Thanks to support from the Independents, the development at Blamey Avenue will now go ahead. Yes, you read correctly, the Independents along with a bunch of other myopic dimwits that are our elected representatives on the council, have decided to become pro-development! (I originally thought it was the Greens but they're OK.)
In a 8-5 decision, the developer has been given the go ahead to violate the unique character of the street. This doesn't bode well for the opponents of the Nightmare on Freyberg.
It'll only be a matter of months before the new owners are smugly sidling up to us at the street christmas party and whispering in our collective ears: "See, I told you so!"
Will I be offering them a congratulatory beer and shaking their hands to celebrate the birth of Jesus, the Boy Wizard? No siree. They can osculate my hail damaged rear end as far as I'm concerned.
All that is required to get these things through is a dithering planning approval guy on the council who takes his advice from an "independent" consultant who also dishes out advice to development applicants. Can anyone spell "conflict of interest". I don't think the council planning department can!
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