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Old 26th Feb 2012, 05:46
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aroa
 
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song and dance...

We'll see if history repeats itself. Maybe this time around???

Decades ago a large flying school organisation was deemed as unwanted, and any resulting benefits to the town not needed. Council against. Never happened here. How did it go in Tamworth....??

The current vote buying exercise by Ms Blight @ 13.3 Mill$s is now stated as insufficent to complete the job...including the runway extension !!
Much of the chatter and spin from pollies, is just that, from the usual bunch with grandiose ideas and confirmed big money wasters.

Qld has an 85 billion$ debt !!!...no wonder MBA cant get $$s for a sewerage scheme update or a badly needed by-pass
She was resposible for flogging off the CNS airport, thus foregoing good returns that help fund these things. 24/03 should bring change?

Other people may make it happen and perhaps folk like Mr Hansford AAFT could kick things off. Mareba is a very multicultural town, growing rapidly, altho accommodation is in short supply. Better wx and cooler than the coast,too.
Winter, what winter?? 300 sunny days a year and the odd cyclone just for something different.

Arm out....nothing done yet. But much potential.
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