Seriously, another letter? That’s Mayor Daniel Watton’s grand plan to bring a train back to Cessnock? We’ve been here before. Former mayors have sent letter after letter to the state government, and guess what? Nothing happened. The letters were ignored, left to collect dust on some bureaucrat’s desk. And now Watton wants to try the same failed approach?
This isn’t how you get things done. If Watton was serious, he’d be calling Transport Minister John Graham daily, lobbying opposition transport spokespeople, pushing Dan Repacholi, and demanding Sue Gilroy take a stand. This is the most contested election in Hunter history. If there was ever a time to put the pressure on, it’s now.
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