Often the campaign gets passive/aggressive criticism claiming “It’s over they won” However when the full picture is explained it’s very easy to understand why our fight continues. A few weeks ago the campaign was asked to be one of the keynote presentations at “Communities in Control 2104” In front of around 1500 people representing communities across Australia where we got to tell our story. You can see the entire presentation here (Including a special performance from the Tecoma Flash-mobbers):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfGoNzfhzFI#t=1337
Communities in Control is just one of many events we have presented to around the country. Not a week goes by where we are not contacted by groups asking how can they do it “the Tecoma way” Currently in Mandurah (WA), Ipswich (QLD) and Newcastle (NSW) communities have woken up to find despite their elected council voting to stop a McDonald’s building permit, McDonald’s have again dug into their very deep legal pockets and have applied to higher courts or planning tribunals to reverse the decision. So part of our continuing legacy is to assist these communities where possible and make McDonald’s understand that if they continue to break the democratic process and build in an inappropriate location they will again be faced with grassroots opposition that is professional, organised and above all passionate.
Tecoma showed itself to be “the little town that roared”. We can now export that revolution and show other communities how to find their voice and roar too.