No opportunity to respond AS Housing Minister and Member for Perth, I feel it’s important to write in regarding last week’s front page story: Like Living in Hell (Voice, August 10).  I also want to put on the public record that it was extremely disappointing to see the Perth Voice made comments regarding my response…

We paid for surplus last year BY the time you read this you will probably have seen some press saying how Vincent has kept the annual rates rise down to 4 per cent. This is probably reasonable given potential cost increases for Vincent including employee costs going up by just under 7 per cent! It…

Great views IN 1993 I purchased a property in Crawley.  It is the same building that Eric Cook, the last person hanged in Western Australia, tried to murder a person. That was unit 2, while I live in unit 1. Thank goodness the tourist buses laden with ogling people with their cameras to “snap” the…

Trivial? HERE is this month’s question for the Vincent Trivia Quiz: How much do the Vincent Administration think they will spend on traffic management, on average, for each of the next three years?  a) $20,000; b) $200,000; or c) $2 million. For those who don’t know, ‘traffic management’ is basically the people holding the ‘stop’/’go’…

Courtesy doesn’t have to be mandated UP until 2017 Vincent council members were required to respond to community members within defined timeframes (two days for phone calls, and five days for written communication). In December 2017 the council removed this requirement from the Code of Conduct, in what I consider to be the most underhand…

Do as I say… YOUR story about an Oxford Street development (“JDAPPED AGAIN,” Voice December 2, 2023) pointed out that the former Barnett government introduced Development Assessment Panels (DAPs) as a way of streamlining development approvals by reducing pressure from the community to influence planning decisions.  The clear inference being that DAPS are a creation…

Brakes on for pedestrian safety I HAVE been frustrated by the lack of action on pedestrian safety at traffic lights.   I work in a cafe on the corner of Fitzgerald and Newcastle streets. The traffic volume at this intersection is very high.  It has no dedicated pedestrian lights and hence pedestrians are very hesitant…

Waste of space I HAVE gotten used to the ideological stances of the City of Vincent.  Hatred for motor vehicles when even used by local ratepayers (read speed bumps that drive residents crazy, chicanes that are difficult to see at night and lowered car speed norms to the speed of a walking pedestrian), smoking and…

Discrimination? I READ with interest the article on the availability of mens urinals at the WACA (“Slash on the off side,” Voice, August 26, 2023). Whilst I agree with Mr Collins in essence, I was amazed that he squeals “discrimination” as being part of his argument for more urinals for men. The comment which I…

Trampled IN response to Mr Papardes’ featured letter last week (“Get on board,” Voice Mail, July 29 2023): I am unsure if the president understands that the plan is not simply to stick a trackless tram on Scarborough Beach Road sit back and enjoy the traffic, but that significant works will need to be undertaken…