1m Weed!

[Andrew Darné]

Good one Clint, noticed that last time I was there, the only "flowers" you guys gow are desert rose...

@Mike A, I see in Mr General Manager's brief yesterday that our town management company got a bit of beef about the state of the town. I agree whole heartedly with his comment that us a residents should take care of the properties we stay on, including pavements. We concerned citizens undoubtedly do, we now just have to convince the less enthusiastic and not so locally based residents to do the same... care for their yards, well at least the pavements would make the town look better.

Will attend to your cable right away.

[SandyB]

Agreed Andrew .. firstly the OTMCO  to be taken to task ,, but then as  we have learnt here  in the  big world ,, no  cradle to grave looking after ...  ok   not all  folk here subscribe to that ,,, the attitude is I pay rates and taxes  so therefore  council must celan up and  maintain ... that was  old  days  past  times ...  ultimately the  mark of a  good citizen  is pride in his surroundings .. and helping make it happen ...  some people have their priorities  screwed  like my neighbours  two doors down ,, these two cretins , have a property thats  run down  in front  and even worse at the back  its  a shithouse at the back ,, their bathroom is  in a state of  total disrepair  , a project was started years ago and all that shows is a  skeleton of a building , an abaandoned dog ..   tons of dog poo ,, the  back  gate now  come loose   so they prop it with   beams and  bricks  ,,, YEEET   they suddenly can afford  to buy a   good 2nd hand  new shape Corsa  ,, they came out in late 2007   so its a fair  debt they have undertaken ... they already ahve a  running  Golf ..  yet they cannot   instead take on the  debt instead to  enhance thir property ...  f...  palukas ...    we have twice  engaged our  garden help to clean the weeds in the lane   right  up to the back of their property  just  so as to make our back lane look respectable ...  they see nothing beyond their front  door ,  braai area in front and lounge to entertain their friends .. wonder how they explain the  rotten bathroom ???  the ack of the house  broken windows  and mess ...  Uuugh ...  hope the Corsa  blows up ............

[Mike Voden (RIP)]

Having joined Michele and Kelvin for their daily evening walk this evening, I notice that the cable mentioned previously is STILL laying on the surface around George Square and I suppose Namdeb and it's environs are still awarded the equivalent of the old NOSA 5 stars. Come on Loss Control, this could be an accident in waiting. It is even more exposed than what it was in December

[Bradley Eugene]

With apologies to Stevie Wonder.
If its magic then all would be fantastic in Lala land
If its magic then alien trees, weeds and negativity would be totally band
If its magic then returning Oranjemunders wouldn't bitch
If its magic they would get out their tools and do their bit.
If its magic then why is the grass so much greener on the other side?
If its magic then be proactive and keep up the pride
If its magic then no planning would be needed to get to 2050
If its magic then phone or email about the electricity as apposed to commentating so shittily!

[Nada Ulbrich (Rall)(RIP)]

Yea sir, like you rightly said: IF ITS MAGIC.
- Its not negativity but fact.
- Its not only returning Oranjemunders that bitch.
- People are employed to handle these issues and are paid to do it, believe it or not.
- The grass is not greener on the other side, they have grass, we are losing ours!
- To be proactive would be to assist, not do the work for those employed to do it.
- They have the tools (planners and assistants) but they don't know how to plan, only to crises manage.
- Like previously said, it has been reported. Action will only take place when we have near miss or, hopefully not, a fatality.

On a positive note, I think this forum does better than any phone call or email.

[SandyB]

Mmm ..   Nada  too true ..  yes  there  are   the indeed  paid to do , and yes  it seems  only crisis  management  happens , strange  how things have to reach crisis  before   action occurs ,, infrastructure  needs  constant attention ...  not  " Oops  the   grass is dying ... , Oops someone got shocked  etc etc "  its all too late ....  the  idea of  people  actually doing  things and letting it be known is a  way   of  drawing attention ...    Bradleys words  are true  too ,, bitch   to the appropriate   folk .. there  are  appropriate  channels ...  I  do it here in CT  a  lot of the time  as you notice  from  some of my writings ...  and  this   terrier  never lets go  of the bone once  he's  got  it  in his  possesion ...  Grrrr  OTMCO lucky I'm not a resident ... ok  rephrase  a  troublesome citizen ...   

[Michael Alexander]

Let's be realistic.... at the end of the day..... everything in life boils down to $$$$$$$$$$


........... Without the Dosh you ain't gonna get squwat!

Er..... as Flanders puts it..... Diddly Squat!~

[SandyB]

Interestingly so there are some ratepayers  assocoiations  in SA  that  have in the  light of   astronomical  municipal tax with no delivery  opted  for  putting  a huge slice of their  rates   into  trust funds and  getting  private contractors to  do what  the  municipality   can  not  seem to get right .. guess what  they  now  had the  race card thrown at them ....   what a   joke ...  palukas cannot deliver  but  yet want  take the money and  waste it  on  flashy cars ,  flashy  hotels    while on  conferences  and failed projects  with  politically  connected   that  can  neither deliver ...   irrespective ....  currently in OM  you dont  pay  rates and taxes , but yes they factored into the whole deal ...  so  go banging on doors ...