Wollongong council appointed a Parking Review Committee to try and unscramble the mess that it has created by installing parking meters against the wishes of the citizens of this city.
They were unwanted - and unneeded - and now they are sending the retail hub broke because people no longer drive into the city to shop.
The idea was to hear from the community and seek ideas that might resolve the issue - but yesterday the council emailed committee members to tell them they were sacked. The council is not interested in their input - because it differs from what the council wants to happen.
Council wants to tinker around the edges, reduce the fee for time parking - and keep those meters pouring money into council coffers.
The committee people want to save businesses by imposing a three month moratorium - while the whole subject of parking meters is examined. It could well be at the end of that period the decision is to " rip 'em out " and suffer the loss that originated from a bad decision.
Council didn't like the message the community representatives were bringing - so it simply shot the messengers !
So - without community input we will have only one area of decision !
The council point of view !
So much for democracy !
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