A big thank you to Sonia Laverty and the Mullumbimby Residents Association (MRA) for providing Monday’s meeting on flood resilience. Interesting that the MRA usually seems to be more on top of town issues and needs than the Council. I would definitely recommend subscribing to the MRA newsletter.
The meeting itself was a revelation – I got more helpful information and understanding from the many intelligent and articulate speakers in the audience than from the various government speakers, with the exception of councillor Duncan Dey who was very informative.
It was good that the mayor and councillors Sarah Ndiaye, Peter Westheimer, Duncan Dey and Mark Swivel, plus three Council staff, were present. I hope they also saw the valuable contribution the collective community info-bank can make to this situation which will now be an ongoing reality for our town. Definitely no longer a ‘1-in-100’ event. And definitely something that needs real and urgent action, not endless money-wasting bureaucracy.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
