Alpine Opinion

Stop work now, says Wal

Posted in Alpine Shire Council, Bright Australia by Ray Dixon on 28 October, 2009
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"Hey! Woolies! Leave my town alone" ~ Lee's memo.

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Wally’s memo (in song) to the Alpine councillors

For the second week in a row the so-called controversy surrounding the wall height of the Woolworths supermarket presently under construction in Bright dominates the front page of the Bright Observer. And once again the only concerned resident appears to be local musician & ‘former’ Save Bright spokesperson Lee ‘Wally’ Rosser. Yeah, right. Anyway, according to the report, Lee and his fellow former Save Brighters have even sent a memo to the Alpine councillors calling for construction to cease. Wal even claims that Woolworths misrepresented its plans:

“In reality what we have is a building that is, in some spots, nearly a full storey higher than we were led to believe,” Mr Rosser said.

“This is a serious breach of VCAT conditions and I’d imagine they won’t be very happy about basing their decision on false information.”

Comment:

This is yet another ‘Wal’ beat up. Alpine council’s CEO Ian Nicholls has clearly explained that there has been a mix-up between the plans of the original developer and the plans submitted by Woolworths when they purchased the site AFTER the VCAT approval. The bottom line is that one small section of wall at the back is possibly a metre or so too high and now the matter will be determined by an independent surveyor. It’s no big deal because if the independent surveyor finds a mistake has been made, Woolies will simply have to fix it – so what?

In the meantime work is continuing on the building despite Wal’s “memo” to the councillors demanding it cease. As Ian Nicholls says, “At this point the plans generally appear to comply”. 

Wal is undeterred though and I have obtained a copy of the memo that he sent to the council. The memo was actually in the form of a song, recorded on a TDK cassette in Lee’s garage. It goes to the tune of Pink Floyd’s Another brick in the wall:

Woolies’ prick of a wall

I don’t have no education
I don’t have no self-control
Throwing spasms in the papers
Woolies leave this town alone
Hey! Woolies! Leave this town right now!
More and more it’s a Woolies prick of a wall
And I’ll send a memo on Woolies prick of a wall

I don’t have no education
I never even went to school
Throwing tantrums in the papers
Woolies leave my town alone
Hey! Council! Make Woolies leave my town right now!
More and more it’s a Woolies prick of a wall
Read my memo on Woolies prick of a wall

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  1. Campbell said, on 28 October, 2009 at 1:01 pm

    Lee could always earn a quid by busking outside Woolies.

  2. Ray Dixon said, on 28 October, 2009 at 1:13 pm

    It’s sacrilige what he’s done to that song, Campbell.

  3. jr said, on 28 October, 2009 at 1:13 pm

    Rossor? Isn’t that just perfect? Now, where did I leave my “rhymes” pen.

  4. Campbell said, on 28 October, 2009 at 1:29 pm

    I know, Ray. You will see from my gravatar that I am outside of Battersea Power Station which was used for the cover of Animals by Pink Floyd. I’m glad Lee didn’t butcher any tracks from that.

    I was in Bright at Easter time and for the record I think the supermarkets just didn’t cut it.

  5. Ray Dixon said, on 28 October, 2009 at 1:40 pm

    That’s a bloody big wall on that power station, Campbell. They’re lucky Lee doesn’t live over there in the U.K. … he’d send another memo about it.

  6. Campbell said, on 28 October, 2009 at 1:49 pm

    Not sure if Lee has seen the new plans but they are also building bigger walls next to it. I was there for an open day last year and the whole area is being redeveloped, incorporating the power station. Looks great. And I think a memo from Lee would end up one of those four chimneys.

  7. Ray Dixon said, on 28 October, 2009 at 2:00 pm

    Don’t underestimate Lee. If a pig can fly over Battersea then Lee can “cease work” on the building.

  8. Ray Dixon said, on 28 October, 2009 at 2:33 pm

    UPDATE:

    It seems Lee is upset about this post and wants to “come around” and do some damage. Well that’s pretty much what I gathered from the phone call he just made. Lee seems to be upset that I might be inferring he has posted here under different names. Well, the fact is he has. But if he wants to admit that and undertake not to continue certain things, then maybe we can work something out.

  9. Dominic said, on 28 October, 2009 at 2:51 pm

    What does Woolies have to say about it? According to the paper they have declined to comment. But I wonder what they make of the allegations regarding “false information” being supplied about the plans. That’s a pretty big accusation to make.

  10. Ray Dixon said, on 28 October, 2009 at 2:53 pm

    I wondered about that too. Accusing big companies like Woolies of “mispresentation” is not usually taken lightly. A retraction might be in order.

  11. Campbell said, on 28 October, 2009 at 3:38 pm

    Careful, Ray. Lee might “come around” and deafen you with his nylon string guitar.


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