BBALR
Earlier this week
Basketball Courts - Same old, same old
I see Nunawading have got some commitments from both sides of government to extend their courts. Absolutely brilliant for them and hats off to everyone that has worked on this. The pollies will swoop in to take the glory. I hope those that have gone after this for years are duly rewarded.
On a similar note, and I will keep this nice, our kids in the area of Moonee Valley, have no basketball stadium and nothing has built in 30 years. We don't need an extension.....we just need our first stadium.
Sadly, courts tend to get built with political vote gathering (see: pork barrelling) rather than where they are immediately required.
Our area, a safe Labor seat for many moons has continually missed out on State and Federal money for this reason. If anyone tells you differently, they are absolute liars. To add to this, we have a local council that wants to paint everything in rainbows and regularly attracts councillors from the bottom of the gene pool.
What is the answer going forward for areas like ours. Do we have to build private facilities whilst those communities in marginal seats swim in the courts?
