Help the parklands sign the petiton

Looks like the Adelaide Parklands Preservation Group has petitioned the council and orchestrated the demise of an excellent proposal to build a new grandstand for the purposes of horse racing and motorsport events which had the support of about 80% of the state's citizens. But because they live in the east cbd, they took precedence over all of the rest of us, and hence were able to block the redevelopment of vic park. Now they want to get rid of the majorie-jackson nelson hospital proposal in the old railyards, and the adelaide oval redevelopment... it just doesn't stop for them.

We had to hit back with a petition of our own.

Please sign it if you support development in our city. This will be getting media coverage - so we aim to get 1000 signatures by next weekend (23rd) when it hits the Sunday Mail.



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Sign the Victoria Park Support Petition
Written by Howie on Sensational-Adelaide.com
Wednesday, 12 December 2007




The rejection of the proposed Victoria Park grandstand by the Adelaide City Council as a result of a vocal campaign by nostalgic minorities is a backwards step for Adelaide and South Australia as a whole. It is a short-sighted decision based on fear and not reason.

The Victoria Park grandstand is a visionary project designed to provide permanent and superior facilities for the award winning Clipsal 500 event. Such a project would enhance our competitiveness in being able to retain if not bid for more world class events, which add to the vitality but also to the economy of our state.

Furthermore the proposed grandstand would facilitate the renaissance of Victoria Park into a premier horse racing venue, something which the under-utilized and tired facilities of today are incapable of achieving. The Victoria Park grandstand would allow Adelaide to put its best foot forward.

A permanent structure on the parklands is not a threat to our unique parklands, but rather an enhancement. Had it not been for similar visionary projects, we would not have Adelaide Oval, the zoo, Adelaide University, the Museum and Art Gallery amongst many other structures built on the parklands, which have become valued additions to our city. The proposed Victoria Park grandstand is no different.

As such, I as a progress-loving citizen of Adelaide or to the state of South Australia hereby declare my full and un-wavering support for the Victoria Park re-development in its full and original form.

To sign the petition please follow the link here : http://www.sensational-adelaide.com/petitions/vicpark
Note: You can ignore the donation message on ipetition website after you sign.

done!

Correct me if I am wrong here but last time a checked Australia was a democratic country right?  I know Adelaide is the retirement state but the simple fact there is a petition for this is a total joke, What message does this send to big business wanting to build infrastructure!



WTF that project will make thousands of job in construction for the next 15 years & net Adelaide what will be a world class hospital what could they possibly have against this project!

EDIT next time you get beaten up by a HQ bouncer think how much better will it be with the new hospital

u have it wrong catastrophic...the petition is to REVERSE the decision made to HALT the developments!!

read it again

Thats what i ment , i think its a joke we even have this thread the project should have been green lighted from the start

oh shit yeah

Yeah I had to re read this to work out what you were saying (looks like your objecting not agreeing).  All good I understand now. I actually stole all of it form someone else, but it was for a good cause so I figured that it would be ok.
The whole thing is a joke. The parklands are a fantastic part of our beautiful city they should be enjoyed by all!  Not just by the easten suburbs nobs whpo walk their dogs there.

normally i would agree. having lived amongst those old geriatrics, i say fuck em. but also living 50m from one of the clipsal gates, and remembering all too well what the wankers were like, i say fuck that even more.

keep adelaide clean and keep the deadshit bogans out of the CBD
www.bogansfuckoff.com.au
 

Done. All the uppety 50+ people need to realise that things need to change now or Adelaide will be completely left behind in the 20th Century. Stop thinking about themselves and make some decisions for the city/state and the generations to follow who want to remain living in Adelaide and not be forced to move to the eastern states.

*coughs* 21st

move away from the city then if you don't like noise. pretty easy.

i reckon everyone within a 5km radius of the cbd should shut up or ship out to the suburbs if they can't handle the issues associated with parties/events/festivals/parades. 

really shits me. "oh i love living in the city, only problem i that terrible club two doors down that was here when we moved in, being so loud until all hours of the night. i'm going to complain about them to my local councillor though, because clearly i'm more important than all of people that seem to go there every week. who's up at 2am on a saturday morning anyway for god's sake?"

 
 I hate people like that so much.

no, I meant the 20th!!!

signed!

GOLD Chris!!!

Exactly how i feel about this!!

then u need some commas so the sentence makes sense!!

 

I think people who complain about people who complain about the noise should move somewhere like Melbourne or Sydney.

Oh wait, I did!

nah, i was fine with everything else, just not the bogans from clipsal
i guess when we lived there and between us managed to witness: dudes pissing in our front yard, girls getting groped, vandalised cars, rubbish, human shit (!!!) broken glass lobbed into your backyard, general verbal abuse from angry drunk petrolheads etc etc etc and all from the one event (nothing like it from the horse racing, tour down under, fringe etc) you kinda have to blame the wankers that go to the car race. sure, i was living in town and enjoying all that it gave. doesnt mean i had to love the one cuntfest that the city also hosted.


i think the issue with clubs/apartments is completely unrelated - the pubs etc were there first...

I've heard similar stories from people but in the last few years I've been on the Eastern side of town I've never witnessed anything as bad as you 've stated here. Obviously I'd rather not have to deal with the bogans at all, but on the other hand I'd prefer all the geriatrics fuck off as well.
Let's bring Adelaide into the 21st Century!!!

i agree cleasc!!!

people need to stop moving into areas that are obviously noisy n then complain about it, causing venues to close! its ok to whinge, like jayar is doing hehe

Yeh!

I agree too!

Fuckers

 

That kind of thing has nothing to do with bogans / car racing - I saw the same thing from the gays who used to frequent the Ed Castle...

It's shit beer and shit music that's responsible!

I've experienced the same stuff at each recovery I have at my place.

Generally only when Griff comes over but occasionally from other people as well.

HAHAHAHAHA

is there a petition to ban VB and west end?
i note more than one bar has banned serving bundy for the bogan factor

So have many of you peeps actually signed?

yeah i signed the petition as i am one of those bogans

Don't worry Davo, we want the geriatrics out of town just as much as we want you out 

but what about geriatric bogans like my grandad

One can only assume that a geriatric bogan simply wouldn't have the energy to act boganish and wouldn't want to associate with the standard geriatrics either... I might be after a new housemate soon

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