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If you see a middle age bloke with a stubble on Friday night getting stuck into Marco Kurse that'll be me venting my frustration
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Still at the clubhouse after golf!peternorth you there Fri night or are you hitting the driving range?
Doomed! Such a shame! bloody inner city hippies, enjoy your dog s**t park!
******* hippies!!!
Am certainly no hippie, have played football since I was a teenager, am a victory member and live within 300 metres of footscray park.
This is a win for the local community. The local residents (you know, people who live within the council boundaries) opposed this proposal with a significant majority.
Did you know that the maribyrnong council area has the smallest % of passive open space out of all inner suburban areas? And the victory wanted to take more of this little space that this area has. This is a win for democracy and local residents.
Why do you want him sacked? He did a pretty good job with our fairly limited squad...Ugh still not sacked lol
I didn't even watch the game.Why do you want him sacked? He did a pretty good job with our fairly limited squad...
When the council finally sought community feedback, only a few months ago, the response from constituents that reside in the maribyrnong council area was 59% opposed to the victory masterplan, 41% in support. Further to this in a special committee set up by the council to gain further feedback and in their final report the victory proposal was rejected on a vote of 6:1.Do you have proof? or a link, a survey result that shows a majority of the constitutes where against it?
Curious, How many people actually use that piece of land? By the looks it is virtually always empty. Despite the fearmongering by the inner city socialist the proposal was only gonna take up around one third of the park (leaving more than enough room for walkers) and the majority opened to the community when not in use, and it wouldn't have just benefited Victory and soccer other sports would have also benefited some who are in desperate need of good community facilities for both men and women.
So good luck with that park mate don't forget to send us a photo with your fellow constitutes (with dogs) walking through it to show us how much you really care.
Residents who both supported and opposed the academy said a council-appointed "community advisory panel" was a "sham"."We're not against soccer in this city," she said.
Ms Pardy's group launched a campaign where they letterboxed residents, printed shirts, held meetings and lobbied councillors and state politicians."It has been a terribly divisive issue in the community."
"This was a real win for the people," Ms Pardy said.
Victorian Sports Minister Martin Pakula confirmed the government would work with Melbourne Victory to find a new home for the academy, and said that the $10 million investment would "follow the project"."From our perspective we feel like the process has been largely usurped by the inept consultation process that really should have been undertaken by council prior to committing the land," he said.
"There was going to be a whole bunch of role models that our girls could have looked up to."
According to a report released by government body Football Victoria in May, there will be an equal number of males and females playing the sport by 2027."I think Victory are going to struggle to find anywhere close to [home ground] AAMI Park."
"...The organisation will need to invest significant resources into women and girls' football, in addition to leading change and overseeing a major growth phase across the entire football system in Victoria," the report said.
What's the point of open space if no one uses it? I'm all for people objecting to it but it seems the only argument is that they don't want unused land given away for free?Am certainly no hippie, have played football since I was a teenager, am a victory member and live within 300 metres of footscray park.
This is a win for the local community. The local residents (you know, people who live within the council boundaries) opposed this proposal with a significant majority.
Did you know that the maribyrnong council area has the smallest % of passive open space out of all inner suburban areas? And the victory wanted to take more of this little space that this area has. This is a win for democracy and local residents.
"community was not consulted till 2019?" What a load of crap! It's been in the public domain for almost four years that Victory where looking for an Academy in the Marribynong area? Is this the fault of the council? maybe but Victory sure did put it out there so people did know about it.I'll leave it with this giggler99 in that how was it ever a democratic process, when the community were not consulted about this proposal until 2019? Considering Victory first went to Council in 2016, I think it is hardly democratic that the people who live in the Maribyrnong City Council area were not truly informed of what was going to take place until this year. We, as ratepayers and constituents, need to support such a large project that takes away crown land and what very little passive space we have in our area.
I am very proud that the local community have banded together to keep Footscray Park accessible to all its residents, at all times. Do not forget that the Maribyrnong Council have already handed over park land in the municipality to the Victory at Robert Barrett Reserve. The proposed site should have been somewhere like McIvor reserve.
As for the 2 Councillors that supported the proposal, I find it interesting that people voted in to represent their local community, have gone directly against what the people wanted. As I said, 59% of Maribyrnong City Council residents opposed the Victory proposal at Footscray Park. Maybe if the Council put some of their own funds into the site and developed grounds for local sporting clubs, this issue would never have arisen.
If you want proof we're s**t, just watch the last game in full.
Oh wait, a different proof you want
What's the point of open space if no one uses it? I'm all for people objecting to it but it seems the only argument is that they don't want unused land given away for free?