TAWNY FROGMOUTH SPEAKS OUT

Dear Sir

I don't know about anyone else, but I've really had a gutful of those brazen law- breakers down river. Just last week in West Yamba a gang of them went on a rampage, running riot with a bulldozer and laying waste to a very old melaleuca forest. They even cleared mangroves from a creek bank. Don't they have anything more constructive to do than hang around hoping their land will get developed and vandalising any vegetation which they fear might spoil their chances? These people make me sick. I suppose the blame lies with their parents and teachers. Weren't they taught that there are laws against clearing vegetation? Do they think that throwing a tantrum and cutting down trees will result in them getting their own way? In my day we would've got a kick up the back-side. This anti-social behaviour has to stop. I fear for the trees up here. Those hooligans in their white shoes can be very threatening, you know. You can't have these gangs roaming about clearing vegetation and spoiling the habitat of other species who just want to live a quiet life on our beautiful North Coast. This isn't the first time a developer has cleared vegetation in order to destroy any environmental hindrances to their land rezoning. It's time they stopped getting away with it. They've been thumbing their noses at the law for too long. I suppose it's a policing problem. They really should be shown they can't get away with it. And if the authorities refuse to enforcing the law and keep turning a blind eye, I'll be off to my local member to see about taking matters into our own hands.

Yours
T Frogmouth
West Yamba