BUILDING ON THE RESULT
I would like to thank the Illawarra community for their outstanding show of support during our recent Memory Walk and Jog event. On Sunday March 4 almost 900 people walked or ran in support of those living with dementia in the community.
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A massive $40,000 and counting was raised, and will be used to boost dementia education services and support delivered throughout Illawarra.
In the Heathcote, Kiama, Keira, Shellharbour and Wollongong state electorates there is estimated to be 8,400 people living with dementia. With this figure expected to increase to an estimated 10,700 people by 2025 and 18,900 by 2056, events like Memory Walk and Jog play an important role in raising awareness of dementia.
Those who participated in Memory Walk and Jog can be confident that the money they raised will have a direct and positive impact for the members of our community who are living with dementia.
I’d like to thank those who helped make the 2018 Illawarra Memory Walk & Jog so successful, including MC Doris Younane for generously giving up her time to host the event, along with the Illawarra community and our many volunteers for their ongoing contribution
Planning has already begun for the next series of Memory Walk & Jog events and we hope to be able to build on this year’s excellent result.
Maree McCabe, CEO, Dementia Australia
YABBA DABBA DOO
If I were to dump 20 tonnes of old rock and timber on council land, I would very quickly be charged with illegal dumping, and find myself standing in Wollongong Magistrates Court. But if I call myself Wollongong City Council, I can use the endless amount of ratepayers money available in the community stupidity fund, to pay someone $500,000 to do it for me.
So now we have the situation where Wollongong Mall 5.0 has gained an unwanted urban myth.
The only way we can stop us from becoming the laughing stock of local government, would be to spend more money on a large cut-out of Fred Flintstone and stand it in the middle of this rock-pile and pass it off as a promotion for a new Flintstone movie at the Greater Union Town Cinemas.
Dave Cox, Corrimal
BREATHE LIFE INTO REGIONS
In response to the letter by Dave Cox, "Time to Sort Mess" (Illawarra Mercury, Wednesday March 7, 2018), where is the balance, Mr Cox? You cannot simply blame the Liberals for the situation in our local region.
The Maldon-Dombarton Rail link has been a political football for years under Labor and Liberal, both State and Federal. Imagine the enormous benefits our region would have enjoyed, if it had of been completed three decades ago? Again extending the rail electrification to Bomaderry while upgrading Gerringong and Berry stations has been a political play-thing by both major parties.
We would have had fresh local water, if former Labor Premier Bob Carr had built a dam (which had been marked for development) near the Shoalhaven River instead of pandering to the Greens and making it a nature reserve. Two days ago on live radio NSW Labor leader Luke Foley committed himself to focusing on Sydney CBD if he was to become Premier at the next election. Just look at our current Premier and her government who are clearly focused on Sydney, yet seems to forget that Sydney does not make up the entire state of NSW.
I put it too you "Mr Cox" that we need a leader with the vision to de-centralise Sydney and spread business and infrastructure out into the regions. This would help free-up the congested and over-crowded mess that is Sydney while helping to breath life into regional NSW.
Adrian Devlin, Fairy Meadow
