Post Election Thanks

To all our supporters

Thanks for all your hard work and time spent over the last few weeks, and particularly on election day itself. At present we are sitting in fifth place on the primary vote count, with 11% of the votes counted so far. It's too hard to tell if we are going to improve upon this or not as there are still the pre-poll votes to count before we move into considerations of preferences, and whether voters have actually followed their respective party preference suggestions or simply voted for their chosen candidate alone.

What I can tell you is that with some 640 votes in the Wingala polling booth we scored the highest individual booth score for the whole of B Ward, and the second highest for the entire Warringah area! Not bad for a campaign that only started about 6 weeks ago, and on a shoe-string budget.

There are so many people that I would like to thank for their input in achieving the level of success that we have so far, and I hope to have the opportunity to do that personally over time, but I will just make a special mention of Tony Recsei, the President of SOS NSW, and his wife Greta, who went out of their way to travel over from Warrawee to spend the whole of election day at a polling booth in Manly Vale. Thank you both for your support.

For the time being we can only sit back and await the process of vote counting and preference allocation to be followed through, and maybe cross our fingers! Even if we do not achieve a Councillor position we have managed to raise the issues on our platform to a level where the other parties have had to take them on board and commit to a position to follow if elected. Be assured that this is only the beginning for Save Our Suburbs Warringah, and whether we are successful this time or not we will certainly continue to be active in the Warringah community.

One Day To Go!

Hello everyone and Happy Day Before Election Day!!!

Well, the campaign’s been short and sharp – and tomorrow’s the big day. Here’s hoping for a huge vote for new ideas and a fresh approach.
We’ve run this campaign on issues that are important to making this a stronger and more inspired community. That’s what this election is all about – getting a council that has both the vision to build a wonderful community and the know-how to make responsible decisions in everyone’s best interests.
I am so excited at the prospect of representing you on Council. I firmly believe that our Save Our Suburbs team has what it takes to make a real difference and, as we’ve been saying, put knowledge before politics.
Save Our Suburbs Warringah arose from the frustration our community has felt over the issues surrounding John Fisher Park. Local residents have been sidelined on the JFP netball debate for too long – by both the dysfunctional previous Council and the Administrator. This has got to stop.
Be confident that it is not too late. The Administrator’s plan for JFP hasn’t been implemented yet and the new council is in a position to stop it until a proper solution is found – one that is inclusive of everyone, not just sports users.
JFP is just the start. There are new issues on the horizon all the time. Dee Why Town Centre is a great case in point – but also here in B-Ward we have the current proposal for a huge development by Harbord Diggers Club on the Curl Curl/Freshwater Headland.
There’s a lot for the new council to do. It is absolutely imperative we elect people who will not bow to special interests. We deserve a council which will make decisions for the whole community.
Here’s to a great outcome tomorrow.

John Fisher Park - breakfast with the bulldozers

Just to update you; there was a gathering this morning (5th Sept) at John Fisher Park to protest at Council’s intention to push ahead with hard surfacing of a substantial area of the park for hard surface netball courts. The attendance at this protest was across party lines with those attending including our State representative Mike Baird, as well as current B Ward candidates Jim Boyce (We Love Warringah), Christina Kirsch and Ian Hehir (The Greens), Chris Thomas (Save Our Suburbs), and also included Manly Save Our Suburbs candidate Tim Fiddes.

Council produced a second layout for the courts yesterday to replace the one that was issued out last week and then immediately withdrawn. This smacks of knee-jerk reactions to the community objections to this unwanted development. Are we going to see another plan next week?