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17/08/08

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Ruffled feathers - 2

Author: gillyflower (add to friends)

I'm crossing literary swords at the moment, within the Letters pages of our local rag.

A pulp mill proponent has taken exception to some statistics I quoted, that related to the extent of Tasmanian opposition to the proposed polluting monolith.

The local rag - which isn't nicknamed The Exaggerator, or Gunns' mouthpiece, for nothing - edited to the point of total irrelevance the last of my polite, but stinging responses, which has provoked yet another attack.

So one more little riposte to RC of Invermay has now been emailed, via the Ex's editor, so it will be interesting to see how she'll handle that one!

We both have our letter-writing supporters though. But the proponents increasingly sound desperate. For those of us who oppose the mill the scent of victory is getting stronger.

Bring it on!

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Comment from: sarah_james [Member] Email · http://www.milltech-systems.co.uk
Glad it's going well. Good luck!
PermalinkPermalink 17/08/08 @ 19:19
Comment from: Jo McRae [Visitor] Email
Guuns has been stabbed by Leighton's longstanding conviction that the mill will never be built, Gunns' shares are down again, they have 6 weeks to get approval for the final 10 modules. Gay now says he can't get finance until he has final approval. As he was chasing ANZ money for months, when he also didn't have approval, this must be another furphy like the one about losing a million dollars for every day's delay.
Gay has provided Tasmania and Parliament with inaccurate information, and got away with it by bluster and flummery with Lennon. Who would want to have anything to do with a CEO that can't even manage a shareholder's meeting with proper process? Gay has brought the Gunns' name into disrepute. He expected to get everything his own way, he thought we would be a walkover, cowed by that iniquitous and illegal Section 11 of the PMAA. Now we need to squash the pulp mill to show we are not the simple types Gay thinks we are, as well as for the sake of our state.
PermalinkPermalink 18/08/08 @ 10:48
Comment from: gillyflower [Member] Email
Indeed Jo. And we shall. Thanks for your comments & input. The ABC News had Gunns shares down to $1.98 today, which is a serious drop in price. Can't see a likely backer coming on board now. Maybe see you at the rally!?
PermalinkPermalink 18/08/08 @ 12:24

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