My electorate

By: PaulDy (Registered ) on 25-10-2007 04:17

What's the local situation in my seat? Well drover's dog stuff. Haven't seen the local member in the 7 years we've lived here. 
 
He does nothing and doesn't need to as it's Labor all the way here. 
 
This is what really concerns me. It's not the mainstream issues and people who are getting attention at all. It's not the National issues getting attention. 
 
It's pure pork barrelling from both sides with absolutely no attention paid to "safe" seats as we are useless to the major Parties. They take us for granted and ignore us. 
 
In Oxley we have possibly the most dangerous Highway in this country, Ipswich Highway. Deaths mount, accidents are daily, hourly, delays are constant and guess what happens? Nothing 
 
The State govt claim it's Feds problem and the Feds have only offered a cheap, useless option while they pour nearly a billion dollars into Toowoomba roads whcih are in need but nothing like here. Toowoomba gets the promises because it's Liberal and in danger. 
 
On the Liberal side Howard does nothing for those safe Lib electorates where their hospitals are in dire need. 
 
Democracy be damned. What we have is nothing like democracy. It's a perversion of a chook raffle and a prawn and porn night at the pub. Largest offer wins the seat. 
 
Don't know about the rest of you but I want an election decided on what the Nation needs. Not what a couple of thousand marginal residents in Tassie or Grafton want. They should get the same deal as all of us. 
 
Our sitting MP, Bernie Ripoll has been in the seat for years as a Labor rep. He actually spent his pamphlet allowance last election on telling us how much he has done to get the Highway fixed. I replied to him telling him all he was advertising was how useless he is and was.  
 
Not surpisingly he hasn't mentioned the Highway since except when the cameras are around.

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