The Worst Main Street In Australia..? Glen Innes !

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• published: 05 Sep 2014
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Basson's Blunder, currently buggaring up "Ward's Mistake", as the hand-mixed Concrete Slab Carraigeways in Grey Street were derisively labelled by Alderman Ward's detractors in the 1920s, is currently the talk of the town... Quoting from the front page of the Glen Innes Examine of Thursday September 4th 2014, under the Headline "Facelift fatigue"...; "...Many businesses, struggling before the roadworks began, now feel they have been brought to their knees under the added pressure of long-running work and disruption outside their shop fronts. "Schaefer's Newsagency proprietor said it's very frustrating. A sign appeared outside the newsagency this week indicating that Council was destroying businesses in town because of the road works.... "It's affecting businesses badly. It's an old generation town and let's face it, people aren't willing to walk anywhere... "Mr Schaefer said that in the early stages he had tried to be supportive of the ptoject, taking the view that the end result would be worth it. But as time drags on and businesses struggle to stay afloat, he is desparate to get customers through the door... "...this work is so disruptive and taking so long to complete. It's almost as if Council has given up on local businesses, there's no mention of compensation, no communication and no effort to help us." "Brian Paine, proprietor of Mac's Corner Store on tje West side of town... was appalled at the lack of consideration that Council seems to have for local business. "I don't think they seriously considered the knock-on effect this work is having to other businesses anf the whole town,... I have heard from so many people that they now shop in Inverell (80 Km to the West), because of this disruption in Glen Innes... It is driving the community into the ground." "Anne Pettit, proprietor of Cuisine Cafe, is concerned they may not be able to stay afloat much longer. " 'We're running at a loss every day.', Mrs Pettit said. "Mrs Pettit said she had been to all the Council meetings and was assured thst disruptions would be minor. "This is not minor, this is major and it's erratic. Sunday we will be forced to close on our busiest trading day because they need to work on the power supply...". And, it goes on, in the same vein ; for quite a way... A Council Spokesperson is quoted as saying , "the redevelopment...work in Grey St Glen Innes is on track for completion by the end of OCTOBER..." Rumour has it that donations are being collected to pay for Heinrich Basson to be deported back to Sooth EffriKa, wherin he was spawned, whelped, or perhaps hatched by spontaneous combustion ; & where the name of Basson was made justly infamous, in the annals of Totalitarianism, Beaurocratic Authoritarianism, & Dictatorial methodology (see ; Wouter Basson, the head of the country's former Apartheid Regieme's Germ Warfare Program...). I can't reply to anything, but I do enjoy reading the comments which manage to appear.