{"id":244,"date":"2019-05-20T14:07:57","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T03:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.otways.com\/?p=244"},"modified":"2019-05-20T14:07:57","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T03:07:57","slug":"wards-in-local-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.otways.com\/?p=244","title":{"rendered":"Wards in Local Government"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A quick trip inland reveals the dire state of the planet:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">water shortages, slaughtered creatures left on roadsides;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and cities threatened by dust or flames.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is a relief to get back to our stormy coastline<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">where forests entice the gentle rain and multicultural tourism<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">brings us jobs and the illusion of sustainability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s way past time to seek changes for mother earth\u2019s sake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alternatives to greedy vehicular transport for a start;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">no more log trucks chopping up our roads and taxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks Allen Hokin for analysing Victoria\u2019s Local Government<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Review in the Apollo Bay News 28\/03\/2019.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The idea of wards is probably next best to secession.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;\u201cOption B\u201d might put democracy back on the map<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">for the disenfranchised voters of southwest Victoria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You need to respond to&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:colacotway.review@vec.vic.gov.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">colacotway.review@vec.vic.gov.au<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What a pity voting isn\u2019t compulsory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A quick trip inland reveals the dire state of the planet: water shortages, slaughtered creatures left on roadsides; and cities threatened by dust or flames. It is a relief to get back to our stormy coastline where forests entice the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.otways.com\/?p=244\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.otways.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.otways.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.otways.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.otways.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.otways.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=244"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.otways.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":245,"href":"https:\/\/www.otways.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244\/revisions\/245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.otways.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.otways.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.otways.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}