Mike Basley

2014 candidate for Port Pirie Regional Council.
Heritage survey responses.

  1. What do you think Council's role is in protecting and conserving heritage?
    WE NEED TO PRESERVE SOME OF THE PAST FOR OUR KIDS AND GRANDKIDS

  2. What measures and incentives do you support to protect and conserve local heritage?
    GRANTS TO HERITAGE GROUPS WHEN THEY HAVE A PROJECT OF SIGNIFICANCE

  3. What is the most important heritage protection issue in your local government area?
    THE OLD PREST'S BUILDING, NOW RADIO RENTALS, IS A BEAUTIFUL OLD BUILDING THAT HAS BEEN COVERED WITH ALUMINIUM SIDING AND SINCE RADIO RENTALS HAVE TAKEN IT OVER IT HAS BECOME A BLACK AND GOLD ADVERT THAT OFFENDS THE EYE

  4. What policies and programs will you advocate to protect and conserve heritage in your local area?
    COUNCIL BUGETS EVERY YEAR FOR COMMUNITY GRANTS AND THIS SHOULD CONTINUE

  5. Do you support local Councils retaining development approval powers for projects over $3m in value?
    THE STATE GOVERNMENT SHOULD PULL THEIR HEADS IN. LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS THE LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT CLOSEST TO THE PEOPLE I THINK THE WHOLE PROCESS OF DAP WAS A RETROGRADE STEP, COUNCILS SHOULD BE THE PLANNING AUTHORITY FOR THEIR AREAS

  6. Do you have any other thoughts about the protection of heritage in your Council area?
    ALL WE NEED IS MONEY

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