Sack Bass Coast Shire
Bass Coast Shire Council has destroyed any credibility it tried to establish about caring for environmental values or action to limit the effects of clearing native vegetation. We have suggested that the State Government sacks Bass Coast Shire councillors and appoint commissioners but, of course, nothing will happen until after the Victorian State election. If Labor wins again, nothing will happen either, except more vegetation will be destroyed and more species endangered. Anne and Phil wrote to Local Government Minister Melissa Horne saying: “ We ask the Government to consider sacking Bass Coast Shire councillors and appointing administrators because of the failure to properly administer the Shire planning scheme. The government-approved Regional sand Extraction Strategy, Lang Lang to Grantville was required to be incorporated into the Shire’s planning scheme but the requirement has been ignored. Mike Gooey, Ececutive Director of Local Government Victoria, advised that a...