Response to the Letter from Mayor Laws regarding 'Negative Nitwits' and a certain ex-Arts Developer! Thanks to the caller from Guyton Street…..but now back to the point!
Contrary to the petulant response from our Mayor, neither myself nor other concerned constituents supported the illegal activities (e.g Tagging) being discussed. Reasonable people offering valid views, based on experience should not be so immaturely dismissed.
To suggest that, by not supporting the approach to an issue, you condone the issue is absurd. It is akin to saying, 'if you do not support the death-penalty, you support murder'.
The subsequent tired and irrelevant potshots at active community members form a predictable and strategic smokescreen. Distracting from the issues and deterring participation in democratic forums; for fear of public rebuke. This is doubly harmful as many of the implied individuals and groups have contributed, for little reward, to the Council's own Community Outcomes.
Unlike His Worship, I do not associate free speech, creativity, and environmental awareness with anti-social behaviour. Unless there is a bylaw pending? These activities are legitimate and constructive and deserve encouragement, not petty insults. However, as being obnoxious, offensive and denigrating the community can be classed as anti-social, maybe I should dob in an 'ageing yob'? But then again, no-one likes a dobber, do they?
