tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post6745694117816256892..comments2023-04-20T04:34:11.624+10:00Comments on CAIRNS HILLBILLY WATCH - DAILY LIFE IN CAIRNS, QLD EXPLAINED BY RATIONAL, THINKING PEOPLE: CAIRNS JOCKEY CLUB - MILLIONS SQUANDERED WHILE INSIDER BUSINESS GOES ON AS USUALUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-33675533628333891012015-08-05T09:08:23.979+10:002015-08-05T09:08:23.979+10:00Where did the money go? Who was looking after the ...Where did the money go? Who was looking after the project on behalf of the stake holders? Why is there no inquiry? I have just got back from Cambodia, one of the most corrupt countries in the world. Cairns looks lime one of the most corrupt cities in the world, are the citizens all brain dead?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-16336090151910615752015-08-04T21:46:29.605+10:002015-08-04T21:46:29.605+10:00Haven't heard a fucken peep from our new Counc...Haven't heard a fucken peep from our new Councillor since she was hand picked nor seen hide nor hair of her. Yet by Christ we all knew Rob Pyne when he was our rep.Bob R.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-79678060489682514212015-08-04T20:12:14.328+10:002015-08-04T20:12:14.328+10:00I agree bar fly (sorry, Tony)
Bring back KB
I agree bar fly (sorry, Tony) <br />Bring back KB<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-70602270087577671452015-08-04T19:40:55.579+10:002015-08-04T19:40:55.579+10:00
Tony Hillier That will not happen when the press ...<br />Tony Hillier That will not happen when the press demand we stay stupid. One person I can think of would make a great Mayor but will put their hand up because good ideas are ridiculed in the backward press. Does not matter how progressive,how smart we can only ever be as smart as the press because they are the messenger and our press are poor. The asst editor thinks climate change is a scam for heavens sake.<br /><br />Next best idea, well my pick not far off really, is a Baird/Turnbull type Liberal. A right winger but one that is somewhat rational. But the born to rule boys club would reject such a person as they would not be submissive to bad ideas. <br /><br />So when it comes to Councillors will depend on who buys airtime really,nothing to do with merit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-47788625619953614692015-08-04T17:41:41.213+10:002015-08-04T17:41:41.213+10:00again you pilgrims have it wrong cannon park shoul...again you pilgrims have it wrong cannon park should be brought up to a standard that it could be used as a quarantine station to house overseas horses to plunder our riches down south in the spring /autumn aka like Geelong race track yes the horses would like our climate and we are much closer to hk,singapore,japan and Europe and it would attract high value jobs and publicity to our city ie could you imagine the publicity if black cavalier was here for 4 weeks after her trip to pommy land even capt mannering might get a hard on shanghainoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-16842193061580739082015-08-04T10:54:21.148+10:002015-08-04T10:54:21.148+10:00Didn't the new division 3 born again Christian...Didn't the new division 3 born again Christian try to hold a festival a few weeks ago to celebrate routine council maintenance? Then all the signs advertising the mamoth event were plastered with postponed. You couldn't make it up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-91873820788042815562015-08-04T09:07:39.922+10:002015-08-04T09:07:39.922+10:00If the current status quo (viz torpor) in Cairns i...If the current status quo (viz torpor) in Cairns is to change, a new set of councillors with progressive views and a mayor of clout will need to be voted in next March. God help this city if Mayor Sleepy and his obsequious, supine cronies are returned.Tony Hillierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811119917896735831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-23550993179266030842015-08-04T09:00:54.108+10:002015-08-04T09:00:54.108+10:00HBW - possibly that QITE gives racetrack free labo...HBW - possibly that QITE gives racetrack free labour and in return gets paid per person by the government for doing so, QITE gets paid, racetrack gets free labour and the person develops some experience Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-33021867657776905612015-08-03T19:52:23.578+10:002015-08-03T19:52:23.578+10:00Just gotta drill a lotta holes to punch thru the i...Just gotta drill a lotta holes to punch thru the impervious clay and fill them with 9mm aggregate. <br /><br />Simple.<br /><br />Geotech EngineerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-13531302772563816952015-08-03T18:06:55.094+10:002015-08-03T18:06:55.094+10:00Is that division 3 councillor actually still alive...Is that division 3 councillor actually still alive ? I haven't see or hear from her since she was given the job. And strangely enough no complaints from all the dickheads who are still constantly moaning about Rob Pyne. Strange that..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-55672243895695636652015-08-03T15:37:09.304+10:002015-08-03T15:37:09.304+10:00While I think of it - the Darwin Cup has just been...While I think of it - the Darwin Cup has just been held at Fannie Bay Race Course - now, it pisses down in Darwin (far more than in Cairns) yet that track seems to be OK. Maybe someone should junket to Darwin to check out how it was built, drained etc.?Hamish Krintnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-31309839180625966112015-08-03T15:30:25.861+10:002015-08-03T15:30:25.861+10:00You will never 'fix it' because ordinary p...You will never 'fix it' because ordinary people, no matter how intelligent they are, don't have the influence or the connections to effect real change. Witness the recent Division 3 appointment - from 45 applicants emerges the wife of Money & Sleepy's best friend - fait accompli. Sometimes ordinary people do effect change e.g Bronny's demise, but that was helped along by social and print media. So unless you have heaps of time and energy, and MONEY (a la Clive Palmer) to try and get yourself elected on any of the power machines like Council etc., forget it. May I suggest, to raise awareness, every reader of this blog makes an effort to tell at least 5 friend's of the blog's existence, and then get them to tell 5 more friends, and so on. That would be a good start!Hamish Krintnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-32040177092602382282015-08-01T22:06:17.807+10:002015-08-01T22:06:17.807+10:00
How do we fix it? Seems a group of people think ...<br /><br />How do we fix it? Seems a group of people think the public purse is their private ATM.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-64274632992813877272015-08-01T19:32:47.407+10:002015-08-01T19:32:47.407+10:00Anon 20:35 You could extend that observation acros...Anon 20:35 You could extend that observation across the the whole 'big end of town' in this sleepy little backwater. From the myopic regional council currently headed by a sleepy hasbeen LNP puppet to the self serving 'chamber of commerce' the Compost and the TTNQ junket, over the years, the more we rely on them to shape our future the more of a backwater we become. Hasn't changed much in the 40 years I have lived here. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-60365855000904231692015-07-31T20:35:39.102+10:002015-07-31T20:35:39.102+10:00Gee Mickwow, I wish you were around before Hedley ...Gee Mickwow, I wish you were around before Hedley and Co.plus a few others, then we wouldn't be in this bloody ridiculous position.Some people can't see the woods because of the trees.I think the previous committee were on the right track, but some people have the tunnel vision problem and only listen to the spruiker who has the wrong agenda. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-77144531972761302102015-07-31T16:45:11.138+10:002015-07-31T16:45:11.138+10:00The excess land they have should be sold to develo...The excess land they have should be sold to developers to establish an appropriate tourist venture or build apatments,rip down all the old buildings and build some modern facilities out there,including a state of the art track.<br /> Most of all they need a forward thinking entrepreneur type to run the place not these group of locals who seem to run the place between themselves.<br /><br />Mickwownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-87344157362940796682015-07-31T16:08:12.572+10:002015-07-31T16:08:12.572+10:00You can find plenty of examples yet there is no wa...You can find plenty of examples yet there is no way to keep them honest. If Cairns Post and Brisbane times are not interested then they will get away with one waste after another. We need a citizen jury or organisation in place of a senate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-40311395046306784492015-07-31T15:25:55.209+10:002015-07-31T15:25:55.209+10:00Anonymous said...
If the proposal to shift south ...Anonymous said...<br /><br />If the proposal to shift south was done and the sub-divison of the Race Track completed. This club would be the envy of any country Club in Australia. It was workable,viable and wouldn't have cost a penny and by now the club would have been in the strongest financial position of any club.Yes the track is built on a swamp, so how many more millions are they going to throw at it and still come up with the same problems and who is going to pay, oh Tom, yea, right and with whose money. Is this club just for the small "click"of wealthy that enjoy watching their horeses go round on a Saturday afternoon, one wonders. I guess Bently could throw in a million or two.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-30363586711228848602015-07-31T13:47:01.282+10:002015-07-31T13:47:01.282+10:00Not one penny of taxpayers money should be spent o...Not one penny of taxpayers money should be spent on this,TAB and others are making squillions out of dumb punters,TAB and others should stump up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com