John Day recently wrote a response to Iris Jones’s letter to the editor in which she called for the Honourable Minister John Day to resign (click here to view a copy of her letter).
Often when people become highly emotive, they lose perspective, are unable to see things clearly and fail to see other viable options/solutions. I fear this may be the case for Iris Jones, a number of residents and shire councillors within the Shire of Kalamunda who have been misinformed.
Residents in the Shire of Kalamunda have been led to believe that the proposal by Ross Leighton is about supplying high care for the elderly in an appropriate location. Well, this isn’t exactly the case….in fact, it couldn’t be further from the truth.
It seems that the vomit principle has been effectively employed and has worked a treat in the Shire of Kalamunda.
You may be thinking “What’s the vomit principle?”
The vomit principle is the repetitive use of slogans to the point when you feel like you want to vomit (and at that point you know whatever you are saying is starting to have an effect).
Let us make this clear – the only condition on Mr Ross Leighton is that one person over the age of 55 must occupy each dwelling. Now if I was Iris Jones I would certainly want a little more assurance than that.
Has Iris Jones even thought carefully about the appropriateness of the site? I will happily go for a walk with her from Lot 500 Gavour Road in Wattle Grove to the local shops if she can spare a couple of hours of her time.
After reading Iris Joneses letter I felt despair. It made me realise that people are not thinking clearly about this matter at all.
Alas, I was relieved to see John Day’s letter the following week in the Echo news replying to Iris Jones’s letter (click on image to download a PDF copy of the letter). He states -
“What is essential is that there is a fair and proper process and I do not intend to subvert this in an improper way. There are also other proposals for aged care facilities in the Kalamunda district and I will continue to work with the Shire and others to facilitate these in appropriate areas”.
I would like to say thank you John Day. Thank you for remaining so rational and reasoned in the face of such irrationality around this issue.
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