...it can take 50-60 seconds to rectify one spelling error...very frustrating for a very poor typist like moi...apparently those blokes were only there very briefly and appear to have shoved some plastic conduit into the main pipe and then left...no idea sorry.
Referencing Feedback: and definitely not ignoring it, but I will continue to chuck in random issues and stories and personal anecdotes (as follows) rather than just diatribe relentlessly, particularly as a lot of it I'm using for comparison, eg, whinging about my transport issues because they are specifically symptomatic of the broader issues of City Council discrimination, dysfunction, underfunding...it is a galling hypocrisy for Council to bang on about 'Social Inclusion' and 'Liveable Communities', etc, and then leave people standing in the pissing rain because there's no bus shelter, waiting for a bus that'll never come because it's a weekend or public holiday...(yet we've got $700,000 for a fake pond on the Rail Lands-Ed)...excuse me, ahhhhhhhhhh!
Nature's Wonderland: come for a gentle stroll...(hobble-Ed)...with an old hippy and his dog and we just happened to go a different way yesterday and were admiring the Lorikeets and the Wattlebirds and the Magpies and the Rosellas and the many fine opportunities to pee and pooh everywhere...(yes, but what was the dog doing, ahahahaha-Ed)...and suddenly oh my gord a Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax).circling right over the apartments on Lake Tce West (Old Nurses Quarters)...and good gracious there's two...a pair of Wedge-tailed Eagles circling about 200-250m directly above...they flew very closely together tightly turning before the larger (most likely the female) turned into the stiff Southerly, twitched a wing, and slid effortlessly across the wind East toward the Blue Lake...within seconds it was out of sight, covering kilometres at a stunning rate of knots and barely a flutter...a-shreckin-mazing...
The other went Westish in exactly the same fashion after circling several times right over me and the hound and checking us out...round and round and twitch and gone...I swear they flew together, said 'hey, what the hell's that shambling around just down there?'-WTE1...'mmm, looks vaguely human, I think we should move on'-WTE2...'fair enough...you go East, I'll go West, see you back here in say 10 minutes?'-WTE1...'most excellent idea, catcha'-WTE2...and I'm gonna take a wild guess and suggest that Aquila possibly refers to their wicked curved beak, an 'aqualine' nose to be sure...(indeed, Macquarie Dictionary has it the other way around, being from the Latin aquilinas 'of or like the eagle' or 'curved like an eagle's beak'-Ed)...super.
No Thanks I'm Full: of feedback says Mt Gambier City Council when it comes to their latest Budget processes that don't seem to include any public meetings...in the various TBW ads/notices that Council has run (one attached below), there is nothing about any public meetings...(didn't they have 5 last year, meetings I mean-Ed)...yep, and didn't that work out well for them...(which is why they're not doing it this year?-Ed)...that'd be my guess, yep...don't want to run the risk of that shreckin' bastard Nick Fletcher, amongst others, showing up to be politely questioning and informedly contradicting and generally making a thorough shambles of the whole thing.
I refer to the many previous posts re Council's extraordinary conduct during these 5 meetings...(crap yeah, no wonder Council doesn't want to go through that again...and it really sucks the wind outta' your sails-Ed)...how so?...(well you repeatedly raised questions Council just didn't want to hear let alone answer, then posted the exact nature and conduct of those meetings, including the harassment and bullying attempted by Mayor Steve Perryman...you thoroughly 'tore them a new one' post after post-Ed)...thanks, I'll take that as a compliment.
(Yeah, but what are you gonna' fill ya' blog with if their not providing you with such a profusion of material?-Ed)...fair point, some of those meetings were absolute Blogger Fodder, but I think you'll find that Council can be just as fertile in their production of questionable material without holding any meetings, eg, see tomorrow's post...(fair enough-Ed)...however, this 'no meetings' completely scuppers Councils constant banging-on about how much they listen to ratepayers...they have clearly lost their hunger for to be told the truths...it's a joke.
Having been through my various TBWs, this and last years Budget Papers, etc, I can find no reference to any public meetings for this year...there's a bunch of gold-plated bullshit about 'enhanced consultation' via a website and emails, etc...(file under 'Shredder'?-Ed)...exactly, this is an absolute cop-out avoidance of genuine public scrutiny via a bunch of irrelevant electronic excuses...more tomorrow...but now to what really shrecked-up today for me, the above mentioned article re St Martins.
I have not included a copy because it has a photos of kids and one of a dad with his child doing reader, and that's what the article is about;
"Recently St Martins Lutheran College held a Blokes Morning for their Foundation students. The
morning involved Dads coming in to the school to read aloud to the children. The Dads (or special
people) first assembled for some morning tea and an opportunity to meet other dads. The students
then arrived at the library eager to select some books and start reading.
Those children who did not have an adult attending, were included in a small group with a friend and
their dad. The purpose of the morning was to encourage a love of books and reading. Being read to
develops literacy in a number of ways.
Among other things it exposes children to new words and thus expands their vocabulary. It provides
them with ideas for their own writing and develops their awareness of how language works. It is
important for children to see their strong male role models reading and enjoying books as it
encourages them to read also.
Literacy is embedded into every part of our curriculum so by encouraging a love of books and
reading we are more likely to develop children who read for pleasure and therefore have more
competent literacy skills. This in turn will have a flow on effect to all areas of the child's education.
Judging by the excitement of the children, the smiles on their faces and the enthusiasm of the dads,
the morning was a great success."
I spent an hour everyday of Reception (2000) and Grade One (and for some time into Grade 2 before "text-book grooming paedophile" teacher Glyn Dorling hounded parents out of the classroom so he could abuse the children without restriction) doing 'reader' with dozens of kids including obviously my own...there was another father who was also regularly there, and several mothers...we had an unofficial group of parents co-ordinating to make sure there was always some-one there, help the kids who were struggling, etc.
Busted my back time and again for the shreckin' Lutherans at working bees, fundraisers, doing the carpark mural, etc...tip-toed around their condescending self-importance and their bigotry and their drunk wives...(oo oo, do a post about that 'drunk wives' stuff, it's a riot...go on, you know you want to-Ed)...down in the cheap seats...one day, maybe...(maybe one day soon?-Ed)...and then subjected to the hatred and denigration of those same Lutherans as they cover-up the abuse of a class of 7 year olds by their teacher...I ain't gonna bore ya' with it all again, it's all there in previous posts...
The Fountain Of Youth: I often joke that Mt Gambier is my own personal FOY because moving to the Blue Lake City has taken 30 years off my life, only going forward...and St Martins has certainly taken the last 11+ years off me...and they did it again today when I was immediately transported back into the classrooms and the canteen and the carpark and all the time and all the effort and all like it happened to some-one else...I don't begrudge those fathers anything, but it should bring me warm fuzzy memories flushed with fulfilment, not ones of harsh, ugly truths and loss and failure.
Tomorrow: The Three Amigos - Now Mt Gambier Has Three Chief Executive Officers
Bethlehem we ain't, but we apparently have 3 wise men running the show...cryptic I know but a thorough explanation will follow... and it does relate directly to the current Budget process.
I am Nick Fletcher and this is my blog...and I am the stain of conscience that Council rubs so hard to erase but it just keeps comin' back for more...cheers and laters...
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