Hello to Indonesia, France, Germany, and Brazil...won't you join us here in l'il ol' Mt Gambier as we celebrate the official opening of the massive expansion of the local gaol and the imminent arrival of a further 100+ of Adelaide's sex offenders, the majority of whom are paedophiles...yay...
But first, in Adelaide, the Weatherill Labor government is under fire for allowing budget airline AirAsia to advertise cheap flights on the back of public transport buses, using direct lines like ' why fly to KI (Kangaroo Island), when you could fly to KL (Kuala Lumpur) for less?' (paraphrase) to encourage people to holiday in Asia rather than locally.
It is clearly inappropriate to use a 'public service' to advertise against local providers, etc, but that's just the beginning...(or the end depending on where you begin-Ed)...well, a beginning is by definition an end unto itself...(heavy dude-Ed)...because only weeks ago Premier Jay Weatherill announced that South Australian taxpayers had provided AirAsia with 'funding' to help them establish in SA.
But Mr Weatherill flatly refused to disclose the amount, citing "commercial confidentiality"...(so?-Ed)...so it's SA taxpayer's money that he's given away and that money has directly funded AirAsia to advertise against our own local providers, and helped fund these 'budget flights', and according to Emperor Jay, us plebs need to just go away and accept it.
(So, SA taxpayers are funding an Asia based airline to fly to/from Adelaide, and we also pay for their advertising against our local tourism operators-Ed)...exactly...(and our illustrious leader reckons that it's none of our business how much of our money he's given them-Ed)...yep...(charming-Ed)...
And in the ABC Local Radio interview yesterday, a spokesperson for the gaol (or Corrections Dept, whatevs) stated that no prisoners were released directly into Mt Gambier, but were instead repatriated to Adelaide where they then 'lived with their families'...(so many issues in one sentence-Ed)...
When the Gaol Expansion was first muted, the two main justifications were that it would create employment, but ahead of that, that the families of prisoners would move to Mt Gambier to be near them, and that would be a boost for the local economy...and the concern was that there was no funding for increased services, eg, health, to cater for these families...(I believe that the Grant District Council did some investigation of this and may have applied for relative funding-Ed)...indeed...
It has been put to me directly that there are very few relocated families and visitors to the jail because of the nature of offending, ie, sex offenders, mostly paedophiles, who are largely shunned by their own families, and that this leads them to return to Mt Gambier even if 'released' in Adelaide.
Local MP Don Pegler is absolutely gushing about what a great thing the expansion is for Mt Gambier with jobs, services to be provided, etc, with a scant dismissal of the 'dumping in Mt Gambier' issue.
Again, I take 51% of the credit that the issue of 'types of offenders' is even being discussed because this has only happened after I addressed it on this blog...after several years of trying without success via the local media...
This Gaol Expansion and 'offender issue' is fairly typical of the sort of Council propaganda that appears with monotonous regularity in The Border Watch, eg, even today's front page is a glowing report about the absolutely ludicrous street re-paving currently underway in the Main (Commercial St)...a pointless, costly exercise, and literally everyone I talk to is asking 'which Councillor's relative did Council buy those ugly grey pavers off?'...this being the most logical explanation for the pointless 'project' and a conclusion based on Council's history of gross nepotism.
Last Friday 16th August it was Cr Des Mutton on the front page with the headline "Clash of the titans", and Cr Mutton pushing for another rate-payer funded cafe to be built at the Old Hospital site...(no doubt to be handed to his son gratis as was the Main Corner function centre-Ed)...careful what you wish for...and let's see if Council apply the 'must self-fund' template that they regularly use to oppose other projects they don't want to do, eg, fund public transport, refuse to do a covered pool, etc.
And another gem from Graham Greenwood on page 8, 'City signage dilemma puts council unfairly in hot seat' re the nonsense from Council about the Circus putting up inflated clowns to advertise their brief visit.
And a week of 'photo opportunities' for Mayor Steve Perryman at a 'Treadmill Fundraiser', with the 'RSL Roses', and the Homelessness Week function and previous morning tea...all worthy causes/events in and of themselves...and the 'Treadmill' photo explains why Mr Perryman showed up to the official Homelessness event in shorts and running shoes...he was just stopping through on his way to another photo op.
I consider it inappropriate for the Mayor to show this relative disrespect for the Homelessness issue and cannot imagine him attending other functions in his official capacity dressed in a similarly 'casual' way...(actually, he has been regularly criticised for his casual appearance, eg, unshaven, or non-attendance at public functions-Ed)...true...
And on Friday 9th August another piece from Mr Greenwood that is scathing of politicians for 'not living within their means' and being more responsible with their spending, but in a splendid piece of reverse propaganda, not one mention of the outrageous borrowing and expenditure of the Mt Gambier City Council who have recently doubled their borrowing capacity to allegedly spend on a series of 'projects', none of which will return one cent to help repay those borrowings.
But for me personally, the crowning glory was the page 3 article Wednesday 14th August re the Penola Rd/Wireless Rd intersection...(that follows the front page article/justification for the Council dumping even just talking about the Indoor/Covered Pool issue until 2017/18, and the inexplicable accompanying support from Pool Advocate Barney McCusker-Ed)...yes, I covered that in a previous post...
Page three, though, has a large photo of Councillors Merv White and Ian Von Stanke standing at the intersection...why?...there is no quote from them and no discernible reason as to why they are there at all...all it lacks is the traditional reference to "Council stalwarts" that is a favourite with The Border Watch when it comes to describing people who have clearly been on Council for far too long.
I know this all seems a little trite compared to other issues happening around the globe, but it just punches my buttons when I see this relentless manipulation of the debate by TBW, eg, pages of praise and no accountability.
Please refer to my previous posts re the Budget Consultation Process and the clear collusion between Council and TBW in presenting the predetermined outcome as a positive result in response to 'extensive consultation' and Council 'listening to the feedback'...
Only yesterday I had a long conversation with someone who stated to me, with liberal amounts of swearing, the many issues they had/have with TBW's publicly exposed pro Don Pegler bias prior to the 2010 state election.
I maintain that TBW and the local ABC are critical sources of information for the local community, and that is why I get so frustrated with these issues of subjectivity and bias.
Tomorrow: The Much Promised Revised Posts
Re Stuart Stansfield (removed by Stuart) and the conclusion of the Budget Process (that was for some reason removed by NF McDonnell Mill).
I am Nick Fletcher and this is my blog...until tomorrow mes ami...
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Monday, August 19, 2013
Official Complaint to Electoral Commission
Apologies for late post and for changing topic, but I have been preparing this attached letter and delivering to Police and the Electoral Commission...(and stopping for lunch-Ed)...well yes, a bloke's gotta eat...(is that what you call that ungratifying display?-Ed)...thank you...
I have lodged this official complaint with Police following the multiple stories through the media recently and the relevant advice to report this sort of gutless 'social media' vilification, particularly as the defamation re the St Martins Lutheran School Child Abuse Cover-up involves other parents, and there are specific allegations against me of specific unlawful acts, eg, multiple layers of defrauding Centrelink.
Given the clear and self-defined political intent of these 'Comments' left on previous posts only since the Election was officially called, I have also lodged this as an official complaint with the Electoral Commission...the letter is quite self-explanatory so I won't go on...
Also, I managed to catch MLC Nick Xenophon this morning during his brief visit to Mt Gambier, and he was already running late but gave me 10 minutes, apologised for the failure of his office to acknowledge my various recent attempts to contact him, and we have taken steps to rectify that.
Upset I may be, but I take Mr Xenophon at his word and repeated to him what I have stated in previous posts, namely that he did not have to engage with us at all re St Martins, and that I believe that he got us the Parliamentary Inquiry that he knew he could get up, and that any Inquiry with 'genuine powers', etc, would not have been supported by either major party.
I look forward to hearing from Mr Xenophon in the near future, and of course hope he will be returning to Mt Gambier soon.
Tomorrow: The Council Stuff
As promised...and some other stuff...and thank you again for your feedback 'off-blog'...much appreciated...
I am Nick Fletcher and this is my blog...cheers...
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I have lodged this official complaint with Police following the multiple stories through the media recently and the relevant advice to report this sort of gutless 'social media' vilification, particularly as the defamation re the St Martins Lutheran School Child Abuse Cover-up involves other parents, and there are specific allegations against me of specific unlawful acts, eg, multiple layers of defrauding Centrelink.
Given the clear and self-defined political intent of these 'Comments' left on previous posts only since the Election was officially called, I have also lodged this as an official complaint with the Electoral Commission...the letter is quite self-explanatory so I won't go on...
Also, I managed to catch MLC Nick Xenophon this morning during his brief visit to Mt Gambier, and he was already running late but gave me 10 minutes, apologised for the failure of his office to acknowledge my various recent attempts to contact him, and we have taken steps to rectify that.
Upset I may be, but I take Mr Xenophon at his word and repeated to him what I have stated in previous posts, namely that he did not have to engage with us at all re St Martins, and that I believe that he got us the Parliamentary Inquiry that he knew he could get up, and that any Inquiry with 'genuine powers', etc, would not have been supported by either major party.
I look forward to hearing from Mr Xenophon in the near future, and of course hope he will be returning to Mt Gambier soon.
Tomorrow: The Council Stuff
As promised...and some other stuff...and thank you again for your feedback 'off-blog'...much appreciated...
I am Nick Fletcher and this is my blog...cheers...
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Yet More Council Propaganda in The Border Watch
Hello Malaysia, Indonesia and Finland...and a retrospective apology because this post doesn't actually get to the advertised topic...and although there's been no hits on the blog this week, hello to Egypt...in a previous post I wondered about the crisis in Egypt and whether this was an expression of democracy to be celebrated or sectarian violence that will only escalate, and events define the answer.
With many hundreds possibly over a thousand protesters dead at the hands of the self-appointed 'Interim' military government, any sense of democratic discussion has long since passed and the future looks extremely bleak...(and of course this has a devastating effect on the Egyptian economy-Ed)...absolutely...internally it is hard to function amidst the chaos, and Egypt's primary 'external' economy, Tourism, has ground to a halt...indeed most of North Africa is 'off-limits' to Tour organisers.
And I'm no fan of Islam, but the impending proposed 're-banning' of the Muslim Brotherhood seems set to cement (sorry about the pun) the sectarian divides that drive this conflict...and almost guarantee a return to 'extremist' action, eg, bombings, targeting tourists, etc...and the more chaos the less likelihood that Tourism will be able to resume in any structured form.
And in Beirut, a massive car bomb outside the Hezbollah headquarters has killed dozens of people, mostly civilians, allegedly in retaliation/retribution for Hezbollah's involvement in Syria, where it is reported that well over 100,000 people have been killed in the two year long Civil War.
This has led to huge numbers fleeing across borders into Jordan, Lebanon, etc, to the extent that nearly 1/4 of Lebanon's population are reportedly Syrian refugees.
And the collision and sinking of a Filipino ferry has left over 200 people missing feared drowned as the search and rescue effort is called off. This would be a nation defining disaster in Australia, but an all too common event in Island nations where sea travel is so prevalent.
Also, news that the Vanuatu government is set to amend their constitution to recognise dual citizenship for the Australian born descendants of people 'stolen' from Vanuatu (and other Pacific Islands) under 'blackbirding'...(which is a polite way of saying Slavery-Ed)...indeed.
'Blackbirding' was the practice of stealing/kidnapping Islanders and transporting them to Australia primarily to be used as unpaid labour in the sugar cane fields. This Amendment would also make it easier for Islanders to work in Australia.
There is also discussion of compensation to those families re the unpaid wages of their ancestors...(and quite right...this is minimal penance for stealing their relatives-Ed)...and there are also moves to officially recognise the anonymous grave sites scattered around various properties in Queensland.
And today August 18th is Long Tan Day, a commemorative celebration of arguably the most famous battle of the American War in Vietnam that occurred on this day in 1966, and that has come to be the day we use in Australia to acknowledge the entire war and our involvement.
I was stunned to learn that many Australian soldiers are still yet to be appropriately recognised for their service in this battle and the broader Vietnam conflict...just how many different ways can our politicians fail these often deeply traumatised Veterans, eg, insufficient Veterans services, failure to recognise properly...(sending them there in the first place-Ed)...indeed...
And the things you see on ABC TV24 at 6am on a Sunday, namely my favourite alleged academic and renowned 'anti-scientific jingoist' Professor Simon Chapman. Again I state, the fact that this person is a 'Professor' at Sydney University is an absolute indictment of Academia in Australia...he is the most unprofessional alleged expert I've ever seen.
He is famous/notorious for his spurious, emotive, unscientific diatribes against Dr Sarah Laurie and anybody else who speaks out against Wind Turbines, and is yet again banging on about 'reviews of studies', etc, but doesn't actually name one single study that allegedly supports his statements...and his usual nonsense about how he has 'researched on the Internet and found over 200 symptoms' and then his usual personal ridicule, eg, "even causing grey hair, can you believe it?" with the usual mocking tone and rolling of the eyes, etc.
'Greying of hair' is a classic symptom/result of extended stress, exhaustion, etc, (as is increased alcohol consumption, another issue mocked by Mr Chapman) that are clearly associated with the problems of Turbines located near some residences, and actually supports the argument against Turbines....
He instead refers to the Victorian Dept of Health who say there is no such thing as problems with Infrasound and the only issue is at audible levels, and this statement made after no testing...it is a political opinion in support of Turbines, not an objective position based on extensive scientific testing.
Anti-Turbine activist Ms Pat Gabb was absolutely unequivocal in her condemnation of all involved, particularly the Turbine companies, who are well versed in how to 'lie, spin, and throw around dollars to buy people' (paraphrase), and referred to Infrasound issues documented in the 1990's (but again no specifics).
There is a new 'physiological effects report' due later this year but the Turbines are already up in many places, and the industry is throwing your/our money (that they get via massive subsidies) at the problem so I'm not holding my breath that any 'new report' will go against the collective political will to dump these monstrosities into rural/regional communities.
If Turbines are so bloody fantastic, then put them 1km off the coast of Adelaide and all along the foothills, and in Port Phillip Bay, etc...it ain't never gonna' happen because they are a 'noise and visual polluting nightmare' that will cost votes.
And the end of the post and I haven't even got to the farcical carry on in The Border Watch re the conduct of Council and the devastating effect their self-focused conduct has had/continues to have on the City of Mt Gambier, so;
Tomorrow: YMCP in TBW- Part II
However, could there be a better example than the hyperbarically hyperbolic TBW headline of Friday August 16th 2013: Clash of the titans - Councillors divided over retention of old hospital laundry structure.
(Hyperbarically hyperbolic?-Ed)...yeah, hyperbole so extreme it takes your breath away...(nice-Ed)...
Clash of the titans?...really?...and would one of those Titans be the legendary 'Farcical'?...rrrrr, release the Farcical...a handful of people, namely Merv White, Ian Von Stanke, and the quite extraordinary Des Mutton, getting together to decide what is best for themselves and their immediate associates...and the rest of the planet doesn't give a fat dead rat's festered clacker...(oh, you poet you-Ed)...
I honestly don't know whether to laugh or cry...if it wasn't so serious, it would be hilarious...Clash of the titans...absolutely ridiculous...
I am Nick Fletcher and this is my blog...laters...
With many hundreds possibly over a thousand protesters dead at the hands of the self-appointed 'Interim' military government, any sense of democratic discussion has long since passed and the future looks extremely bleak...(and of course this has a devastating effect on the Egyptian economy-Ed)...absolutely...internally it is hard to function amidst the chaos, and Egypt's primary 'external' economy, Tourism, has ground to a halt...indeed most of North Africa is 'off-limits' to Tour organisers.
And I'm no fan of Islam, but the impending proposed 're-banning' of the Muslim Brotherhood seems set to cement (sorry about the pun) the sectarian divides that drive this conflict...and almost guarantee a return to 'extremist' action, eg, bombings, targeting tourists, etc...and the more chaos the less likelihood that Tourism will be able to resume in any structured form.
And in Beirut, a massive car bomb outside the Hezbollah headquarters has killed dozens of people, mostly civilians, allegedly in retaliation/retribution for Hezbollah's involvement in Syria, where it is reported that well over 100,000 people have been killed in the two year long Civil War.
This has led to huge numbers fleeing across borders into Jordan, Lebanon, etc, to the extent that nearly 1/4 of Lebanon's population are reportedly Syrian refugees.
And the collision and sinking of a Filipino ferry has left over 200 people missing feared drowned as the search and rescue effort is called off. This would be a nation defining disaster in Australia, but an all too common event in Island nations where sea travel is so prevalent.
Also, news that the Vanuatu government is set to amend their constitution to recognise dual citizenship for the Australian born descendants of people 'stolen' from Vanuatu (and other Pacific Islands) under 'blackbirding'...(which is a polite way of saying Slavery-Ed)...indeed.
'Blackbirding' was the practice of stealing/kidnapping Islanders and transporting them to Australia primarily to be used as unpaid labour in the sugar cane fields. This Amendment would also make it easier for Islanders to work in Australia.
There is also discussion of compensation to those families re the unpaid wages of their ancestors...(and quite right...this is minimal penance for stealing their relatives-Ed)...and there are also moves to officially recognise the anonymous grave sites scattered around various properties in Queensland.
And today August 18th is Long Tan Day, a commemorative celebration of arguably the most famous battle of the American War in Vietnam that occurred on this day in 1966, and that has come to be the day we use in Australia to acknowledge the entire war and our involvement.
I was stunned to learn that many Australian soldiers are still yet to be appropriately recognised for their service in this battle and the broader Vietnam conflict...just how many different ways can our politicians fail these often deeply traumatised Veterans, eg, insufficient Veterans services, failure to recognise properly...(sending them there in the first place-Ed)...indeed...
And the things you see on ABC TV24 at 6am on a Sunday, namely my favourite alleged academic and renowned 'anti-scientific jingoist' Professor Simon Chapman. Again I state, the fact that this person is a 'Professor' at Sydney University is an absolute indictment of Academia in Australia...he is the most unprofessional alleged expert I've ever seen.
He is famous/notorious for his spurious, emotive, unscientific diatribes against Dr Sarah Laurie and anybody else who speaks out against Wind Turbines, and is yet again banging on about 'reviews of studies', etc, but doesn't actually name one single study that allegedly supports his statements...and his usual nonsense about how he has 'researched on the Internet and found over 200 symptoms' and then his usual personal ridicule, eg, "even causing grey hair, can you believe it?" with the usual mocking tone and rolling of the eyes, etc.
'Greying of hair' is a classic symptom/result of extended stress, exhaustion, etc, (as is increased alcohol consumption, another issue mocked by Mr Chapman) that are clearly associated with the problems of Turbines located near some residences, and actually supports the argument against Turbines....
He instead refers to the Victorian Dept of Health who say there is no such thing as problems with Infrasound and the only issue is at audible levels, and this statement made after no testing...it is a political opinion in support of Turbines, not an objective position based on extensive scientific testing.
Anti-Turbine activist Ms Pat Gabb was absolutely unequivocal in her condemnation of all involved, particularly the Turbine companies, who are well versed in how to 'lie, spin, and throw around dollars to buy people' (paraphrase), and referred to Infrasound issues documented in the 1990's (but again no specifics).
There is a new 'physiological effects report' due later this year but the Turbines are already up in many places, and the industry is throwing your/our money (that they get via massive subsidies) at the problem so I'm not holding my breath that any 'new report' will go against the collective political will to dump these monstrosities into rural/regional communities.
If Turbines are so bloody fantastic, then put them 1km off the coast of Adelaide and all along the foothills, and in Port Phillip Bay, etc...it ain't never gonna' happen because they are a 'noise and visual polluting nightmare' that will cost votes.
And the end of the post and I haven't even got to the farcical carry on in The Border Watch re the conduct of Council and the devastating effect their self-focused conduct has had/continues to have on the City of Mt Gambier, so;
Tomorrow: YMCP in TBW- Part II
However, could there be a better example than the hyperbarically hyperbolic TBW headline of Friday August 16th 2013: Clash of the titans - Councillors divided over retention of old hospital laundry structure.
(Hyperbarically hyperbolic?-Ed)...yeah, hyperbole so extreme it takes your breath away...(nice-Ed)...
Clash of the titans?...really?...and would one of those Titans be the legendary 'Farcical'?...rrrrr, release the Farcical...a handful of people, namely Merv White, Ian Von Stanke, and the quite extraordinary Des Mutton, getting together to decide what is best for themselves and their immediate associates...and the rest of the planet doesn't give a fat dead rat's festered clacker...(oh, you poet you-Ed)...
I honestly don't know whether to laugh or cry...if it wasn't so serious, it would be hilarious...Clash of the titans...absolutely ridiculous...
I am Nick Fletcher and this is my blog...laters...
Saturday, August 17, 2013
DeBelle Toll - Zero - An Inquiry Without Consequence
Hello Brazil, Venezuela, Germany and all points in between...ask not for whom DeBelle tolls for it's toll is zero...A Royal Commission into the Cover-up of the rape and/or sexual assault of several 8 year old students, and not one person charged, not even one person sacked...
(Well that's not quite true, the After School Care Director who committed the rapes/abuses was jailed-Ed)...that was before the DeBelle Inquiry even began...(oh yeah-Ed)...indeed it was the exposure of the Cover-up of that jailing that led to the creation of the DeBelle Inuqiry...(true, but what about Education Dept CEO Keith Bartley?...he was sacked-Ed)...
No, he may have been 'shoved', or embarrassed into resigning, or intimately complicit to the point that he had to run away back to England, but he wasn't sacked...he took a massive payout and bolted...call it what you will, but he wasn't officially reprimanded in any way...(true-Ed)...
To quickly review: parents were not told about their child's Carer being jailed for the rape of an 8 year old in After School Care, and when it was exposed in the media, Labor ministers repeatedly lied on the floor of parliament, seeking to blame SAPol and/or parents (the school Council) for the gross failures within the Education Dept.
And senior Education Dept officials like Head of Schools Gary Costello were furiously threatening the school Council and/or other parents to keep it all buried, and when those lies and threats collapsed, the Weatherill Labor government formed the DeBelle Inquiry which self-defines as a farcical whitewash.
Nobody can remember anything, particularly Mr Weatherill's personal staffers Simon Blewett and Jadynne Hervey who forwarded the email they had received but can't remember to who, and the Ministers are completely exonerated, and nobody gets sacked...and then it is constant referring and deferring to the DeBelle Inquiry.
I re-iterate: the DeBelle Inquiry was established to officially exonerate all public officials and Ministers involved...a 'scathing report' that achieves absolutely nothing...and builds an official wall between accountability and the culture of 'paedophile Cover-up' in the Education dept and Labor Party...(a wall?-Ed)...yeah, a wall of denial that seeks to allow Premier Weatherill et al to ignore every abuse and cover-up, etc, that preceded the Inquiry by referencing everything to it...(still don't get it-Ed)...
Well, it allows them to say to every issue that comes up 'pre-DeBelle' 'oh, yes that's terrible, but it's all different now because we have the DeBelle Inquiry', and/or, 'we're doing everything according to the DeBelle Report', etc...(ah, yes, the official script of plausible denial-Ed)...nicely put sir...
And they have all been doing it...Weatherill, Portolesi, this weeks Education Minister Jennifer Rankine, Gary Costello, and of course...(Tony-TH)...Tony...(nnnHarrison-TH)...Tony Harrison...all of them.
Now a third 'Advisor', Kate Baldock, this time from the then Education Minister Grace Portolesi's office, has been revealed as a recipient of the notorious Email that the previous Education Minister Jay Weatherill's office sent to...well they apparently don't remember...(and of course they 'wiped' the relevant computers as well-Ed)...yes, how unfortunate...unless of course you were about to be exposed as knowing about the abuse after swearing repeatedly that you didn't...very convenient for those people...
A third Ministerial advisor who knew about the jailing, but allegedly did not tell Minister Grace Portolesi. Good thing that these multiple alleged professionals didn't do the most fundamental thing and tell their relevant bosses about this Cover-up because then Weatherill, Portolesi, etc, wouldn't be able to deny all responsibility.
And now the new Chief Education Officer...(Tony-TH)...Tony...(nnnHarrison-TH)...Tony Harrison is really getting tough on those public servants who didn't bother to respond to the first round of 'Please Explain' letters...by writing to them again...owwww, take that Public Servants...not one but two letters asking you to explain your role in covering-up the abuse and the jailing of the abuser...good work all round...
There are multiple stories available on the Interweb so rather than trawl through it all again here, please check those...I tried 'Kate Baldock DeBelle' and came up with heaps...happy hunting...
And there's Liberal David Pisoni stamping his little foot and going harumpf...'ooo, I've got some documents...blah, blah, blah'...and now Weatherill is going to release all of those documents publicly...fascinating...releasing the documents from the farcical DeBelle Inquiry that supports and protects all of those involved...a 'scathing' Report where scathing means farcical cover-up...
I'm still waiting for the phone call from Pisoni...and Weatherill's office emailed me a month ago that they were "getting advice" but nothing since...and still not one word from Nick Xenophon...and still not one mention of the Lutherans re any report of abuse anywhere let alone in the alleged Royal Commission...the whole thing is a sad, sick joke from sad, sick people...
Also, the two stories re corruption in the South Australian Police Force, particularly at the Victor Harbour/Goolwa Station, are both now on the Channel 7 Today Tonight website...check them out...and join me in wondering just how bad the St Martins Lutheran School Child Abuse Cover-up is that TT won't touch it but will run this sort of story...
Tomorrow: Yet More Council Propaganda in The Border Watch
Have I used the word farcical too many times today already, do you think?...(well you will pick subject matter that self-defines as farcical, so I'm not sure what else you can do-Ed)...so is that a yes or a no?...(you figure it out grasshopper-Ed)...
Yay...I am Nick Fletcher and this is my blog...av'a good weekend...cheers and laters...
(Well that's not quite true, the After School Care Director who committed the rapes/abuses was jailed-Ed)...that was before the DeBelle Inquiry even began...(oh yeah-Ed)...indeed it was the exposure of the Cover-up of that jailing that led to the creation of the DeBelle Inuqiry...(true, but what about Education Dept CEO Keith Bartley?...he was sacked-Ed)...
No, he may have been 'shoved', or embarrassed into resigning, or intimately complicit to the point that he had to run away back to England, but he wasn't sacked...he took a massive payout and bolted...call it what you will, but he wasn't officially reprimanded in any way...(true-Ed)...
To quickly review: parents were not told about their child's Carer being jailed for the rape of an 8 year old in After School Care, and when it was exposed in the media, Labor ministers repeatedly lied on the floor of parliament, seeking to blame SAPol and/or parents (the school Council) for the gross failures within the Education Dept.
And senior Education Dept officials like Head of Schools Gary Costello were furiously threatening the school Council and/or other parents to keep it all buried, and when those lies and threats collapsed, the Weatherill Labor government formed the DeBelle Inquiry which self-defines as a farcical whitewash.
Nobody can remember anything, particularly Mr Weatherill's personal staffers Simon Blewett and Jadynne Hervey who forwarded the email they had received but can't remember to who, and the Ministers are completely exonerated, and nobody gets sacked...and then it is constant referring and deferring to the DeBelle Inquiry.
I re-iterate: the DeBelle Inquiry was established to officially exonerate all public officials and Ministers involved...a 'scathing report' that achieves absolutely nothing...and builds an official wall between accountability and the culture of 'paedophile Cover-up' in the Education dept and Labor Party...(a wall?-Ed)...yeah, a wall of denial that seeks to allow Premier Weatherill et al to ignore every abuse and cover-up, etc, that preceded the Inquiry by referencing everything to it...(still don't get it-Ed)...
Well, it allows them to say to every issue that comes up 'pre-DeBelle' 'oh, yes that's terrible, but it's all different now because we have the DeBelle Inquiry', and/or, 'we're doing everything according to the DeBelle Report', etc...(ah, yes, the official script of plausible denial-Ed)...nicely put sir...
And they have all been doing it...Weatherill, Portolesi, this weeks Education Minister Jennifer Rankine, Gary Costello, and of course...(Tony-TH)...Tony...(nnnHarrison-TH)...Tony Harrison...all of them.
Now a third 'Advisor', Kate Baldock, this time from the then Education Minister Grace Portolesi's office, has been revealed as a recipient of the notorious Email that the previous Education Minister Jay Weatherill's office sent to...well they apparently don't remember...(and of course they 'wiped' the relevant computers as well-Ed)...yes, how unfortunate...unless of course you were about to be exposed as knowing about the abuse after swearing repeatedly that you didn't...very convenient for those people...
A third Ministerial advisor who knew about the jailing, but allegedly did not tell Minister Grace Portolesi. Good thing that these multiple alleged professionals didn't do the most fundamental thing and tell their relevant bosses about this Cover-up because then Weatherill, Portolesi, etc, wouldn't be able to deny all responsibility.
And now the new Chief Education Officer...(Tony-TH)...Tony...(nnnHarrison-TH)...Tony Harrison is really getting tough on those public servants who didn't bother to respond to the first round of 'Please Explain' letters...by writing to them again...owwww, take that Public Servants...not one but two letters asking you to explain your role in covering-up the abuse and the jailing of the abuser...good work all round...
There are multiple stories available on the Interweb so rather than trawl through it all again here, please check those...I tried 'Kate Baldock DeBelle' and came up with heaps...happy hunting...
And there's Liberal David Pisoni stamping his little foot and going harumpf...'ooo, I've got some documents...blah, blah, blah'...and now Weatherill is going to release all of those documents publicly...fascinating...releasing the documents from the farcical DeBelle Inquiry that supports and protects all of those involved...a 'scathing' Report where scathing means farcical cover-up...
I'm still waiting for the phone call from Pisoni...and Weatherill's office emailed me a month ago that they were "getting advice" but nothing since...and still not one word from Nick Xenophon...and still not one mention of the Lutherans re any report of abuse anywhere let alone in the alleged Royal Commission...the whole thing is a sad, sick joke from sad, sick people...
Also, the two stories re corruption in the South Australian Police Force, particularly at the Victor Harbour/Goolwa Station, are both now on the Channel 7 Today Tonight website...check them out...and join me in wondering just how bad the St Martins Lutheran School Child Abuse Cover-up is that TT won't touch it but will run this sort of story...
Tomorrow: Yet More Council Propaganda in The Border Watch
Have I used the word farcical too many times today already, do you think?...(well you will pick subject matter that self-defines as farcical, so I'm not sure what else you can do-Ed)...so is that a yes or a no?...(you figure it out grasshopper-Ed)...
Yay...I am Nick Fletcher and this is my blog...av'a good weekend...cheers and laters...
Friday, August 16, 2013
Covered Swimming Pool: One Hole Council Won't Pour Money Into
Hello France, Russia, and Canada...welcome to the blog...and surprise, surprise... 'Dick Stretcher' is back just long enough to get it wrong again...and an anonymous coward to the end...perhaps you should read the posts a little more carefully champ and you'd realise I'm going nowhere...metaphorically and literally...
You sure you don't have anymore insightful observations about parents suing St Martins Lutheran School just to make money?...about the abuse of our children?...how about some more bigoted prejudice re Housing Trust Tenants or the unemployed?...what about Agoraphobia?...homelessness?...anymore gutless idiocy?..(nothing but-Ed)...indeed...
I thought that once you realised you'd been 'outed' that you would be keeping a low profile...but once an idiot always an idiot...(what do you mean 'outed'?-Ed)...oh, did I forget to mention that...it appears that there is 'honour amongst thieves', but not in the way that you'd expect...(please explain-Ed)...certainly.
Apparently the comments about 'my child' in the first 'Dick Stretcher Comment' were beyond the pale for someone who still has a shred of human decency, so they have approached me and identified you DS...thank you that person...and I've passed on those details to some people who would like to discuss your comments with you...they'll be in touch...who's in the shadows now dickhead?...(ah now, come on, you can't do that-Ed)...damn straight I can...(no no, come on, play nice-Ed)...no...(come on, tell the truth-Ed)...alright, alright...I made that last bit up, there's been no outing...(thank you-Ed)...but there are plenty of people who want to 'talk' to you DS...(damn straight-Ed)...
Furthermore, I could have left this 'fiction' to hang for several days to really ram home the message, but I have broader horizons to consider, and there are plenty of people reading the blog who I do not want to deceive in this manner.
I offer this 'fake outing' as a demonstration of just how easy it is to create a false reality if I so choose, and also to highlight the tools of language that I use, not to deceive but to protect, eg, if I say that I 'spoke to someone yesterday', that person could be easily identified and potentially damaged/attacked/Pariahtised, etc, so I say 'recently', where recently could mean a day or six months...and 'a number of people' could be one or dozens, for the same reasons...
I know it sounds terribly naff (pretentious), but I say 'a number of people recently' not by way of deceiving, misrepresenting, or falsely creating, but to protect those who provide me information,...and I am always very careful to check my facts...and if I'm wrong about something, please tell me, and then I'll apologise and correct what ever it is...which segues nicely into the Covered Pool Issue and my previous apology to Mr Barney McCusker.
More news this week about the Covered Pool that Mt Gambier is never going to have, courtesy of a Council locked into it's 1950's small town thinking and corruption...(some days I feel like we're living in that Patrick Swayze movie Roadhouse-Ed)...yeah, a cross between that and The Dukes of Hazzard...
I readily accept that Mr McCusker is very genuine in his pursuit of a Covered Pool, which only makes his recent comments all the more confusing...and I'm not being cute, I genuinely don't understand what he is saying...at best, I think he's trying to be politely diplomatic in a situation where outraged indignation is probably more appropriate.
Council has now stated that they are already committed to so many 'Capital Works' that they won't be looking at a Covered Pool for Mt Gambier until 2017/18 at the earliest...and even if you could believe a single word coming out of Council, their language indicates that it will be at least five years before they even start looking at it, let alone planning, let alone building...so that means what?...no pool in the next decade?
And the relentless and deliberate hypocrisy of Council's justifications for this fiasco stampedes across that fine line separating deceitful 'spin' from outright lies...nothing but lies...
I refer to The Border Watch coverage and the ABC Local Radio interviews earlier this week where Council trotted out the same old lies, and Mr McCusker for some reason stated that this is a good thing.
Council has been aware of but effectively ignored the pool issue for decades, and gone past it time and time again to support ludicrous projects like the Main Corner...the exact same conduct as with the Bus Terminus...(and the Old Rail Lands-Ed)...
'We've go too much other stuff we're already doing and therefore can't afford it' is a false justification entirely of Council's own construct...Council is in the position it is because of It's own decisions to go right past the Pool Issue, again, and load itself up with debt and projects that are not necessary...(sorry, did someone say Paving the Main Street?-Ed)...not yet Ed, wait for it, wait for it...
This nonsense about suddenly needing $2million+ for the Caroline landfill has only recently appeared in the debate, particularly when you consider that Council must have known for years that the current 'Cell' was apparently filling up and therefore a 'New Cell' would be required 'now'...even if true that Council has just realised this, at best it is atrocious mismanagement of an important public asset that Council already collects rates for.
Why hasn't Council been responsibly saving over the years the money they have been taking off rate-payers for what they must have known was required?...nothing but spin rolling into deceits sliding into outright lies...
And again Council trots out the excuses/lies about how the Pool needs to be financially viable and self-funding before they can consider spending ludicrously exaggerated amounts of rate-payers money on it.
This 'must be self-funding' is the same justification that Council have repeatedly used to excuse not doing what they don't want to do, but completely ignore when it comes to the things that they personally want to do, eg, the Library and the Main Corner.
Where is the Business Plan for the Main Corner?...(or the Library-Ed)...indeed...these two combined, cost the ratepayers of Mt Gambier well over $2million a year and escalating, and no hope for any of it ever being recovered...and the Business Plan for the $650,000 Volcano Movie?..
This movie is a perfect example of the insular and selfish conduct of Council...a gross extravagance that Mt Gambier didn't need and couldn't afford, rammed through Council without any Public Consultation, all at the behest and want of a handful of people...selfish and elitist and $650k never to be recovered...and no funding for Public Transport...
I don't care how many people go to the Library, it doesn't change the reality that everyone in Mt Gambier has been loaded up with massive debt for a grossly over-priced, decorated tin shed built in entirely the wrong place...(and we pay for every after hours 'Book Launch', etc, as part of the running cost-Ed)...absolutely...
And too bloody bad if you rely on public transport to try and get to these 'functions' because there isn't any...and again, Council's excuse for not funding public transport?...(it doesn't pay for itself therefore we're not funding it?-Ed)...precisely...
Indeed, Council's planning for the Main Corner is so poor that they had to hold meetings after it was built to try and gather ideas of what it could be used for, and have employed several people to effectively poach business off local providers to try and reverse justify it's entire existence...outrageous.
I have covered all of these issues in previous posts and it always comes back to the same motivations...a handful of Councillors doing what they personally want for their own benefit and/or that of their mates, and no better example than the Main Corner.
But none of this explains Mr McCusker's comments that 'it is a good thing that Council have named 2017/18 because it means that they are looking at the pool issue' (paraphrase)...I honestly do not understand why he would be saying this is a good thing.
Mr McCusker, of all people, knows exactly what successive Councils have done, or failed to do, re the Covered Pool Issue because he has been pursuing it for so many years.
Because of the size of the articles I won't attach them, but they might be available at TBW's website.
Tomorrow: DeBelle Ends - But What Has Actually Happened?
And I didn't make up 'the outing'...or did I?...or am I making that up?...or am I...wait, I've lost where I was...
Nah, nah, go' bless, go' bless...I did make it up, but I am definitely Nick Fletcher and this is my blog...or is it?...(stop that-Ed)...sorry...
Oh, and thank you for the feed-back about me mis-spelling the 'Labor' Party as Labour...not checking my own 'spellchecker' properly...my bad...
You sure you don't have anymore insightful observations about parents suing St Martins Lutheran School just to make money?...about the abuse of our children?...how about some more bigoted prejudice re Housing Trust Tenants or the unemployed?...what about Agoraphobia?...homelessness?...anymore gutless idiocy?..(nothing but-Ed)...indeed...
I thought that once you realised you'd been 'outed' that you would be keeping a low profile...but once an idiot always an idiot...(what do you mean 'outed'?-Ed)...oh, did I forget to mention that...it appears that there is 'honour amongst thieves', but not in the way that you'd expect...(please explain-Ed)...certainly.
Apparently the comments about 'my child' in the first 'Dick Stretcher Comment' were beyond the pale for someone who still has a shred of human decency, so they have approached me and identified you DS...thank you that person...and I've passed on those details to some people who would like to discuss your comments with you...they'll be in touch...who's in the shadows now dickhead?...(ah now, come on, you can't do that-Ed)...damn straight I can...(no no, come on, play nice-Ed)...no...(come on, tell the truth-Ed)...alright, alright...I made that last bit up, there's been no outing...(thank you-Ed)...but there are plenty of people who want to 'talk' to you DS...(damn straight-Ed)...
Furthermore, I could have left this 'fiction' to hang for several days to really ram home the message, but I have broader horizons to consider, and there are plenty of people reading the blog who I do not want to deceive in this manner.
I offer this 'fake outing' as a demonstration of just how easy it is to create a false reality if I so choose, and also to highlight the tools of language that I use, not to deceive but to protect, eg, if I say that I 'spoke to someone yesterday', that person could be easily identified and potentially damaged/attacked/Pariahtised, etc, so I say 'recently', where recently could mean a day or six months...and 'a number of people' could be one or dozens, for the same reasons...
I know it sounds terribly naff (pretentious), but I say 'a number of people recently' not by way of deceiving, misrepresenting, or falsely creating, but to protect those who provide me information,...and I am always very careful to check my facts...and if I'm wrong about something, please tell me, and then I'll apologise and correct what ever it is...which segues nicely into the Covered Pool Issue and my previous apology to Mr Barney McCusker.
More news this week about the Covered Pool that Mt Gambier is never going to have, courtesy of a Council locked into it's 1950's small town thinking and corruption...(some days I feel like we're living in that Patrick Swayze movie Roadhouse-Ed)...yeah, a cross between that and The Dukes of Hazzard...
I readily accept that Mr McCusker is very genuine in his pursuit of a Covered Pool, which only makes his recent comments all the more confusing...and I'm not being cute, I genuinely don't understand what he is saying...at best, I think he's trying to be politely diplomatic in a situation where outraged indignation is probably more appropriate.
Council has now stated that they are already committed to so many 'Capital Works' that they won't be looking at a Covered Pool for Mt Gambier until 2017/18 at the earliest...and even if you could believe a single word coming out of Council, their language indicates that it will be at least five years before they even start looking at it, let alone planning, let alone building...so that means what?...no pool in the next decade?
And the relentless and deliberate hypocrisy of Council's justifications for this fiasco stampedes across that fine line separating deceitful 'spin' from outright lies...nothing but lies...
I refer to The Border Watch coverage and the ABC Local Radio interviews earlier this week where Council trotted out the same old lies, and Mr McCusker for some reason stated that this is a good thing.
Council has been aware of but effectively ignored the pool issue for decades, and gone past it time and time again to support ludicrous projects like the Main Corner...the exact same conduct as with the Bus Terminus...(and the Old Rail Lands-Ed)...
'We've go too much other stuff we're already doing and therefore can't afford it' is a false justification entirely of Council's own construct...Council is in the position it is because of It's own decisions to go right past the Pool Issue, again, and load itself up with debt and projects that are not necessary...(sorry, did someone say Paving the Main Street?-Ed)...not yet Ed, wait for it, wait for it...
This nonsense about suddenly needing $2million+ for the Caroline landfill has only recently appeared in the debate, particularly when you consider that Council must have known for years that the current 'Cell' was apparently filling up and therefore a 'New Cell' would be required 'now'...even if true that Council has just realised this, at best it is atrocious mismanagement of an important public asset that Council already collects rates for.
Why hasn't Council been responsibly saving over the years the money they have been taking off rate-payers for what they must have known was required?...nothing but spin rolling into deceits sliding into outright lies...
And again Council trots out the excuses/lies about how the Pool needs to be financially viable and self-funding before they can consider spending ludicrously exaggerated amounts of rate-payers money on it.
This 'must be self-funding' is the same justification that Council have repeatedly used to excuse not doing what they don't want to do, but completely ignore when it comes to the things that they personally want to do, eg, the Library and the Main Corner.
Where is the Business Plan for the Main Corner?...(or the Library-Ed)...indeed...these two combined, cost the ratepayers of Mt Gambier well over $2million a year and escalating, and no hope for any of it ever being recovered...and the Business Plan for the $650,000 Volcano Movie?..
This movie is a perfect example of the insular and selfish conduct of Council...a gross extravagance that Mt Gambier didn't need and couldn't afford, rammed through Council without any Public Consultation, all at the behest and want of a handful of people...selfish and elitist and $650k never to be recovered...and no funding for Public Transport...
I don't care how many people go to the Library, it doesn't change the reality that everyone in Mt Gambier has been loaded up with massive debt for a grossly over-priced, decorated tin shed built in entirely the wrong place...(and we pay for every after hours 'Book Launch', etc, as part of the running cost-Ed)...absolutely...
And too bloody bad if you rely on public transport to try and get to these 'functions' because there isn't any...and again, Council's excuse for not funding public transport?...(it doesn't pay for itself therefore we're not funding it?-Ed)...precisely...
Indeed, Council's planning for the Main Corner is so poor that they had to hold meetings after it was built to try and gather ideas of what it could be used for, and have employed several people to effectively poach business off local providers to try and reverse justify it's entire existence...outrageous.
I have covered all of these issues in previous posts and it always comes back to the same motivations...a handful of Councillors doing what they personally want for their own benefit and/or that of their mates, and no better example than the Main Corner.
But none of this explains Mr McCusker's comments that 'it is a good thing that Council have named 2017/18 because it means that they are looking at the pool issue' (paraphrase)...I honestly do not understand why he would be saying this is a good thing.
Mr McCusker, of all people, knows exactly what successive Councils have done, or failed to do, re the Covered Pool Issue because he has been pursuing it for so many years.
Because of the size of the articles I won't attach them, but they might be available at TBW's website.
Tomorrow: DeBelle Ends - But What Has Actually Happened?
And I didn't make up 'the outing'...or did I?...or am I making that up?...or am I...wait, I've lost where I was...
Nah, nah, go' bless, go' bless...I did make it up, but I am definitely Nick Fletcher and this is my blog...or is it?...(stop that-Ed)...sorry...
Oh, and thank you for the feed-back about me mis-spelling the 'Labor' Party as Labour...not checking my own 'spellchecker' properly...my bad...
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Democracy: Best Government Money Can Buy
Hello China , the UK, South Korea, and the USofA...welcome to the blog...this title is an old saying that perfectly sums up the current political climate in Australia...minor parties and genuine Independents are a major inconvenience for the two major parties, and the push is on to return Australia to the total control of the increasingly indistinguishable and Right Wing Liberal/Labor Party.
I note that Liberal leader Tony Abbott has done a "captain's pick" (his words) to direct all candidates to preference the Greens last, meaning that Liberal preferences may well end up with Labour...and that Labour's Kevin Rudd is under pressure to do the same. Both parties have already stated that they will not form minority governments with the Greens.
Today is the final day that Candidates may Register to run in the Federal Election...and clearly I won't be one of them...(you must be devastated-Ed)...no...disappointed but hardly devastated...I was running to be appropriately involved in the process, not because I thought I had a snowball's chance of actually being elected.
Barker is a super-safe Liberal seat where they have won around 50% of the primary vote at previous elections, and would require a 17-18% swing against to effect change.
I will be lodging the attached letter/appeal and formal Nomination form, but given that I don't have the required 120 signatures or the $1,000 fee, my nomination will be rejected...(but you knew this would happen-Ed)...indeed, but it doesn't make it any more palatable...
I won't pretend that I'm not deeply disappointed by the response, or lack of, particularly from some people who have been more than prepared to tell me how I should and/or shouldn't conduct myself, but have declined to actually get involved...(but can you maintain that rage?-Ed)...absolutely...well, at least for one paragraph...
One paragraph, because when I calm down I have to accept the realities that I myself have described in previous posts...the extremely bigoted, insular, and retributional 'fish-bowl' that is Mt Gambier, where people are literally terrified to speak out, let alone officially attach themselves to someone as controversial and 'officially hated' as myself.
I was reduced to fronting local businesses anonymously, with zero success, but again I can hardly blame people...(indeed, if you fronted me asking for my address, birth date, and signature, I wouldn't be too keen...and I know you-Ed)...indeed...it is a farcical obstacle to genuine Independence.
I have no family in the electorate, no support network, and I only know a handful of people, none of whom I feel comfortable in approaching for their support in this context...as stated previously, as much as I have been deliberately 'Pariahtised' and isolated by the bigotry and ignorance of the Lutheran community and the rank corruption of local government, etc, I have also deliberately distanced myself from a number of people so as to not drag them into my crap...(and then there's the cash-Ed)...yes, well, that's another issue.
This $1,000 is a massive impost that denies the vast majority of people any opportunity to be involved as Genuine Independents...how many people have $1k to burn in a context where they are not likely to ever see it again, just for the sake of running in an election they just can't win...
I can just cover that $1,000 initially, but there's no way I could afford to lose it when I don't get 4% of first preferences...(about 4,000 votes-Ed)...indeed...even if I had the prerequisite 120 'nominees' signatures...(I thought you said it was 100 signatures-Ed)...yes, but you are 'requested' to get 120 just in case some aren't enrolled, are not in the electorate anymore, etc...
As per my 'protest Nomination', these criteria are grossly biased against genuine Independents and 'poor people'...indeed, on the issue of the fee, this is clearly discrimination...$1,000 is an entire month's income for me, and that is on the Disability Support Pension which is relatively well above Newstart payments for the unemployed...(indeed, how many 'working families' have that sort of money to lose?-Ed)...
I am very clearly a Genuine Independent; I am not a bankrupt nor do I have a criminal record; I have been deeply and often 'brutally' involved in local, state, and even federal politics; I have run as a Genuine Independent at the 2010 State and Local Government elections; and yet I am unable, no disallowed from running by these grossly biased criteria.
And that is exactly what these criteria are designed to do, lock genuine independents out of the race...(sorry, but I don't think they've changed the requirements just to 'get you'-Ed)...indeed, but these criteria are specifically targeted at people like me...(fair enough-Ed)...
Compare this to some of the other candidates, eg, the One Nation candidate who thinks Islam is a country, etc; Liberal's James Diaz who cannot name his parties' own policies; and former cricketer Nathan Bracken.
Mr Bracken has apparently 'been thinking about politics for some time' and only days from the close of nominations suddenly drops out of the sky on a parachute called John Singleton...Advertising 'magnate' Mr Singleton is financially and logistically supporting 2 candidates including Mr Bracken who himself has no political experience what-so-ever...(and is calling himself an Independent?-Ed)...yep...(but surely he is the 'John Singleton Party candidate'?-Ed)...yep...best government that money can buy...
Beyond that, I am very surprised and buoyed by those who did offer their support and it far outweighs the sense of disappointment re those who would not....thank you...
Again, I reject the gross bias and discrimination inherent in the 'Nomination Criteria' as being a deliberate construct to deny genuinely independent candidates from participating, let alone the undeniable bias against people on low incomes...
I can only apologise for failing to even nominate, but I have lodged my complaint/protest with the local AEC office and I thank the local Returning Officer, Mr Lane (?) for his time and understanding...he has undertaken to pass my complaint 'up the line'.
Tomorrow: The Covered Pool Fiasco - One Hole Council Won't Tip Money Into
I do find myself somewhat floored by the extraordinary hypocrisy of Council when it comes to not doing what doesn't personally benefit them, and their relevant excuses and justifications...
I am Nick Fletcher and I am not a candidate...yet...and I will not stop...and this is my blog...
When I said I consider myself to be already in the employ of the society that financially supports me, I absolutely meant it...and if Councils, Weatherill, Rory, et al, think I've been a pain thus far...
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I note that Liberal leader Tony Abbott has done a "captain's pick" (his words) to direct all candidates to preference the Greens last, meaning that Liberal preferences may well end up with Labour...and that Labour's Kevin Rudd is under pressure to do the same. Both parties have already stated that they will not form minority governments with the Greens.
Today is the final day that Candidates may Register to run in the Federal Election...and clearly I won't be one of them...(you must be devastated-Ed)...no...disappointed but hardly devastated...I was running to be appropriately involved in the process, not because I thought I had a snowball's chance of actually being elected.
Barker is a super-safe Liberal seat where they have won around 50% of the primary vote at previous elections, and would require a 17-18% swing against to effect change.
I will be lodging the attached letter/appeal and formal Nomination form, but given that I don't have the required 120 signatures or the $1,000 fee, my nomination will be rejected...(but you knew this would happen-Ed)...indeed, but it doesn't make it any more palatable...
I won't pretend that I'm not deeply disappointed by the response, or lack of, particularly from some people who have been more than prepared to tell me how I should and/or shouldn't conduct myself, but have declined to actually get involved...(but can you maintain that rage?-Ed)...absolutely...well, at least for one paragraph...
One paragraph, because when I calm down I have to accept the realities that I myself have described in previous posts...the extremely bigoted, insular, and retributional 'fish-bowl' that is Mt Gambier, where people are literally terrified to speak out, let alone officially attach themselves to someone as controversial and 'officially hated' as myself.
I was reduced to fronting local businesses anonymously, with zero success, but again I can hardly blame people...(indeed, if you fronted me asking for my address, birth date, and signature, I wouldn't be too keen...and I know you-Ed)...indeed...it is a farcical obstacle to genuine Independence.
I have no family in the electorate, no support network, and I only know a handful of people, none of whom I feel comfortable in approaching for their support in this context...as stated previously, as much as I have been deliberately 'Pariahtised' and isolated by the bigotry and ignorance of the Lutheran community and the rank corruption of local government, etc, I have also deliberately distanced myself from a number of people so as to not drag them into my crap...(and then there's the cash-Ed)...yes, well, that's another issue.
This $1,000 is a massive impost that denies the vast majority of people any opportunity to be involved as Genuine Independents...how many people have $1k to burn in a context where they are not likely to ever see it again, just for the sake of running in an election they just can't win...
I can just cover that $1,000 initially, but there's no way I could afford to lose it when I don't get 4% of first preferences...(about 4,000 votes-Ed)...indeed...even if I had the prerequisite 120 'nominees' signatures...(I thought you said it was 100 signatures-Ed)...yes, but you are 'requested' to get 120 just in case some aren't enrolled, are not in the electorate anymore, etc...
As per my 'protest Nomination', these criteria are grossly biased against genuine Independents and 'poor people'...indeed, on the issue of the fee, this is clearly discrimination...$1,000 is an entire month's income for me, and that is on the Disability Support Pension which is relatively well above Newstart payments for the unemployed...(indeed, how many 'working families' have that sort of money to lose?-Ed)...
I am very clearly a Genuine Independent; I am not a bankrupt nor do I have a criminal record; I have been deeply and often 'brutally' involved in local, state, and even federal politics; I have run as a Genuine Independent at the 2010 State and Local Government elections; and yet I am unable, no disallowed from running by these grossly biased criteria.
And that is exactly what these criteria are designed to do, lock genuine independents out of the race...(sorry, but I don't think they've changed the requirements just to 'get you'-Ed)...indeed, but these criteria are specifically targeted at people like me...(fair enough-Ed)...
Compare this to some of the other candidates, eg, the One Nation candidate who thinks Islam is a country, etc; Liberal's James Diaz who cannot name his parties' own policies; and former cricketer Nathan Bracken.
Mr Bracken has apparently 'been thinking about politics for some time' and only days from the close of nominations suddenly drops out of the sky on a parachute called John Singleton...Advertising 'magnate' Mr Singleton is financially and logistically supporting 2 candidates including Mr Bracken who himself has no political experience what-so-ever...(and is calling himself an Independent?-Ed)...yep...(but surely he is the 'John Singleton Party candidate'?-Ed)...yep...best government that money can buy...
Beyond that, I am very surprised and buoyed by those who did offer their support and it far outweighs the sense of disappointment re those who would not....thank you...
Again, I reject the gross bias and discrimination inherent in the 'Nomination Criteria' as being a deliberate construct to deny genuinely independent candidates from participating, let alone the undeniable bias against people on low incomes...
I can only apologise for failing to even nominate, but I have lodged my complaint/protest with the local AEC office and I thank the local Returning Officer, Mr Lane (?) for his time and understanding...he has undertaken to pass my complaint 'up the line'.
Tomorrow: The Covered Pool Fiasco - One Hole Council Won't Tip Money Into
I do find myself somewhat floored by the extraordinary hypocrisy of Council when it comes to not doing what doesn't personally benefit them, and their relevant excuses and justifications...
I am Nick Fletcher and I am not a candidate...yet...and I will not stop...and this is my blog...
When I said I consider myself to be already in the employ of the society that financially supports me, I absolutely meant it...and if Councils, Weatherill, Rory, et al, think I've been a pain thus far...
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
South Australia - This Is Your Police Force
Hello Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine, Brazil and Thailand...welcome to the blog...what the world must think of South Australia off the back of my diatribal accountancy...(whaaa?-Ed)...diatribal accountancy...my attempts to hold certain individuals to account via various diatribes, my various one-sided rants...(fair enough-Ed)...
But yet again the problem isn't me or my anger or my opinion...(but you're not happy, are you?-Ed)...no, but we'll get back to that...the reality about SAPol defines itself.
But first...Tony Abbott...maaate...describing a young female candidate as having "sex appeal"...why would you say that?...but here's your plausible excuse - 'ahh, the Liberal Party is often accused of not being appealing enough to younger voters because of the plethora of ugly old man-coots like me...we're accused of not being 'sexy' enough...so I was just highlighting all of those attributes that the candidate brings in those modern terms...oh, and stop the boats'-TA...you can have that one Tones...gratis...
And surprise of surprises, yesterday 13/08/13 The Border Watch printed a photo of me at the Homelessness Week function described in a previous post, and gave me the title of 'Independent Senate Candidate'...which is very confusing because several months ago Editor Jason Wallace told me personally that TBW wouldn't be printing anything on my behalf for the election...but there you go...
And then today's TBW printed my requestedly anonymous story of homelessness (previous post) as part of a larger article...'requestedly' because I wanted to see the issue/story get in there so I suggested to the reporter that maybe she should leave my name out of it...
And just listening to Mayor Steve Perryman on ABC Local Radio regurgitating Council's own internal yet apparently independent report...(why do they keep trying to make this 'Independent' nonsense fly?-Ed)...to distance Council from the nepotism and corruption inherent in virtually everything they do...(fair enough-Ed)...their report stating that an Indoor Pool will cost $12m to build and will run at an estimated $1.8m loss per annum, and due to Council's other large capital works program, Council cannot afford this until 2017/18 at the earliest, and that cost will mean cutting other services, etc.
Please insert here the long list of pointless, expensive projects that Council has invested in rather than the Pool/Sports precinct, eg, the Library, the Main Corner with Commercial Kitchen and extraordinarily self-indulgent $650,000 Volcano Movie, the extensive renovation and expansion of Council offices, the Lady Nelson Bus Shelter, paving the Main Street, etc...
(But the Library is lovely-Ed)...no it isn't...it's an ugly $12million+ tin shed with some books in it that drains $1.6+million a year to operate, and we already had a Library...both it and the Main Corner are all about forcing the City into that tiny area so as to keep the Rail Lands clear for the Rail Lands Retail Agenda (previous posts)...that and to cater to the elitist Liberal bloc who are absolutely convinced that Mt Gambier is to be run for their benefit.
Just check out the relentless bleating in TBW from the Riddoch Gallery about how they need to be handed yet more rate-payers money...apparently over $220,000 annual funding from Council and the state government isn't enough...not to mention the recent ratepayer funded massive renovations...(ah, you just did-Ed)...my point exactly...(whaaa?-Ed)...
And where is all the missing/lost money from the Library and Main Corner projects? And who the hell is allegedly 'Auditing' Council yet apparently cannot see these 'losses'?
And Council apparently is also to withdraw it's pledge to contribute/add to state government funding for lights at the notorious Wireless Rd/Penola Rd intersection...I subscribe to the repeated observation that it will take fatalities at that intersection to prompt state government funding...Put In A Bloody RoundAbout And Sod The State Government...a Roundabout that directs right lane traffic onto Wireless Rd is a cheap, quick, workable solution that will not compromise traffic flow along Penola Rd.
But this is all just incidental localised malfeasance compared to the corruption in SAPol as witnessed with their conduct over the St Martins Lutheran School Child Abuse Cover-up and the latest expose on Channel 7's Today Tonight, from their program Monday 12th August.
Today Tonight's story 12/08/13 outlined the extraordinary and clearly corrupt conduct of SAPol officers in the Victor Harbour/Goolwa area as alleged by a 'Career Criminal' turned 'Whistleblower'...corruption that included SAPol 'planting' a stolen fire-arm in his car (a charge that he was cleared of in Court), and centred around a local property where police were regularly seen 'socialising' with the property owners.
Neighbours and/or the whistleblower allege drug dealing and paedophilia (possibly prostitution) occurring at the property, possibly bodies buried there, etc, and when reported to authorities, it's the 'reporters' who are under the hammer from police...
Also, specific assertions from the whistleblower that he knows who controls drugs and prostitution, etc, in South Australia, and to quote him...'it's not who you think'.
The whole thing ran for over half the program, and I urge readers to access it via Channel 7's Today Tonight website...they usually take a couple of days to put stories up...but, for all the clearly defined corruption of the officers involved, and the allegations/associations with drugs and paedophilia, etc, it is the last 2 minutes that are mind-boggling.
The young female officer who took the whistleblowers initial statement (I think following his 'fake' arrest for the planted gun), and therefore was privy to many of his specific claims about the corruption in SAPol that he was aware of, this young woman was found dead in her workplace.
Today Tonight didn't state exactly where that was, but it is clearly a SAPol office or station or whatevs...and there has been apparently no reportage of this extraordinary death, or a SAPol Inquiry, or a Coroner's Inquest...and according to TT, when they contacted SAPol to enquire further about this woman's death, they were allegedly told to 'move on and just forget about it'...
It is absolutely chilling that a SAPol officer involved in a case of police corruption can 'die' in a SAPol facility without explanation, and there is not even an Inquiry...the clear inference is that her death is related to the Corruption issue, and that those who should be investigating the death are either those responsible for it, or at the very least covering it up...extraordinary.
I missed TT's follow up program segment last night, but it apparently didn't mention the young policewoman's death.
Personally, I find it extra-extraordinary that Today Tonight has failed/refused to run the St Martins Lutheran School Child Abuse Cover-up Issue, but will run this...how bad does that make the St Martins Issue that TT won't touch it?...and why?...are we looking at a paedophile ring operating out of St Martins with the participation of those Senior Lutherans, local officials, SAPol officers, media, etc, who are undeniably complicit in the Cover-up?...I've repeatedly had this asked of me or suggested to me as a possible explanation for the massive corruption around the St Martins case.
And now of course, we have...(Tony-TH)...Tony...(nnnHarrison-TH)...Tony Harrison, straight from the head of a clearly compromised and corrupt SAPol...corruption that is at least mired in if not actually driven by the paedophilia issue...now Tony Harrison is the CEO of the Education Dept...not so much a fox in charge of the hen house as swine happily luxuriating in sewerage...(nice but failed attempt to 'politen' it up-Ed)...I'm trying, really I am...and I re-iterate my personal position that there are Police Officers and then there are Pigs and that they are very different creatures...
If you as reader are troubled by my disrespectful abuse and name-calling, I ask that you review some of the posts re the St Martins Issue, a Child Abuse Cover-up that has happened with the complete and unwavering support of the South Australian Police Force hierarchy and specific local officers...and if even that isn't enough, look at the 'death' of this young woman...
So next time you're laughing at the corruption in other countries, or even states, have a good hard look at what is occurring here in good ol' SA...have a good hard look at yourselves...
Tomorrow: More Election Farcicalness
(oo,oo-Ed)...yes...(sing it to Queen's Bicycle Race...Farcical, farcical, farcicallll race-Ed)...oh, nicely done Ed...and segues nicely into the other Bike Race story about the Great Southern Tour thingy...
I am Nick Fletcher and this is my life...I'm sorry, I mean...and this is my blog...cheers, toodle pip, and tally bally ho...
But yet again the problem isn't me or my anger or my opinion...(but you're not happy, are you?-Ed)...no, but we'll get back to that...the reality about SAPol defines itself.
But first...Tony Abbott...maaate...describing a young female candidate as having "sex appeal"...why would you say that?...but here's your plausible excuse - 'ahh, the Liberal Party is often accused of not being appealing enough to younger voters because of the plethora of ugly old man-coots like me...we're accused of not being 'sexy' enough...so I was just highlighting all of those attributes that the candidate brings in those modern terms...oh, and stop the boats'-TA...you can have that one Tones...gratis...
And surprise of surprises, yesterday 13/08/13 The Border Watch printed a photo of me at the Homelessness Week function described in a previous post, and gave me the title of 'Independent Senate Candidate'...which is very confusing because several months ago Editor Jason Wallace told me personally that TBW wouldn't be printing anything on my behalf for the election...but there you go...
And then today's TBW printed my requestedly anonymous story of homelessness (previous post) as part of a larger article...'requestedly' because I wanted to see the issue/story get in there so I suggested to the reporter that maybe she should leave my name out of it...
And just listening to Mayor Steve Perryman on ABC Local Radio regurgitating Council's own internal yet apparently independent report...(why do they keep trying to make this 'Independent' nonsense fly?-Ed)...to distance Council from the nepotism and corruption inherent in virtually everything they do...(fair enough-Ed)...their report stating that an Indoor Pool will cost $12m to build and will run at an estimated $1.8m loss per annum, and due to Council's other large capital works program, Council cannot afford this until 2017/18 at the earliest, and that cost will mean cutting other services, etc.
Please insert here the long list of pointless, expensive projects that Council has invested in rather than the Pool/Sports precinct, eg, the Library, the Main Corner with Commercial Kitchen and extraordinarily self-indulgent $650,000 Volcano Movie, the extensive renovation and expansion of Council offices, the Lady Nelson Bus Shelter, paving the Main Street, etc...
(But the Library is lovely-Ed)...no it isn't...it's an ugly $12million+ tin shed with some books in it that drains $1.6+million a year to operate, and we already had a Library...both it and the Main Corner are all about forcing the City into that tiny area so as to keep the Rail Lands clear for the Rail Lands Retail Agenda (previous posts)...that and to cater to the elitist Liberal bloc who are absolutely convinced that Mt Gambier is to be run for their benefit.
Just check out the relentless bleating in TBW from the Riddoch Gallery about how they need to be handed yet more rate-payers money...apparently over $220,000 annual funding from Council and the state government isn't enough...not to mention the recent ratepayer funded massive renovations...(ah, you just did-Ed)...my point exactly...(whaaa?-Ed)...
And where is all the missing/lost money from the Library and Main Corner projects? And who the hell is allegedly 'Auditing' Council yet apparently cannot see these 'losses'?
And Council apparently is also to withdraw it's pledge to contribute/add to state government funding for lights at the notorious Wireless Rd/Penola Rd intersection...I subscribe to the repeated observation that it will take fatalities at that intersection to prompt state government funding...Put In A Bloody RoundAbout And Sod The State Government...a Roundabout that directs right lane traffic onto Wireless Rd is a cheap, quick, workable solution that will not compromise traffic flow along Penola Rd.
But this is all just incidental localised malfeasance compared to the corruption in SAPol as witnessed with their conduct over the St Martins Lutheran School Child Abuse Cover-up and the latest expose on Channel 7's Today Tonight, from their program Monday 12th August.
Today Tonight's story 12/08/13 outlined the extraordinary and clearly corrupt conduct of SAPol officers in the Victor Harbour/Goolwa area as alleged by a 'Career Criminal' turned 'Whistleblower'...corruption that included SAPol 'planting' a stolen fire-arm in his car (a charge that he was cleared of in Court), and centred around a local property where police were regularly seen 'socialising' with the property owners.
Neighbours and/or the whistleblower allege drug dealing and paedophilia (possibly prostitution) occurring at the property, possibly bodies buried there, etc, and when reported to authorities, it's the 'reporters' who are under the hammer from police...
Also, specific assertions from the whistleblower that he knows who controls drugs and prostitution, etc, in South Australia, and to quote him...'it's not who you think'.
The whole thing ran for over half the program, and I urge readers to access it via Channel 7's Today Tonight website...they usually take a couple of days to put stories up...but, for all the clearly defined corruption of the officers involved, and the allegations/associations with drugs and paedophilia, etc, it is the last 2 minutes that are mind-boggling.
The young female officer who took the whistleblowers initial statement (I think following his 'fake' arrest for the planted gun), and therefore was privy to many of his specific claims about the corruption in SAPol that he was aware of, this young woman was found dead in her workplace.
Today Tonight didn't state exactly where that was, but it is clearly a SAPol office or station or whatevs...and there has been apparently no reportage of this extraordinary death, or a SAPol Inquiry, or a Coroner's Inquest...and according to TT, when they contacted SAPol to enquire further about this woman's death, they were allegedly told to 'move on and just forget about it'...
It is absolutely chilling that a SAPol officer involved in a case of police corruption can 'die' in a SAPol facility without explanation, and there is not even an Inquiry...the clear inference is that her death is related to the Corruption issue, and that those who should be investigating the death are either those responsible for it, or at the very least covering it up...extraordinary.
I missed TT's follow up program segment last night, but it apparently didn't mention the young policewoman's death.
Personally, I find it extra-extraordinary that Today Tonight has failed/refused to run the St Martins Lutheran School Child Abuse Cover-up Issue, but will run this...how bad does that make the St Martins Issue that TT won't touch it?...and why?...are we looking at a paedophile ring operating out of St Martins with the participation of those Senior Lutherans, local officials, SAPol officers, media, etc, who are undeniably complicit in the Cover-up?...I've repeatedly had this asked of me or suggested to me as a possible explanation for the massive corruption around the St Martins case.
And now of course, we have...(Tony-TH)...Tony...(nnnHarrison-TH)...Tony Harrison, straight from the head of a clearly compromised and corrupt SAPol...corruption that is at least mired in if not actually driven by the paedophilia issue...now Tony Harrison is the CEO of the Education Dept...not so much a fox in charge of the hen house as swine happily luxuriating in sewerage...(nice but failed attempt to 'politen' it up-Ed)...I'm trying, really I am...and I re-iterate my personal position that there are Police Officers and then there are Pigs and that they are very different creatures...
If you as reader are troubled by my disrespectful abuse and name-calling, I ask that you review some of the posts re the St Martins Issue, a Child Abuse Cover-up that has happened with the complete and unwavering support of the South Australian Police Force hierarchy and specific local officers...and if even that isn't enough, look at the 'death' of this young woman...
So next time you're laughing at the corruption in other countries, or even states, have a good hard look at what is occurring here in good ol' SA...have a good hard look at yourselves...
Tomorrow: More Election Farcicalness
(oo,oo-Ed)...yes...(sing it to Queen's Bicycle Race...Farcical, farcical, farcicallll race-Ed)...oh, nicely done Ed...and segues nicely into the other Bike Race story about the Great Southern Tour thingy...
I am Nick Fletcher and this is my life...I'm sorry, I mean...and this is my blog...cheers, toodle pip, and tally bally ho...
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