ONCE again the City of Vincent has buried the prospect of having underground power, rather than burying the actual power cables. After a number of failed attempts at getting the city to investigate putting power lines underground, the electors at last January’s Annual General Meeting voted for the city to develop a long-term program to provide underground power throughout…

IT is interesting to discover that the City of Vincent has asked its design review panel to develop options to improve the desirability of the ‘North Perth Common’ on the corner of View and Fitzgerald Streets.  One of the specific issues they have asked the panel to consider is a reduction in the size of…

This is a letter published in the 17.10.20 edition of the Perth Voice VINCENT’S recent decision to cease waste collection from local businesses has exposed the administration and council to questions about how they treat businesses, and their commitment to their stated aim of reducing waste to landfill to zero by 2028.  The staff’s recommendation…

Line call? IS this parking correct or not? City of Vincent rangers have replied to my queries stating they would issue a caution, not a fine. “If less than 50 per cent of the vehicle is within the no stopping area, is within 10 meters of an intersection road (not driveway) and it’s not blocking…

Who’ll come out clean? THE initial findings of the state inquiry into the City of Perth states there’s 39 adverse findings and 23 possible prosecutions. Also some witnesses were “obstinate” and many “obstructionist”; this while all under oath. Inquirer Tony Power also found that if the elected members were still in council he would recommend dismissal. It is…

You’re just mint, Khin I CAN’T ever remember reading anything so heartfelt, so thoughtful, so profound and so moving as Feeling like an Aussie (Voice Letters, June 13, 2020). Khin Myint, you’re a gem. Thank you so much for sharing. You are Australian. We all are. I came here in the 70s.  I had lived in…

Taxpayers’ money wasted NO-ONE would begrudge the state government providing a $20,000 grant to first homebuyers to stimulate the building industry as we recover from Covid-19. However, extending the grant to anyone including overseas investors and not means testing the grant is a wasteful use of our taxpayer’s dollar. The state government continues to ignore the…

That’s not all YOUR article “Staff Cuts Revealed” (Voice, May 16, 2020) did not fully portray the work the City of Vincent has done to support staff and the community during the pandemic. The city has maintained full employment for all permanent employees which is consistent with many other local governments. We were heavily impacted by the closure of Beatty…

New normal? MANY countries are responding to the resurgence of people walking and riding due to Covid-19, by increasing the road space for them. This includes New Zealand, the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Canada and even the epicentre of car culture, the United States. The City of Vincent has long prided itself on its…

IN typical ‘cart before the horse’ fashion the Vincent administration is proposing to sell five lots of land in order to ‘aid the City’s financial stability’ without actually saying what the potential financial problems may be. The lots to be sold include a portion of the Barlee Street car park, and 5,760sqm of the Brentham…