THE council meeting on August 26 proved once again that you don't have to pay a fortune to see good theatre.
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The "cause celebre" for this one was, once again, the fall-out from the non-approved earth works at properties along Range Road.
This performance was based around what information should or should not be given the cloak of secrecy of being sent to "closed council", and involved not only councillors and staff, but also some public gallery figures becoming quite animated about discussions.
If such enthusiasm had been shown by all parties when the earthworks were being carried out, maybe the dispute would never have gotten to this stage in the first place.
More importantly for ratepayers should be the question: have any other incidences of non-approved works been pursued, or defended, with such passion.
Isn't it about time we had a zero tolerance policy on non-approved works, and that the policy is actively pursued, and enforced.
More importantly, maybe there should be some examination of what steps can be taken to stop, or arrest, non-approved activities once they have been identified as having been commenced.
No resident should have their amenity affected from the deleterious affects of non-approved works.
That is one of the things that councillors should be safe-guarding.
Mark Sainsbury, Bowral