A version of this post was recently published in The Daily Examiner, apparently with the reference to sex services removed.
In the interests of allowing this Yamba resident to fully have her say:
Regarding Robert Earle's letter (Examiner 15th April) I say, beware of the marketing men. These were the same people who, in times past, sold snake oil as a cure all. All you have to do is watch ABC's The Gruen Transfer to understand that marketing is about selling people what they don't want or need and convincing people they can't do without it. Children pester their parents to go to MacDonalds because of the good, no, excellent marketing - it is a well known marketing ploy. These marketing people are the same people who market Easter in our stores just days after Christmas is over. Our best interests is not what they have in their minds.
As far as the No Campaign and attacks on the Chamber of Commerce - like they are the only people in Yamba to take part in the No Campaign - you must realise the Chamber of Commerce is only a small part of it. When you are open about it and discuss this invasion by MacDonalds more people are against it than for. These are the everyday people of Yamba. This brings me to another point - one of your letter writers (the few who are in the Yes camp) claimed that they didn't see the point of the petition against MacDonalds as many out of towners were signing it. Would these people also be called 'tourist's'? These are the people we want here, right? So we think we are pandering to the tourists with a Macdonald's but when they are so obviously telling us they don't want one here and come to the town because they like it as it is - we now ignore them? The Yes campaign can't have it both ways.
Can you imagine, if there is a Macdonald's and with the proposed changes to the Clarence Valley Local Environmental Plan which effectively allows prostitution in residential areas - Yamba will be the "Macca" of two 24 hour 'services'. Perhaps we will be voted number one town again - this time for all the wrong reasons and by the wrong people!
Celeste Warren
Yamba
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