City’s new petrol station
THE web words comments in the Wimmera Mail-Times on Monday, September 25 regarding the proposed new petrol station on the corner of Wilson and Darlot streets in Horsham has caused a divided opinion.
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A service station previously occupied that site for more than 40 years and no-one complained about the traffic congestion.
The problem with that intersection is that it should have traffic lights and not a roundabout.
This would create a much better traffic flow.
The plants on the current roundabout are too tall, which makes it hard to see the indicators of cars proceeding through.
Often a near miss with another car has occurred.
Larger or higher vehicle indicators are visible and do not cause a problem.
With regards to high petrol pricing in Horsham, we definitely need a new fuel contractor with the guts to fight the “petrol pirates” in this city and give us better pricing.
Barry Barnett, Horsham
Same-sex marriage vote
THE very fact that we are having a serious debate on same-sex marriage goes to show just how much society has deteriorated.
Let's get the terminology correct before we go any further.
The phrase “marriage equality” was coined by the LGBTI community to extract the sympathy vote from people who may be duped into seeing the word, equality, and therefore thinking that somehow same-sex marriage will make the world “fair” for everybody.
The very notion that a woman to woman, or man to man relationship can ever be thought of as equal to a male to female relationship flabbergasts me.
I realise that not every hetero family has a family unit still together, but the majority are together in a loving, caring, balanced, family unit.
Recently, Penny Wong, in the Senate, gave an emotive speech on same-sex couples being able to raise children just as well as heterosexual couples.
Penny Wong, those families cannot give those children the balanced view of a mother and a father.
Same-sex marriage advocates will point out that there are countries in the world who have already legalised same-sex marriage. They are a minority of countries.
We have a certain book of rules to follow – that book is called the Holy Bible.
Although the Old Testament can be very tough going, and sometimes a little ambiguous, time and time again the recurring theme is of the Israelites turning away from God's teachings to live a sinful and decadent lifestyle, abandoning God and worshipping worthless idols.
My grandparents were salt of the earth people – hard working, honest, pragmatic, humble and generous of spirit, time, and wallet for their communities.
They would be rolling in their graves knowing that we are even contemplating a decision that can only lead to the destruction of society as we know it.
Greg Francis, Lower Norton
Road condition concerns
THE call by Victoria Police to reduce the speed limit on all unsealed country roads is problematic in many ways.
The real problem here is the current state of the roads.
Reducing the speed limits on these roads is not the answer. Accidents can happen at any speed on any road or highway.
There are sealed country roads where this government has seen fit to reduce the speed limit to 60 kilometres per hour because they are in an unsafe state.
I am concerned that some country roads have deteriorated to the point that they cannot be used as intended. We are dealing with unsafe roads and a lazy government that has withdrawn funding to local councils to maintain many of the roads in question.
This call to reduce the speed limit comes after the Andrews government announced it will allow for heavier loads for farmers transporting grain.
While I welcome the announcement, many country roads will struggle with already deteriorating potholes, poor drainage, and crumbling edges. The recent rains have further broken up susceptible roads, adding to the maintenance burden that already looks mountainous.
This government withdrew the $160 million country roads and bridges program and now wonders why it has a problem with road safety.
Simon Ramsay, Member for Western Victoria