We are approaching the time when all the rate notices are delivered.
I would like to remind the Gympie Shire Councillors that many people in the Shire are doing it very hard.
For the last few years they have been tightening their belts. so much so there is nothing more they can do.
Maybe it is time the GSC began to live within their means also, and stop looking at the ratepayers as a cash cow.
Many of the ratepayers have not had pay rises to keep up with inflation and have cut back on any extras they may have considered purchasing.
This is becoming evident when any glance down Mary Street will clearly demonstrate the dire circumstances Gympie residents have been reduced to.
Closed businesses, cheap shops, tobacco and vape outlets, how low does our town have to fall to before there is a realisation in Council that all is not well.
Maybe it is time for council to get back to core business, shed unnecessary staff, and begin to make our town and Shire a place which it is the best place to settle down and raise a family.
Sadly Gympie Shire Council would possibly be one of the most expensive Shires in which to live, and the cost of Council rates is a major contributing factor.
Rate rises, how much will they extort this time around?
Leon pethick,
Gympie
