Grand Prix 'burns' Palais Theatre restoration funds
Another Grand Prix brings another multi-million dollar loss of public funds that could have been better used, for example, to restore the publicly owned Palais Theatre and thus avoid the costly St Kilda Triangle crown land saga.
Does it make sense for our taxes to line Bernie Eccleston's pockets while our public assets are degraded and crown land privatised?
This year the Grand Prix losses may hit $55million. The Palais refurbishment is estimated at $20million. If the race continues until 2015, it could be losing taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.
But the dollar guzzling event has other problems - not the least being its environmental footprint, destruction of public parkland and, now, falling patronage.
Mayor Frank O'Connor told the Port Phillip Leader last week the race was 'unsustainable' and did "not belong in an era when climate change and global warming are a major issue."
Please join our Port Phillip Councillors, the Save Albert Park group and other concerned citizens to protest the State Government’s support for this dinosaur event.
When: Sunday, 29 March, 2pm to 4pm
Where: Underpass at Middle Park light rail stop
(off Canterbury Road, opposite Armstrong St)
From UnChain St Kilda
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1 comments:
How nostalgic, reading this after 2 years of attending the event. I was looking for photos and found your blog. Thanks a lot.
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