Monday, June 06, 2005

Lake Colac - into the too hard basket ?

On the eve of tommorrow's big announcement dare we ask whether Lake Colac’s future will really be revealed then? Have our political representatives found an answer, or are they just throwing more money at "the problem" ? We are ready to work on immediate practical solutions to Lake Colac,but are they? Lets call for practice over procrastination.
Will Tuesday be a day when the future challenges are unveiled or just another day when the fog takes over; more research, more duckshoving , or worse ; some half baked tokens that would have gone a long way to really changing the practical situation.
Being prepared to spend money and time to make improvements is not, I think the issue. I believe the people of this town are ready for the tough medicine about working with nature - but we need to know what it is , whatever it is, before we will get behind it ; Not more guessing , procrastination, tokens and subscientific mumbo jumbo. Can we change the lake's situation or can't we - and how ? Lets hope we hear about it on Tuesday, and if we don't , lets call immediately for solutions; not more public servant procrastination, more research and more rates to fund them . A practical reality therapy session is called for More on swearthnews