News & Discussion: Adelaide City Council

[Nathan]

Some of the other candidates have similar platforms as well, so there's potential they'll split each others votes.

[Wayno]

Some of the other candidates have similar platforms as well, so there's potential they'll split each others votes.

Good point.

[metro]

God, I hope Yarwood is reelected.
Faces a big obstacle in The Traumatiser though - expecting them to do a few more hatchet jobs on him yet.

Dont worry, the Advertiser will probably dig up some nasty shit, anything to bring him down. Sex Scandals (can be easily fabricated too) are pretty effective, look how well it worked with Mike Rann.

[jk1237]

Yarwood has delivered some fantastic things that have greatly changed and improved the city: Victoria Square, Rundle Mall, cycling infrastructure, other little things like the white fairy lights in trees. I think he certainly deserves a 2nd term, none of the other candidates seem any good, Haese and Hamilton are both motoring enthusiasts so that probably means more Uparks will be built if either are elected, and the Frome St cycleway will definitely be removed

this also.

Will be voting for Yarwood, because I am more concerned with keeping those 2 senile, car brained idiots away from converting our city back to the 60s and 70s. Yarwood is a qualified town planner, the other candidates should also be forced to do some study in town planning before being able to run for mayor, because as we have seen with the right wing, they govern on their ideologies and opinions, rather than what is actually good for the city

[monotonehell]

I've seen quite a few Martin Haese posters around. Mostly in empty shops.

[Nathan]

I've seen quite a few Martin Haese posters around. Mostly in empty shops.

Just a few? He's practically blanketed some areas, never mind the flyers he's got stacked in many shops. Obviously has a healthy print budget.

[david]

The agenda which Stephen has been delivering over the past four years was the work of a group of Councillors who were elected in 2007 of which I am proud to be counted as one. We turned the Council around and set a new and exciting direction which led to major projects such as Victoria Square, Rundle Mall, Victoria Park, laneway activation and many more.

I was Deputy to Stephen for 2 years and we worked very effectively together - the young and the old! - to deliver a whole new urban framework for the city based on the needs of people (Jan Gehl) and a better balance between pedestrians, cyclists public transport and the motorist.

There is a lot more to be done but we need to be wary of those forces that would wind the clock back to the 1980s or give undue influence to the big end of town. We need to keep moving forward and to strike a reasonable balance between all the stakeholders in the city.

I am running for Area Councillor and I hope for your support.

David

[crawf]

Adelaide has faced enough time in the dark ages. I want to live and be apart of a progressive vibrant city, and Yarwood is the man for the job.

If Yarwood does lose this election, then I hope the State Government step in and merge all the inner-city councils into one. I could not imagine some of these candidates as the Lord Mayor within a city of 1.3 million people.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/messenger ... 7068357925

YOUNG people’s social calendars should not be the responsibility of the council. Ms Henderson, who made the comments, also argued the Lord Mayor should not be concerned with growing the night economy.

Comments like this are just ridiculous and cements my opinion of council amalgamation. Yes lets not worry about improving the social aspect of the city which will create jobs, ideas, income, excitement and keep young creative minds in SA. Lets just focus on more trees in the parklands instead.

Miss Henderson is the President for the Parklands Preservation Association. Just for those you forget who she was..

[Waewick]

I'll try to get my in laws to vote.

[david]

Notes from Councillor David Plumridge AM - Issue 120

- Labor Tramples on the Community and the Liberals Break a Promise
- As Far as the Eye Can See
- The Crows are Welcome - But not their Shed
- Veale Gardens Task Force set up by Minister Gago
- Property Valuations

Decisions of Council Meeting 23 September 2014

Notes from Councillor Issue 120.pdf

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David Plumridge AM
Area Councillor,
City of Adelaide

[Vee]

The agenda which Stephen has been delivering over the past four years was the work of a group of Councillors who were elected in 2007 of which I am proud to be counted as one. We turned the Council around and set a new and exciting direction which led to major projects such as Victoria Square, Rundle Mall, Victoria Park, laneway activation and many more.

I was Deputy to Stephen for 2 years and we worked very effectively together - the young and the old! - to deliver a whole new urban framework for the city based on the needs of people (Jan Gehl) and a better balance between pedestrians, cyclists public transport and the motorist.

There is a lot more to be done but we need to be wary of those forces that would wind the clock back to the 1980s or give undue influence to the big end of town. We need to keep moving forward and to strike a reasonable balance between all the stakeholders in the city.

I am running for Area Councillor and I hope for your support.

David

And to add to David's post above, here is one from Stephen Yarwood - below.
As the race for the next Lord Mayor heats up, LM Stephen Yarwood's blog post certainly resonates with me.

I have been unimpressed by the regressive ideas, lack of vision of other LM candidates - with some worse than others? Yarwood has been inspirational in the role, working with others, including David, and our city is much more progressive and vibrant, in tune with 21st century planning and design principles under his leadership.

Will old media and the establishment turn back the clock and stymie change or will Adelaide embrace the vision as outlined by Yarwood in the post below. We need 'Awesome Adelaide'.

'We must retain our youth' - Stephen Yarwood
There has been much discussion around change in Adelaide recently. Some people have been critical of new cycling infrastructure, street art, laneway bars, music in our park lands and food trucks hitting our streets and squares.

However, the old Adelaide is the city young people have been leaving in droves. We have all heard references to Adelaide being boring and the ‘brain drain’ heading east. I am often told I need to address this issue in the same conversation where I am told that some of the changes in Adelaide are not popular.

Demographic data says we are in serious trouble if we do not arrest the decline in young people leaving South Australia. Our economic future depends not only on keeping them here, but also attracting the best and brightest from around the world. In a world where there will be cities with “old economies” and “new economies”, we must do everything we can to remain relevant.

The truth is, whether we like cycling or street art is not the point, the vast majority of younger people clearly do. They are desperate for transport options, more entertainment and a more colourful life in the heart of our city.

That is why council has supported initiatives like a “Live Music Action Plan”, “Night Time Economy Plan” and a “Digital Strategy”. We have also rolled out one of the best free Wi-Fi networks of any city worldwide, supported new small bar legislation, encouraged food trucks and let the street artists have a fair go on lots of walls that were previously blank and hence boring.

Council has also invested in social media communications and developed a Digital Hub in our new City Library that includes free training for small businesses.

If Adelaide is to truly prosper, we must create an entrepreneurial ecosystem that supports the next generation. This includes creating small businesses that are relevant in the 21st century and that means our creative industries and information economy combining to make Adelaide an international destination for ideas and investment.

Adelaide must adapt to attract and retain young people. We have no choice and we need to look beyond our own needs and value this strategic imperative. If Adelaide does not become ‘cooler’, we will be a retirement city with an old economy in decline. A place our children and grandchildren leave for greener pastures.

We need to think about our next generation of leaders and our city’s future. A future where many entrepreneurs wear jeans, ride bicycles, play in rock bands, populate our cafés and create the industries of tomorrow.

So before ‘having a go’ at what is happening in Adelaide and opposing change that is not exactly to your own liking, I would encourage you to ask yourself not if you like it, but if your children and grandchildren will like it.

Our prosperity is largely dependent on them saying ‘Adelaide is awesome’, so let’s all have an open mind towards the Adelaide future generations will inherit and engage younger people in the future of this great city.

http://stephenyarwood.com/2014/09/must-retain-youth/

Get behind Stephen and David. Spread the word for 'Awesome Adelaide'.

[SaltyPete]

I live in the south west of the CBD and am a little surprised that wide avenues on this side of the city like Sturt st have not got a strip with trees down the middle. There are numerous advantages to these that I won't go on about now, but what I would like to understand is why it is suitable for say, Halifax St, but not Sturt St. I know that with the eventual tram down the eastern end of Sturt St this is not a good idea, but what about the western end from the square to West terrace?
Can someone enlighten me?

[jk1237]

well what a surprise. The Advertiser cretins have started a childish smear campaign against Yarwood, as if on q. News Ltd are truly pathetic

[dsriggs]

well what a surprise. The Advertiser cretins have started a childish smear campaign against Yarwood, as if on q. News Ltd are truly pathetic

From the ABC:

Former South Australian Liberal leader Isobel Redmond has used parliamentary privilege to detail what she says was an expletive-laden tirade launched against her by Adelaide's Lord Mayor.

Ms Redmond told Parliament that in 2013 she was running late for a function at Government House when she ran into Mayor Stephen Yarwood, who was heading to the same event.

She said she made a provocative comment to the Lord Mayor blaming the council and the state government for delays in getting into the city.

Ms Redmond said Mr Yarwood responded with a "tirade of abuse" and called her an "effing c".

Mr Yarwood said he did not make the comments and would never say such things to anyone.

Ms Redmond's allegation comes just six days from the start of Adelaide City Council elections, for which Mr Yarwood is re-contesting.

"The attack, which deteriorated to an unending torrent of verbal abuse, continued right across the six lanes of King William Street, across the slip lane, through the front gate [to Government House] where I just smiled at the guard as the abuse continued," Ms Redmond said.

"Make no mistake, Madam Deputy Speaker, when I say abuse, I really mean abuse.

"Without putting too fine a point on it, he called me an 'effing c'."

I'd argue that'd make Yarwood an honest politician, but whatever...

[SRW]

So really the story here is that Isobel Redmond has misused her parliamentary privilege for at least the second time this year.