WHAT I STAND FOR:
Integrity: I am not for sale,
for money or votes.
Independent: I am not a developer, and I do not work
for one.
Honesty: Public consultations
with real choice and accurate
information.
Listening: After consulting I
listen and support the wishes of our community.
Results: others now seek to
help; great staff support; Things
now happen: Water in our next
drought; a green cool city with sunlight for all; cycle and pedestrian paths
and crossings; well-maintained parks; planning rules with heritage; good
library; lower rates, better footpaths….….
Newsletters: My newsletters
are checked and reliable and keep you informed.
Why am I running again to
minimise rates with good services new ideas and sound management?
With
your support we have made a difference …. I thank you for the past
opportunities …. But now we have more to do… We can do better…
RESULTS:
Unlimited money means unlimited waste……rather than the provision of
focussed quality services our community seeks. With a set income from a fair
rate rise, Councillors would have to choose what is worthwhile and what has to
be cut to achieve this. What we do will matter and the quality of service
rises. We become focussed.
RATES: would be about 8% higher if I had not
been on council. (See table below) If two others had not been supporting
setting a target rate first, our rates would have been 16% higher! Yes Unley
Council has the lowest expenditure rise of all councils across Metro Adelaide
but we can do better! Our rates over the past ten years have risen 16.2% above
wages during a wage boom!
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As PRESIDING OFFICER of our CITY STRATEGY AND POLICY COMMITTEE, we have
won rules that enable a GREEN, COOL, LIGHT city that maintains its heritage
with planned development. I have fought for rules that ensure sunlight for all,
rules that maintain our street trees and green parks. All new medium and high density buildings must be below a 30 degree shadow.
PEDESTRIAN/CYCLE WAYS: Against stiff opposition we developed our
first and only across Unley path along Charles Walk with lights across Unley
Road that line up with the walk all the way up Windsor Street. It is heavily
used with 2,000 hits for the lights per week. If elected I will pursue its
extension across King William Road to the Glenelg-Adelaide Cycle path and up to
Ridge Park near Glen Osmond.
We have pedestrian refuges often
where they are needed by pedestrians.
WATER: I initiated the research to plan for an
Unley independent of mains and Murray water. We now have recycled water for our
parks, gardens and ovals which went brown in the drought…No more! We save water, prevent phosphate-rich run off
to the ocean, we save money as the water costs us less than half of mains, and
when our reservoirs run dry we can continue to water. If re-elected I will seek
to ensure we keep putting in new footpaths with water wells for all our street
trees …. Over forty years we will save money and water. We have healthier trees
with roots that go down which stops the lifting of pavements and the walls of
nearby houses.
LIGHTING: If re-elected I
will seek to revitalise our old fashioned, expensive street lighting, as, with
the help of others, I have done for water. I will come up with new ideas
including: LED lighting which is artistic, safe, illuminating and fun; lighting
with Wi-Fi, which changes with time, switches brighter when needed and low when
not… Clever lighting. We are using less electricity at home for more… Why not
for our city? A better city at a lower cost!
RECREATION: We are slowly being left behind with
expensive facilities that cost us rates. Unley central in the evening dies. We
go to Mitcham for movies, we pay 3% of our rates to support an outdoor pool
that shuts for many months and we have disparate sporting facilities such as
the Wayville/Forestville basketball stadiums. As past CEO of STARPlex, modelled
on council facilities interstate that covered all their costs, I know we can do
better. New ideas for Unley are ideas that work well for others.
Rates:
I have made a difference. In my eight years 2006-2013 rates rose by 16%
above CPI and in the previous SIX years by 37%
My policy is ‘TO SET A FAIR RATE
FIRST AND THEN CUT OUR EXPENDITURE TO FIT”
What has been
achieved?
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Cr Michael
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rate increase
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ABOVE CPI
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Time
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BEFORE
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1999-2005
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56.33%
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36.62%
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Six years
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AFTER
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2006-2013
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38.63%
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15.87%
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My Eight years
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VOTE 1 MICHAEL HEWITSON
FOR HONEST INFORMED
REPRESENTATION, Fair rates, focussed expenditure, new ideas, and good
services…….
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CHOOSE YOUR SECOND VOTE 2 CAREFULLY then 3 and 4.
Authorized
by Michael Hewitson 10 Ramage Street Unley.
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