It seems that just about any proposal put before council will attract a mob of people intent on having the project refused.
This can range from something as simple as adding an upstairs to an existing cottage to building student accommodation to service our University.
The big issue at the moment is a plan to develop tourist lodges,a swimming pool and restaurants in Killalea state park near Shellharbour. The plan is for the facilities to be built by private enterprise on a fifty-two year lease - after which the development is returned to the state.
Killalea is iconic to surfers. It's two beaches are only accessible across farmland - which is now government owned - and this poses a problem for families with young children wishing to access it's beaches. It seems to be a case of denying the many to retain a privilege for the few !
Now the unions are getting into the act - and there have been suggestions that unless the government caves in the confrontation " will get physical ".
Everyone has a right to their opinion - and a right to express that opinion publicly and to be heard - but ultimately consent to developments must be in the hands of such governing factors as the elected state government and the local council.
If either the government or the council repeatedly goes against the wishes of the majority of it's citizens - retribution follows at the ballot box - and the people " throw the bums out " !
Anything less - by way of a physical confrontation - is simply anarchy !
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