Posted by
Catmman on Wednesday, February 11, 2009 3:45:51 PM
What is the result when government cares more for 'native vegetation' than its own population?
What is the result when government turns a deaf ear to the concerns of its citizenry?
Angry residents last night accused local authorities of contributing to the bushfire toll by failing to let residents chop down trees and clear up bushland that posed a fire risk.
Warwick Spooner — whose mother Marilyn and brother Damien perished along with their home in the Strathewen blaze — criticised the Nillumbik council for the limitations it placed on residents wanting the council's help or permission to clean up around their properties in preparation for the bushfire season. "We've lost two people in my family because you ****heads won't cut trees down," he said.
"We wanted trees cut down on the side of the road … and you can't even cut the grass for God's sake."
Another resident said she had asked the council four times to tend to out-of-control growth on public land near her home, but her pleas had been ignored.
Naturally a lions share of the blame goes to those who started the bloody fires to begin with. That being said, the government policy which guided decisions to not allow residents to clear combustable vegetation contributed greatly to the breadth of the destruction and the loss of life. I suppose those who lost loved ones should feel comfort their family members who perished will no longer be contributing to global warming?
What is the true cost of climate alarmism and "Gaia Worship"?
Of all the speakers who addressed the meeting, it was Arthurs Creek CFA Captain David McGahy who got the most rousing reception.
Choking back tears he told them: "I'm so terribly sorry. We desperately wanted to protect you but we couldn't."