Willow Court has many friends that are fighting to be elected at the next Tasmanian state election.
Yesterday the Chairwoman of the Friends of Willow Court Special Committee, Mrs Anne Salt has appeared on the ABC news as a representative for the National Party in the seat of Lyons.
Mayor Martyn Evans has announced some time ago that he will also be seeking to be elected to the seat of Lyons for the Liberal Party. Martyn Evans also sits on the Willow Court Conservation Committee along with the Labor candidate David Llewellyn, who is the chair person of the Willow Court Conservation Committee.
We will again ask each of these candidates about their thoughts of Willow Court becoming a Site of Conscience and what would their contribution be to the restoration, both socially and physically of the site.
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David Llewelly is not a friend of the RDH. As was reported in the Auditor Generals report said:
– The Minister went through an expensive Expression of Interest (EOI) phase, eliminating 14 proponents out of 19 as they did not offer a “whole of site” concept; the minister preferring one proponent’s concepts.
– The then-Minister, David Llewellyn, sold the site (except the small Millbrook Rise campus) for just $350,000 to a start-up company called Lachlan River Community Holdings.
– Signing the contract in May 2001 the Minister sold everything including all the chattels that were quickly sold by the developer at auction for around $1.5 million; making the start-up company around 500% profit within months of purchase.
David Llewellyn is not a friend of Willow Court, or the RDH. He is only involved now so that he can use this as a tool for his re-election.