Election 2022 (Poll added)

[ElwoodBlues1]

I'm thinking footy clubs and footy supporter sites are rather the natural hunting grounds of right-wingers. Let's face it, Carlton has a considerable Liberal heritage. Just look for the photo of a platform that was erected at Princes Park to allow Sir Robert Menzies to watch games in his Roller, far from the hoi polloi. And Malcolm Fraser was the no. 1 ticket holder too, not forgetting that Big Jack was Liberal party president.

Most footy clubs are hardly reflective of the diversity of the population either. Black & Asian players stick out like sore thumbs. While I was in the sheds changing for training, I had to endure a discussion about how best to ensure police would shoot African kids who broke into homes. The guy leading the discussion is a serving police officer.

Go and live out at Delahey and try and shop when a dozen African kids swoop on the supermarket in a group then steal what they want, terrify shoppers and staff then run off knowing the cops won't get there because the closest cop station is to far away.
Then wake up in the morning and find your street with 4 or 5 cars smashed up with baseball bats...guess who again.
Oh and if you like uninvited guests knocking on your door, casing the joint for entry points and an idea of whose at home or not move to Delahey or Caroline Springs..guess who again.
Security Shutters, Alarms and Two large German Shepherds later that has to be part of your budget and lifestyle if you want to live there..bit like being in Joburg.
The Dogs work best, nothing like a big Shepherd to act as a deterrent, the cops get the offenders in court but then they are back out again thanks to social workers, members of clergy etc and it's just a cycle of despair for locals who can't get a police station built close enough to the action...hello Dan Andrews.