The must love small businesses and their contribution to the community at the Wingecarribee Shire Council … not. In announcing the availability of digital editions of magazines at the local library as part of their eMagazine strategy, the council press release included this line:
No longer do they have to make the trip to the newsagent to get some of the most popular international issues.
It’s clumsy, insensitive and ignorant. Councils should be the last organisations taking steps to reduce foot traffic for small businesses in their areas.
How bout we get the email address of the mayor who approved this statement and let him know how we ALL feel ?? Anyone in Wingecarribee ?
Email David Sommers their media person: david.sommers@wsc.nsw.gov.au
Thanks for posting this Mark, I am the newsagent that bought it to the attention of the other newsagencies in our shire.
I was infuriated yesterday when I read the press release announcement.
Thanks Peter. I should have acknowledged you. Appreciate the heads up.
Baz our local paper is the Southern Highlands News, if you want to let them know how you feel.
Wingecarribee Shire is made up of small towns and villages and all newsagencies in the Shire play an important and supportive role in their community, especially the smaller villages.
They should be promoted, not insulted, by our council.
Thanks Peter for bringing this to our attention.
Maybe they have already heard – on their website the word library appears in place of newsagent from the quote above.
David has apologised for any offence caused and has changed the wording from newsagent to library. Nice.
Good to see.