tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919999228754406096.post6765986201600727660..comments2023-04-29T20:04:52.630+10:00Comments on Kelvin Thomson MP: Melbourne Planning DebacleKelvin Thomson MPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601295736691815153noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919999228754406096.post-78837922373515919592013-11-26T11:32:43.879+11:002013-11-26T11:32:43.879+11:00It's not just Melbourne, it's everywhere I...It's not just Melbourne, it's everywhere I've lived. (3 countries and far too many towns and cities.) As far as I can tell, urban planners mainly plan to push population growth. The last time I had correspondence with an urban planner I was told to squeeze into a smaller space (increase density). <br /><br />Bah! If there is one thing I really really resent, it's paying property tax to hire these clowns.Brian Sandersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13989212965835286872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919999228754406096.post-18371893433310934902013-11-25T12:16:34.345+11:002013-11-25T12:16:34.345+11:00Kelvin THANK YOU speaking up against this uncontro...Kelvin THANK YOU speaking up against this uncontrolled population explosion which is threatening to swamp Australia (already suffering drought and driving rain that includes large hailstones and strong winds!) and the WORLD.<br /><br />Thinking back 50 years, when I first started work, there were enough jobs so that one could leave an unsatisfactory job; by the time my sister, 9 years younger, left school SHE HAD TROUBLE GETTING A JOB! Now? Overcrowding, long waiting lists, unemployed, poverty, mental and physical illnesses, road rage, violence which sounds very much like the 'rats in a bottle syndrome'; there are too many for the resources and the liveable space - we are smothering the Earth!Sandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12816269594763345369noreply@blogger.com