TWEED VOTERS URGED REJECT DEVELOPERS IN GREEN SHEEP'S CLOTHING AT COUNCIL ELECTIONS

Monday, 23 February 2004 10:00

 A peak NSW environment group has urged Tweed residents to avoid electing developers and their mates including those dressed in "green sheep's clothing" at the March local council elections.

Total Environment Centre (TEC) coastal campaigner Fran Kelly said that unless voters chose genuine pro-community and environment candidates, the Tweed's environmental decline would worsen considerably.

"The next election will make or break the Tweed. There are only a few standing councillors that have a track record of voting for sustainability, the environment and residential amenity rather than developer greed. The rest have been blatantly rubber stamping every development proposal that crosses their path over the past four years, no matter how negative its impact," said Ms Kelly.

"The developer councillors obviously know that most people are far more concerned about the Tweed's environment and town character than they will ever be, so in the run up to the elections some are busy trying to sell themselves as so-called optimistic environmentalists to cover up their anti-environment agenda," said Ms Kelly

"Others developer councillors continue to trumpet a develop-at-any-cost way of being, but regardless of what truth or spin this majority block of councillors follow, their voting patterns over the past four years should be proof of where they stand," said Ms Kelly.

"If anyone is at all concerned about a sustainable future for the Tweed and avoiding another four years of environmental destruction and loss of residential amenity, they should reject ALL developer councillors and any new candidates that are their running mates or are endorsed or preferenced by them at the March council elections," said Ms Kelly.

"In our view the councillors to avoid would be Warren Polglase, Lyn Beck, Bob Brinsmead, Gavin Lawrie, Wendy Marshall, and Philip Youngblutt."

For more information contact Fran Kelly or Jeff Angel on 9299 5599/5680 
 

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