A Foul Shot Through Ignorance

Council is Anti Business

A wonderful cavalcade is held each year on the last Saturday morning of the Country Music Festival. A large number of floats travel down the main street through a huge crowd lining the route. Usually the parade assembles in side streets and parks as it is marshalled for the procession.

This year, in the wisdom of the (council) organisers, sections of the main street will be closed for the marshalling of floats. This will be from early in the morning until almost the middle of the day. Access will be severely limited until after the procession.

A major problem arises because, for the first time, the marshalling area has been extended into the commercial area (without advance notice) and will restrict customer access to businesses. It may be OK for the office supply businesses and the trade supply stores that are normally closed, but the coffee shops in that area will have to give up one of their largest trading days!

Unfortunately public service decision makers seem to lack the practical knowledge necessary for their tasks. They are not totally dependent on sales to pay their rates and bills and running costs. You would think that council staff would have asked a few questions before changing the usual arrangements.

Peter and Maxine