We’ve only ever engaged on the BHS page in relation to posts on the progress of the construction (or lack of it). On the one discussion we’ve participated in lately, we’ve been accused of:

– being muppets

– being clowns

– wanting the school to fail and make people miserable

– having some shady agenda to build 500 townhouses

– making spurious time wasting protests (yes we’ve protested, but the fact that this project is frozen in planning is because it’s a bad plan, not because of us)

– not wanting any school in Bungendore at all

– being snobs and political bashing

– trolling the Principal (we never have, we’ve not engaged with the principal or staff, and we’ve always wished her every success). We did note (on our page) that a post showing the overlay of the portable school over BPS had been hidden on the BHS page. So we asked (again, on our page) whether they thought it was misleading or offensive or somehow inaccurate and if there was any issue with giving the community a clearer picture of how this proposal will affect it.

– hate speech and setting out to harm the kids;

– trolling other posters (we never have, although it appears Mrs Overall believes that expressing opinions or questioning incorrect statements constitutes trolling or harassment);

– more “unwanted trolling”

We’ve faced a non-stop barrage of Government-funded propaganda and photo ops attempting to stop us believing what’s right there in front of us.

We’ve faced constant gaslighting and bullying from the State Government which repeats claims over and over which we know are wrong – as if they’re trying to make us disbelieve the evidence in front of us in black and white. We’ve had our local MP tell us she doesn’t care what we think. We’ve had a State Government set armed police and security to intimidate attendees at an information session.

And now the project is clearly unravelling, Nichole is stepping up the hateful rhetoric against those of us who just want the best for our town and our new school.

Dearie me, Ms Overall, how very Trumpian of you. Where exactly is the evidence to back up your accusations? If any of us, mere hardworking members of the public directed similar lies and vitriol at you, no doubt you would follow your illustrious predecessor’s example and call on the fixated persons unit to ruin our lives.

Can’t we have more community consultation here? There was never adequate consultation and the amount of community opposition is very much larger than the member and the previous member have ever cared to admit (or possibly even realise). The opposition in the region is largely not to the school, but to the placement of the school. The town has enormous space available and yet, the project is destroying the most important infrastructure that the town has (the park which is the key public space). Once that happens, there will be no real town gathering place. Why must the project be railroaded through in this location? The member might object to people objecting to her bloody-minded bulldozer approach, but she needs to re-ground herself with basic democracy.