No to bizarre sculptures and travel jollies

Honest Broker

Aldermen might like to ask themselves how they can consider an unwanted sculpture when the drains in Sandy Bay and elsewhere discharge rubbish, oil and worse into the Derwent every time it rains? How do they justify going on expensive overseas jaunts when the day-to-day business of maintaining this city are so obviously and shamefully behind schedule? Hobart was, only a few years ago an exemplary city in its cleanliness. Today it fails to meet the standards of even third world cities – it just takes a walk around this city in almost any area to see the neglect, the graffiti, the rubbish and the crumbling of the infrastructure. And then we are told that rates must increase: at the same time services decrease.

The message is clear. Bizarre sculptures and travel jollies are not what this city needs. These are far distant, second priorities to providing the basics. We can all live without detriment to our lifestyle in the absence of quirky public sculptures: we can’t live in safety, and we certainly can’t live with pride, in a city where the basics are so shamefully neglected. Read more, Comment here