NIGHTCLIFF POLITICAL NOTES

Was it the Scrymgour Saga and the prospect of an early election which prompted the appearance of the CLP at the Nightliff Sunday market ? The CLP people were keen to hear about local problems and volunteered that residents in the nearby Litchfield housing commission area have been having a torrid time, especially at night . Once again the area fronting Progress Drive is being hit by graffiti . The Nightcliff Village has also been subjected to graffiti and as fast as it is painted over, reappears. Graffiti is now appearing high up on The Planet roof and the former Rite Price building , increasingly daubed , is looking like a Third World site , its smashed signs adding to the run down image of the area. Nearby is the barricaded burnt out shells of the Loong Fong seafood restaurant and the old Phoenix Hotel,the cause of the fire still under investigation . Word is that former residents of the troubled Parap housing area are making their presence known in the John Stokes housing area, nights variously described as a nightmare and madness.