COUNCILLOR Peter Brown says he dropped his opposition to installing on-street parking meters in Springvale over a racism row at a council meeting on 10 August.
“The decision I made on Monday (to support the meters) was probably the most political decision I’ve made on this council.
“Quite frankly, I wasn’t going to support two councillors Memeti and Chea when they were calling me and my colleagues racist.”
Nonetheless, despite the vote, Cr Brown told the Journal his preference remained for Springvale’s streets to be free of meters.
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IT’S easy to laugh now, but there were sure to be some frowns when Journal staff organised for a helicopter to land in the vicinity of the newspaper’s offices many moons ago.
They were off to the Melbourne Cup and were determined to get there in style.
That was one of the revelations recalled by former staff at the Journal’s 150th anniversary bash last Monday night at the Dandenong Club.
It probably also seemed a good idea to mock up a version of a Charcoal Chicken store’s advert that read “Cooked Children”.
Except when the ‘joke’ version with the advertiser’s name, address and phone number was printed in the paper.
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A big thank you to Myrna Fourkiotis of Noble Park North who sent the Journal a birthday card after receiving her copy of the paper’s special 150th edition last week.
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THERE’S a saying you should always change your underwear in case you’re in an accident.
Maybe extend that to T-shirts – just in case you’re arrested and have to face court.
Last Monday, the accused was escorted into the dock at Dandenong Magistrates’ Court fresh from his arrest.
He stood respectfully for the magistrate, his Family Guy-themed T-shirt reading: “I’d love to stay and chat but you’re a total bitch.”
