Last night I went to the resident’s forum held at Town Hall. There’s been a few all over Sydney-city, at Glebe, Surry Hills etc. I was possibly the only person under 35 in the room, which I’ll admit I got a kick out of. (Especially when the security guard quickly directed a bunch of old people in front of me, but when he came up to me wanted to know if I was lost or something.)

Lord Mayor Clover Moore is a pretty rocking chick. I was thinking the other day, everybody hates pollies etc. but face to face they must be pretty charming to have been elected to positions of power. And Ms Moore is cool headed, warm, smart, all that jazz, and her councilors and the other representatives were too.

Majority of the night was dedicated to old people whinging about all the noise that starts around 10pm on a Friday night by certain “young people”, driving around in their hotted up cars on Hickson St. One guy complained about all the beggars in the city who trip him up, and proposed that we make them get a permit, like buskers have to. To which Moore retorted “I hardly think we can aske impoverished people to pay for a permit.”

The only other young guy stood up and asked about the lack of youth activities. Eg. Martin Place, the area in front of Chifley Plaza and Customs House had all been renovated to be “unskateable” after they were discovered upon by young skaties. He said skating was a great, healthy activity for young people, to which the police representative agreed and that without stuff to do young people are more likely to turn to crime. Apparently the Moore party are trying to setup a skateboard park somewhere.

I’m thinking of joining ResNet, Sydney city residents network. I want to petition for a Sydney Zocalo or some kind of community centre or general central public space.