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Sunday, February 02, 2003 Haere Mai , Haere Mai , Haere Mai ,
Dear Sir, Congratulations to Linda Silmalis far her excellent article “Sartor moves south for poll”, SunTele February 2, 2003. I am sure his surprised new neighbors the Pouwhares’ will put on a ‘*Hangi’ by cooking some traditional “***poaka” ****(not long) to welcome him into his ‘Rockdale Retirement **‘Whare’ , evidently this location was chosen because as Ripeka Pouwhare said “It’s a nice quiet street “ and “Most people who live here are retired.” Obviously local gardener Adrian O’Malley , to whom we wish every success , and who has ‘aspirations’ of future employment , will be disappointed if Franks handling of City of Sydney’s Parks and Gardens department is the measuring stick of his ambitions. In relation to Franks’ personal issues, such as the quality of the design of the buildings, his venture into the ‘Museum of Contemporary Art’, the ‘Toaster ‘beside the Opera House, the all but empty ‘Customs House’, the old ‘Wattle Street Works Depot’, and even the Pitt Street apartment building he is in the process of vacating, these examples are endless and rightly so after Franks 11 years of tenure as Lord Mayor of Sydney. As he has noticed; in Rockdale there are too few swimming pools, as this is a local government issue, and he is rumored to be on the list for ‘Planning and Urban Affairs, perhaps he will be able to use his influence through the already in place ALP branch structure, to overcome some of the stupid legislative requirements but in a different manner than the method some in the previous council used. Requirements which if past behavior is indicative, in the case of Rockdale could be construed as to be put in place, solely to obstruct obsessive, obdurate but opaque visionaries As for his ideas on how to address the hoons, while Frank may have lots of personal experience in this area, if I may throw in my tuppence worth, there is an old adage and one used by politicians who change factions, loyalties or even governments that “if you can’t beat you join them”; surely these hoons are no different? , and while on political parties ; Political parties are like Huggies. They should both be changed frequently and for the same reason and I think the voters in Rockdale like over 25 other electorates are painfully aware of that this is the reason for the imposition of Frank Sartor on them by the Australian Labor Party. In summation, if the voters in Rockdale do vote on real and important issues and the unassailable 16.5 percent lead by the ALP, like in the seat of Cunningham on the South Coast , is redirected to local candidates, and the exceptional photograph by Simon Bullard, was sent to the Human Resources department of Sydney City Council with a brief résumé , I am sure that after a brief OH&S induction (about standing in the middle of the road) he would be snapped up to replace at least one of the recently sacked Sydney City Council Garbos , and the Rockdale community will in harmony wish Frank Haere Ra , Haere Ra , Haere Ra as they sing “POKAREKAREANA” and wave Frank into the Rippling waters of Waiapu.
Tame P.O.Box304 Emu Plains NSW.2750 Ph:0411534719
*Hangi = Party using earth oven to cook the pork/food **Whare = House ***Poaka = pork
****(Not long) = vernacular for European poaka
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