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Billen Ben said:
What i found interesting is that there is no submission from anyone named Jimmy T – unless it is one of the confidential ones or one of the name has been withheld submissions.
What's your point, BB?
I make my submissions every week in the SMH and my views are well known to the department, the minister and the CTTT. However, I have to stand back and let the process continue and let the experts and major stakeholders like the OCN, SCA, strata lawyers and others say their piece.
To be honest, if the commission was interested in my opinion on an official basis, they would have sought it. If I keep this at arms length at least when their report comes out I can make an objective assessment without anyone being able to claim I've got sour grapes because my suggestions weren't accepted.
I'm a journalist not an activist and, for better or worse, I'm the only credible show in town when it comes to writing about the nitty gritty of strata to a broad public.
FYI: When Frank Sartor announced the ban on developers demanding proxy votes as part of their sales contracts, he said the law was being changed (at least partly) because of coverage in the Press. Who else was writing about this issue at that time?
I have absolute faith in the guys at SCA and the OCN to present the case for better laws and a better CTTT but there's more than one way to skin a strata cat.