Call them to account for accounts RECENT revelations regarding the City of Vincent’s deficit under the previous administration (Voice, August 16 and 23, 2014) must cause residents alarm. Especially concerning is the apparent non-disclosure to elected council members. If this is the case it is a significant and gross oversight by those charged with the…

Pollie pot PREMIER Colin Barnett calls Clive Palmer a damaging embarrassment to WA. Hmm. Perhaps. Yet certainly not more so than Mr Barnett’s abhorrent policy on sharks. Another case of the pot calling the kettle black. Otto Mustard Queens Cres, Mount Lawley New broom blows whistle I REFER to your front page article (Voice, August…

Lucky bustards I WAS recently sitting on the bus, stuck in traffic on Charles Street on my morning commute into the city. I was thinking about the lucky people zooming along the recently completed bus priority lanes on Beaufort Street and wondered why we couldn’t have the same on Charles Street and other major roads…

Photo scores! I AM not a soccer fan. I am not a sport watcher at all. But last weekend’s photo on the front page of the Voice (August 2, 2014) of Bayswater City Soccer Club’s cup win, was filled with so much shared joy I could not help but be moved. Excellent! John Plant Egina…

Enough is enough LAST Tuesday Vincent council passed one of WA’s most ambitious bike plans, and gave approval to the final piece; the Oxford Street corridor. We are making an unprecedented level of investment for our council and one of the highest rates per resident in Australia. It is a major and significant step forward…

Support your local shops I AM very concerned about Coles taking over IGA (Perth Voice, July 19, 2014). I have been a loyal shopper at IGA for many years. As a family household of eight we are very good supporters. What I love about IGA is it is an independent store, not a multinational. I…

Left right out on ABC LISTENING to Amanda Vanstone on  Radio National the other week I could not help but think, if the rest of the mainstream media is so right-wing that it makes the ABC seem left, why does Amanda Vanstone get a radio gig and how does she get away with a reference…

Inglewood losing its heart ALANNAH MacTIERNAN is quite right to criticise the construction of a five-storey block of flats to replace the Inglewood IGA—and the issue is much broader than simply the greenery. Stirling council has always regarded Beaufort Street as an arterial highway to the city, and has always been half-hearted about developing an…

Strauss is grouse LET’S embrace remembrance of Richard Strauss. Between August 12, 1938 until September 11, 1949 he and I shared the same planet. What privilege for this music illiterate. The legendary German composer and conductor was born June 11, 1864. Please let June not pass without mention in the Voice of his 150th birthday.…

Be sad no Moore SOMEONE needs to buy “Dazzling” Darryl Moore (Voice Mail, May 31, 2014) a copy of Coping With Loss by Anita Naik. It has been almost 10 months since Alannah MacTiernan trounced Mr Moore by 8.8 per cent in the federal election, yet we continue to see letters from the failed candidate…