Great debate
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On the Pulse thinks that probably the second-best thing that came of a game of written table-tennis on Facebook last week between Inverell’s Reverend Jean Bell and our own Senator John Williams was the picture Wacka shared about how busy his average day can be.
We are certain that diary entry reassured a few around the Facebook community that our tax dollars are really at work (not that he really has any less of a busy day than On the Pulse).
But more interesting was the personal discussion in a public forum between the members of church and state.
On the Pulse likes to keep politics in the secular world, but had to take its hat off to the Rev Bell with her insights about laying down your party guidelines and doing what is ethically right for the people, and being valiant enough to even adopt a policy or view that flies in the face of your own political allegiance.
The whole thing stemmed from Rev Bell’s comments on Wacka’s Facebook page with questions about our new NSW deputy premier, and the rather un-scintillating performance in question time of Nationals leader, Deputy Prime Minister and Minster for Infrastructure and Regional Development, Warren Truss (let’s be honest, even reading out his titles is boring).
Well in the end, the dialogue between the two Inverellians led to Wacka feeling bruised because he seems to have taken the comments personally. We’re not sure if it’s because he bleeds blue, but surely, her comments had nothing to do with him, yet he backed out of the conversation and took his toys with him.
In the end, OTP has to hand the debate ribbon to Rev Bell for her gracious apology to Senator Williams for inadvertently ruffling his feathers, and further, sent us to sleep (at 10.30pm) with the credo to love our neighbours as ourselves, which seems to be not a bad credo, whatever your persuasion.
Weedy oval
One Inverell resident - let’s call her Shirley Waterman - has expressed discontent at the lack of attention shown to the raised garden beds at Brooks Oval. Shirley told On the Pulse she went in to complain to council about three months ago and lodged a complaint about the state of the weeds and long grass in and around the beds.
In contrast, the sharp-eyed resident said the crews had been out three times in the last week to mow the grounds (three times in a week?) but failed to bring out the whipper-snippers or gardening gloves to pull out the meter-high Scotch thistles and dock.
A call to council informed us that the beds are on the schedule, maybe as early as today, so we await the result.