FEDERAL BUDGET: Seniors miss out

Posted to Waverley Leader (11/5/2011) on 15/5/2011 at 8:55 PM
Commenting on “FEDERAL BUDGET: Seniors miss out”
http://waverley-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/comments/federal-budget-seniors-miss-out/

Adrian Jackson, not everyone has the opportunity to earn a good income. Many families still face the hands-to-mouth situations now. True, there are dole bludgers, gamblers, and people "breeding" many children as you crudely put it, but then these are not the majority. Have you been divorced? Many couples are forced to sell their houses during the split up, because neither has enough to buy out the other half.

If you think owning a rental property is plain sailing, you can be very wrong. If one does not have additional income high enough to justify negative gearing, they are just asking for trouble. Rental property return is not as good as many expect, and for seniors, they are not in a position to wait for capital growth.

Service apartments are a better option for income flow then owning an apartment which costs an arm and a leg for many fees and charges. During tough time, don't expect 100% occupancy rate for the rental property or equivalent to 12-month rental income each year; sometimes the bond money is not sufficient to cover damage to the property and unpaid rent.

Health, education big losers in Budget

Posted to Melbourne Leader (9/5/2011) on 13/5/2011 at 12:39 PM (Not published)
Commenting on “Health, education big losers in Budget, says Pike”
http://melbourne-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/health-education-big-losers-in-budget-says-pike/

I really wonder all those successful early pioneers, scholars and business people asked for money from the Government for school reconstruction, improved community health centre or alike.

People of today lack the concept of self-sufficiency, creativity, sense of pride and dignity. People in power should be caned for wasting public money, making false promises, dishonesty, irresponsibility and lack of integrity.

Are people spending too much time in whinging and forgetting about doing constructive and productive work, like teaching the students the basic literacy and numeracy skills in order to build a good education foundation; keeping an eye on the children so that they become more responsible in what are doing rather than waiting for the police to put them away; looking after their own health so that a narrow mirror will be good enough to reflect their image; communicating with the business people on how to grow their businesses instead of causing more misery to their lives and livelihood?

Greg Male tipped to be mayor

Posted to Waverley Leader (14/12/2010) on 14/12/2010 at 4:26 PM
Commenting on “Greg Male tipped to be mayor”
http://waverley-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/greg-male-to-be-new-monash-mayor/

I hardly hear about the Councillors - they don't appear in or write to the local papers, talk to the traders, or meet the residents

What do they actually do for the City of Monash, except asking more and more for their pockets? Do they know about the City budgets and the wellbeing of their wards

Councillors do attend Council meetings as a formality, but do they contribute constructively, except rubber stamping proposals or discussions? However, when election draws close, they tell the ratepayers what fantastic jobs they have done, or why a particular one should be chosen as the next Mayor.

Local Council is the lowest of the three tier-government system in Australia. While Council structure is not the same as the State and Federal Governments, Councillors are in a way politicians in the making / waiting. Get your butts off and start working for the ratepayers!