In a follow-up to my Dad’s Heckler article on the humour in local council’s declaring nuclear-free zones, a woman from Katoomba wrote a letter to the Herald today announcing that:<\/p>\n
Signs have a Point<\/b><\/p>\n
Frank Johnson (Heckler, November 24) condemns our “Keep Blue Mountains nuclear free” signs, but a little local knowledge is useful. Nuclear waste is regularly trucked through our council area on its way to inland dumps, a practice which will increase if the Federal Government gets its way. <\/p>\n
We aren’t happy about radioactive heavy vehicles using the slippery, winding highway, though we can’t stop them. Our “gimmicky” signs are therefore our only way of registering our protest against this imposition, and we’re fond of them.<\/p>\n
Naomi Parry, Katoomba, November 24.<\/i><\/p>\n
While she may have a point, I think she missed the point. Besides which, how can Katoomba really declare itself to be a nulcear free zone when it has truckloads of nuclear waste carted through it on a regular basis?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In a follow-up to my Dad’s Heckler article on the humour in local council’s declaring nuclear-free zones, a woman from Katoomba wrote a letter to the Herald today announcing that: Signs have a Point Frank Johnson (Heckler, November 24) condemns … Continue reading