Newcastle Labour councillors have backed a plan to support same-sex marriage, provide more “safe” places for gay and lesbian people and to create a permanent “rainbow pedestrian crossing” in a Newcastle street or park.
While these may be admirable ideals, they would seem to have no place in local government management. Furthermore, while Newcastle Council is proposing a 46.9% rate rise over the next five years, many see this plan as a waste of rate-payers money.
The Newcastle Herald cartoonist, Lewis saw it this way:
The Rainbow Crossing
Words, By George! 