Why! Why! Why! Can someone – in particular one of our councillors – tell me, us, the community, why five councillors voted to award the tender of the Mullumbimby pool to Belgravia Leisure (a private investment and holding company with a diverse portfolio of businesses throughout Australia and New Zealand) rather than to a local (Craig Davidson) who I, as a regular pool user, can attest has been overwhelmingly an exemplary manager for the last few years?
I have no criticism of Belgravia Leisure, but why take business ($) out of Byron Shire when we have perfectly suitable people here?
And why was this decided in a ‘confidential session’ – please explain?
And also why were we, the community and regular pool users, not given any chance to have some input, or comment on this move?
And I’m also curious to know how many of the five councillors who voted for this motion, have ever used the pool – or been to it?
Most importantly – can this decision be overturned? What is the status of the land here – is it publicly-owned or what? This seems to be yet another case of a decision ‘being forced on the community’ by our Council, as another reader has said.
I note that all the Greens councillors voted against this motion – perhaps they subscribe to the notion ‘Think globally act locally’.
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