Heritage suffers again

There are a few things that to me seem to be bleedingly obvious and I am wondering if anyone else out there is seeing it too.

Firstly to our shire, which seems in the last couple of years to be bowling over an old buildings every couple of years, how can you use the word heritage in your logo when you are allowing buildings to be demolished?

I find the whole concept of putting pictures of the building you have allowed to be demolished on rubbish bins laughably ironic.

Is that your idea of showing how you have a heritage motive?

Here is a concept.

How about not letting buildings be demolished and then people would not have to look at photos, they could see the original thing.

It is actually sad to walk down the street and see the beauty that has made way for soulless development.

To the developer,  Stan Malinowski, personally, I believe the redevelopment of the site is wrong.

I would be happy to discuss my thoughts with you at a mutually convenient time and to help you explore alternative options if you so desire.

And finally, to you the reader of my letter, if you agree with me, why don't you take some action?

All I am asking for is one thing, if you do not believe that Fitzgerald's hotel should be demolished and you see a Shire Councillor or Stan Malinowski somewhere, go up and tell them you disagree.

I doubt that the shire will change their order, and I doubt whether Stan will change his mind over one letter in one newspaper.

I doubt whether change will happen will if one person says "Don't demolish the Fitzgerald Hotel."

I don't know at what point anything might happen but I do think that the more people that do this, the more chance we have of saving that building.

I don't want an argument or a full blown conversation to occur, just a simple statement that will take five seconds out of your day.

I believe if we stand idly by while actions we disagree with occur, then we deserve what we get.

Rick Kennedy,

Northam