Ugly taste in the mouth
Furious!!
God, I can't get over the nerve of council. Kay is about to go off to the binding section 34 hearing this afternoon, and they've modified their conditions of consent and added another $15K in section 94 contributions! I can only assume that there has been a rate increase in January which allows them to ramp it up. They stalled and stalled and fretted at the fringes and here we are, just into January to go through the formalities of the approval and out pops another $15K in costs!
Absolutely steaming furious! To the point that Kay is tempted to derail the entire thing out of pure frustration. I wish there was someone I could shoot right now just to vent some steam.
We're probably stuck with it, but Kay is on the warpath and the "done deal" section 34 hearing is about to get really ugly. The hide of them! This DA was submitted in April 2007, and should have been approved months ago. But they stall it to January and then hike up the contributions. The commissioner will probably just say something like "ah well, we're bound by the legislation and that's the new rate". I've lost all faith in the LEC for providing a reasoned arbiter service. They are just another stoog body. The whole process is just one debacle after another.
I've said to Kay to try and just get the approval stamp today anyway and we'll take it from there, but it really does leave an ugly taste in the mouth. Forget the Bollinger tonight. I think I'd choke on it now.
Why does it all have to be such a **$$!!** uphill battle. Bloody council!!
MW