I have just read a great column in AdelaideNow written by Lainie Anderson about South Australian poilitics... you can see it here:
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/opinion/a-black-leather-skirt-the-issue-of-the-day-its-just-not-politics/story-e6freah3-1226448212497
Lainie has hit it right on the head. Pretty much, South Australia has suffered under bad leadership for 10 years under the king of spin (and bullshit) - Mike Rann and poor Jay Weatherill has to pick up the pieces. But, I don't think Jay has it in him either. The sad part is that the opposition are just as bad. When we hit the next election, we're stuffed. Both our parties are plain crap and stink. Who do you choose out of two losers? The one who is going to cause least damage I suppose?
I remember a long time ago, we had politicians who really had balls and had the states interest at heart. We had Premiers everyone looked up to and who had the balls to get stuff done. It appears now all our politicians are interested in doing is feathering their own nests and seeing what they can get out of the system before they're booted out.
Take Rann for instance. I remember one of the first things he did (after becoming Premier) was stop the government contribution of $35m towards the Adelaide Oval upgrade. At the time, he stated we had more urgent things to look at .. like directing that money towards hospitals. The hospital system was never fixed, and Rann basically led us into putting up $500m towards an Adelaide Oval development upon his leaving.
I hope I'm wrong, but I think this whole Adelaide Oval development is going to be a white elephant. Sure, it will get used for footy and the like, but I just don't see these people spilling into restaurants and cafe's that will (apparently) line the new Torrens River development. After a game finishes, there will be a huge outflux of people onto public transport (which of course won't be able to cope) and then the city will go back to being slow again. A few people will hopefully linger to enjoy the sights and tastes.
I will be accused of being cynical. I just see it as being more realistic.
Melbourne is a fine example. People leave Etihad Stadium after a game, but very few of them actually head over to Southbank to patronise a cafe or restaurant. A few pubs may fill up for a while.
Lets hope our footy going crowds are more cafe/bistro/restaurant goers.
I digress... read the article anyway. It's very good.
Get Real
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/opinion/a-black-leather-skirt-the-issue-of-the-day-its-just-not-politics/story-e6freah3-1226448212497
Lainie has hit it right on the head. Pretty much, South Australia has suffered under bad leadership for 10 years under the king of spin (and bullshit) - Mike Rann and poor Jay Weatherill has to pick up the pieces. But, I don't think Jay has it in him either. The sad part is that the opposition are just as bad. When we hit the next election, we're stuffed. Both our parties are plain crap and stink. Who do you choose out of two losers? The one who is going to cause least damage I suppose?
I remember a long time ago, we had politicians who really had balls and had the states interest at heart. We had Premiers everyone looked up to and who had the balls to get stuff done. It appears now all our politicians are interested in doing is feathering their own nests and seeing what they can get out of the system before they're booted out.
Take Rann for instance. I remember one of the first things he did (after becoming Premier) was stop the government contribution of $35m towards the Adelaide Oval upgrade. At the time, he stated we had more urgent things to look at .. like directing that money towards hospitals. The hospital system was never fixed, and Rann basically led us into putting up $500m towards an Adelaide Oval development upon his leaving.
I hope I'm wrong, but I think this whole Adelaide Oval development is going to be a white elephant. Sure, it will get used for footy and the like, but I just don't see these people spilling into restaurants and cafe's that will (apparently) line the new Torrens River development. After a game finishes, there will be a huge outflux of people onto public transport (which of course won't be able to cope) and then the city will go back to being slow again. A few people will hopefully linger to enjoy the sights and tastes.
I will be accused of being cynical. I just see it as being more realistic.
Melbourne is a fine example. People leave Etihad Stadium after a game, but very few of them actually head over to Southbank to patronise a cafe or restaurant. A few pubs may fill up for a while.
Lets hope our footy going crowds are more cafe/bistro/restaurant goers.
I digress... read the article anyway. It's very good.
Get Real
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