Opinion by Ann Wason Moore Premium Content Subscriber only WHEN it comes to the light rail, it's a clear case of the desperate and dateless. It's obvious there will never be a love match at the end of this tunnel … pro and anti campaigners are still spitting vitriol online and political parties are pitching their pennants on whichever side of the tracks appears more popular. But what we so desperately need right now are community leaders committed to telling the objective truth. Because right now, both sides - at all levels - are falling woefully short.
Let's start with the man in charge, State Transport Minister Mark Bailey - who has been challenged by Burleigh MP Michael Hart to hold a community forum with himself and area city councillor Daphne McDonald by May 31.