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VIC COUNCILS
DON'T BE A GRINCH
THIS CHRISTMAS
We have heard reports of:
Residents being threatened with huge fines for placing bows and tinsel on trees and bushes on nature strips
Traders being warned to remove festive decorations or face fines
Community Christmas lights being cancelled because of
too much Council red tape
Now more than ever we need to send a message to the bloated Council bureaucracies that Christmas is a time for JOY not a time for them to impose their autocratic ways.
Councils love to stifle fun and community spirit, so let's nice put them back in their place this Christmas.
How can you help and participate?
We encourage you to decorate ANY shrub or tree on nature strips with BIG RED BOWS or Tinsel, take a photo and upload here.
Sign our petition to tell Councils to keep their grubby cash grabbing hands OFF Christmas festivities
Let's restore Christmas FUN and JOY
