Who are the Eagle fans?
[Re: Eagle to nest at stadium, Star Weekly, April 29] Can anyone who likes the name please step forward? There has been no one defending the new names yet.
Joe Garra, via wyndham.starweekly.com.au
A matter of priorities
[Re: Manor Lakes to be a suburb, state government declares, online, Star Weekly, May 4] How about spending your energy lobbying for health, schools, infrastructure and road improvements instead of ego tripping and trying to disassociate from Wyndham Vale. So many hugely important issues face our community as a whole. Bigger fish to fry folks!
CeeMee, via wyndham.starweekly.com.au
Give it a few days, it will change again.
Clint Lassett, via facebook.com/ wyndhamstarweekly
Anzac service disappointment
In 2012, I moved here from Port Macquarie, NSW. It has been a lifelong tradition each Anzac Day that our family goes to the mid-morning march and every town I have lived in has had one.
I asked the council about the march in Point Cook and was told there was not one in the main street but we could go out to the RAAF base for the dawn service.
They said I could go over to the mid-morning one at Werribee. When I got there, I was told it was held a week before. This was the first time ever I have missed, apart from illness.
I have grown to like living in Point Cook and believe that for it to be considered a suburb/large town in its own right it needs an Anzac mid-morning march in the centre of town, as does almost every other town in Australia – be they 2000 people or 100,000 people.
Therese Mackay, Point Cook
Pokies for the park
[Re: Park plan in budget limbo, Star Weekly, April 29, above] Maybe some of the Tiger’s Clubhouse pokie money could be used for these upgrades.
The Gavel, via wyndham.starweekly.com.au
Democracy in Wyndham
I recently attended a Wyndham council meeting. The main door and meeting room each had two bouncers.
Inside there were approximately 20 chairs set out for the public. On each of these chairs was a notice warning not to question or interject during the meeting or you would be removed and possibly fined $1000.
This council must have done some wrong things to warrant this much protection.
What kind of meeting is it when councillors do not have to answer questions from their residents?
Only half of the seats were occupied. I wonder why?
Democracy?
Tom (full name withheld)
Critical-care beds urgency
[Re: Mercy needs ‘now desperate’, Star Weekly, April 22] Critical care beds have been on the agenda for many years now for Wyndham.
Geelong and Sunshine have critical care beds yet one of the fastest growing municipalities in Australia, with more than 200,000 people, has zero and continues to grow at nearly 12,000 residents per year. This issue needs to be addressed for us to have confidence in our local health system.
Kim McAliney, via facebook.com/ wyndhamstarweekly
