Jane Rankin-Reid
Wes makes a point well worth considering. Is there any connection between the kind of despair young people experience in growing up in small towns like Devonport with the intense feeling that the local establishment, ie the Devonport Lions Club, aldermen and state parliamentarians like Brenton Best are totally ignoring their interests in authentic contemporary cultural ideas and experiences? It’s a classic example of how disconnected from Tasmanian reality these officials have become. I challenge Brenton Best, the Department of Tourism and the State government’s spin meisters to present a qualified independently assessed appraisal of the costs and artistic merit of the Spirit of the Sea before another penny of public money is spent on this obstinate exercise in mediocrity. Read more. Comment here
