love the you tube thingy...so true!

I believe that the majority of people out there are in support of a new multi-purpose grandstand at Victoria Park. The current building is a disgrace and should be torn down. I am personally sick of hearing tree hugging hippies whinging about not developing in the parklands. There is absolutely no reason why a few well considered public facilities cannot co-exist with beautiful wide open spaces. A brand new facility is only going to bring more people to the area who will marvel at the incredible views. This if anything will provide a positive image and greater importance of what our parklands mean, as opposed to the present view that our parklands represent seedy homeless people and heroin addicts.

The grandstand issue has become a total farce, Tony.  I’m not even totally sure what the latest shape of the proposal is.  But I believe that Victoria Park is in urgent need of redevelopment and that development shouldn’t be opposed just out of principal. 

I wouldn’t want to pre-empt the outcome of the community consultation, but I think the current councilors might be surprised how much support the proposal has in the community.

Do you support a new multi-purpose grandstand at Victoria Park alongside the historic old stand, and getting rid of all the other extraneous buildings on the site? Or, do you support the view the area should all revert to parkland?

I’ve never really been concerned with voting in the council elections because there was no point.  The current representatives are more interested in keeping Adelaide in the 1950s, and fighting against any projects which might offend their sensibilities (LeCornu). For some reason they are not interested in seeing Adelaide prosper, but rather keeping it as a retirement village where they can feel comfortable.  Given some fresh blood on the council, my interest may be gained…

I’m guessing the under 34’s think their one vote can’t make a difference… I know I certainly used to think that.
I think another problem is awareness....There is obviously a major issue here with under 34 year olds and their involvement with the council. But just by promoting awareness… I think we could get people heaps more involved.