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	<title>Councillor Ross Grove</title>
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		<title>Update on Holroyd&#8217;s bus routes</title>
		<link>http://rossgrove.com/2010/02/27/update-on-holroyds-bus-routes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ross Grove</dc:creator>
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Recently the state government announced their ammended bus route plan for our local area.
Whilst there are winners and a number of losers, it is thanks to the the campaign waged by local councillors, residents, businesses and the state opposition which inevitably pressured the state government into changing their plans to cut bus routes and services [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grove votes against Labor&#8217;s new council levies</title>
		<link>http://rossgrove.com/2010/02/26/grove-opposes-new-levies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:27:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ross Grove</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Labor-Independent majority on Holroyd City Council have proposed more new taxes on local ratepayers, with Liberal Councillor Ross Grove being the only solid vote in opposition.
“Instead of pursuing smarter and more cost-effective alternatives, Labor are pursuing an ideological agenda which will create new taxes and waste more ratepayer funds.” Clr Grove said.
The new levies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keneally will cut services and infrastructure &#8211; Grove</title>
		<link>http://rossgrove.com/2009/12/04/keneally-will-cut-services-and-infrastructure-grove/</link>
		<comments>http://rossgrove.com/2009/12/04/keneally-will-cut-services-and-infrastructure-grove/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ross Grove</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kristina Keneally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[libraries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nathan Rees]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I never thought I would be unhappy to see the back of Nathan Rees as Premier of NSW.
The elevation of Kristina Keneally to the post of Premier sends shivers down my spine because she has a track record of cutting services and infrastructure in the local community.
In order to appease property developers (who line the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SMARTFORMS: Honouring our commitment to cut red tape</title>
		<link>http://rossgrove.com/2009/11/10/smartforms-honouring-our-commitment-to-cut-red-tape/</link>
		<comments>http://rossgrove.com/2009/11/10/smartforms-honouring-our-commitment-to-cut-red-tape/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:23:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ross Grove</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the last election I gave you, the voter, my personal commitment that I would fight the excesses of bureaucracy and red tape at Holroyd City Council - this was at a time when Holroyd had been branded the second slowest council in NSW by the Department of Planning. (click header for more)]]></description>
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		<title>POLL: New aquatic centre to be built as part of major Council services shake-up</title>
		<link>http://rossgrove.com/2009/11/09/poll-new-aquatic-centre-to-be-built-as-part-of-major-council-services-shake-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ross Grove</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[pools]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our community may be the home to a modern day aquatic and leisure centre under a major review of services provided by Holroyd City Council, Liberal Councillor Ross Grove said today.
Under the plan, council’s existing swimming pools at Merrylands, Wentworthville and Guildford will be closed down to make way for a central facility which could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>$80k funding for lighting upgrade at Bathurst Street Park</title>
		<link>http://rossgrove.com/2009/11/05/80k-funding-for-lighting-upgrade-at-bathurst-street-park/</link>
		<comments>http://rossgrove.com/2009/11/05/80k-funding-for-lighting-upgrade-at-bathurst-street-park/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ross Grove</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Greystanes Cricket Club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greystanes Groovers Playgroup]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At Tuesday night's Council meeting, Council resolved to invest $80,000 to upgrade the lighting on the western soccer field at Bathurst Street Park in Greystanes. This investment will now bring the field up to the 100 lux standard required by Soccer Australia to play competitive night games.]]></description>
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		<title>We got it! Libs get tree reforms passed.</title>
		<link>http://rossgrove.com/2009/11/04/we-got-it-tree-reforms-pass-council/</link>
		<comments>http://rossgrove.com/2009/11/04/we-got-it-tree-reforms-pass-council/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ross Grove</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is just a short note to let you all know that at last night's Council meeting, we passed a raft of changes to Council's tree menagement orders by 10 votes to 1. These changes will give local families more of those rights and freedoms they need to manage and maintain greenery on their own property.]]></description>
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		<title>Debate on caged-eggs shows Council is out of touch with community expectations</title>
		<link>http://rossgrove.com/2009/10/23/debate-on-caged-eggs-shows-council-out-of-touch-with-community-expectation/</link>
		<comments>http://rossgrove.com/2009/10/23/debate-on-caged-eggs-shows-council-out-of-touch-with-community-expectation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ross Grove</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The extensive debate at Tuesday night's meeting over Holroyd City Council's position on caged-eggs shows that local councillors have lost touch and would rather talk about side-issues than the real needs and aspirations of the community for improved parks and family facilities.]]></description>
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		<title>PUNCHCARD COUNCILLORS: the seedy underbelly of Holroyd Labor</title>
		<link>http://rossgrove.com/2009/10/21/punchcard-councillors-seedy-underbelly-holroyd-labor/</link>
		<comments>http://rossgrove.com/2009/10/21/punchcard-councillors-seedy-underbelly-holroyd-labor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recent council reports demonstrate that Councillors who attend large numbers of committee meetings are more inclined towards becoming "punch-card councillors" who whilst showing up on Council statistics as present, contribute very little to the proceedings or to the reform of local government as a whole; Liberal Councillor Ross Grove said today.]]></description>
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		<title>Labor-backed Mayor rolls WSROC Veep!</title>
		<link>http://rossgrove.com/2009/10/14/labor-backed-mayor-rolls-wsroc-veep/</link>
		<comments>http://rossgrove.com/2009/10/14/labor-backed-mayor-rolls-wsroc-veep/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After spending the last fortnight embroiled in controversy over the rolling of  Council's WSROC delegates, Holroyd's Labor-backed Independent Mayor has used questionable powers in Council's Code of Meeting Practice to dismiss an extra-ordinary meeting called specifically to discuss the matter.]]></description>
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