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Interesting that mayor Knobby is disappointed about the salmon farming venture being knocked back but has remained silent on the oat milk manufacturing being lost to the south.

Southlands economy and growth has been dismal compared to our neighbors in Queenstown and a big part of that is down here we love to talk about things while up there they get on and do stuff. Our province is seeing many small towns in decline and every idea put forward to arrest that decline is met with resistance from councils. They do very little to try and turn things around and would rather just attend meetings and talk about things.

Much was made of the benefits of the change from Venture Southland to Great South but in reality from outside looking in its the same old same old.

Sure we have great plans and great strategies but what about some positive outcomes?

In reality councils achieve very little on their own and most progress is made by people in the private sector but do we see and council initiatives to partner up with those people or groups.

Some kids will have been born and attending intermediate school in the time when the decision to close our museum and the opening of the new one. Has the old one fallen down?

Its easier to do nothing than actually make things happen

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