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Candy

Manly Wine and Food Festival

In its 25th year, the Manly Food, Wine (& recently added) Sustainability - Festival was fantastic this year!  Good weather, lots of treats, well-run stalls and a good layout ensured that everyone had a good time.  Well done Manly Council!

This event is really good for Manly and good for the environment. As one well-briefed volunteer on garbage duty told me, "89% of the rubbish from the event is recycled".

Residents Clean-Up But Where are the Graffiti Vandals?

A team of residents from Little Manly Precinct did a great job cleaning up graffiti on Sunday for Graffiti Action Day.  This was a  fantastic community event and thanks to Ray Mathieson for co-coordinating it, but everyone continues to ask - "when are we going to get serious about treating graffiti as a crime"?

It's estimated that in NSW alone we spend around $100m a year removing graffiti and most Councils, including Manly, have contractors working weekly or even daily removing graffiti in their area.  Blacktown City Council, for example, has an annual budget of $800,000 for the purpose - money that could be better spent!

Ways you can get involved:
• Call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333000 if you see graffiti in progress
• Call Police Assistance Line on 131 444 if your property is hit by graffiti
• Contact your local council who can assist with names of contractors or provide kits for removal.

Manly's 2015 Plan Unworkable!

At a packed Little Manly Precinct meeting last night residents slammed the main features of Manly's 2015 Plan as totally unworkable.
www.manly2015.com.au

The proposed changes to traffic and parking in particular, which includes the removal of 400 street parking spaces, and the introduction of 'shared zones' and 'traffic calming' on what are already clogged roads, just left residents in total disbelief that such a proposal even got this far through Council.

It may be a vision - but as one resident said ... "they're dreaming".