tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150854159364820604.post6766888451125890326..comments2023-05-10T16:38:37.925+01:00Comments on Stockwood Pete: Expurgated !Pete Goodwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07115478143080295370noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150854159364820604.post-31311357839774775972010-08-16T15:13:45.314+01:002010-08-16T15:13:45.314+01:00You might be interested in what Private Eye are re...You might be interested in what Private Eye are reporting in this fortnight's Rotten Boroughs column.<br /><br />It involves similar ingredients to those in Bristol, only this time a tug of love between Stoke-on-Trent Council and Stoke City FC with council tax payers being the poor old rope in the middle getting frayed away.Labour / Tory / Same Old Storynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150854159364820604.post-75106804022381371292010-08-15T17:07:32.012+01:002010-08-15T17:07:32.012+01:00It's Fick Fufa and all the Cronies at work.It's Fick Fufa and all the Cronies at work.Leni Mafifa Riefenstahlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150854159364820604.post-15460201548428193202010-08-14T14:55:47.504+01:002010-08-14T14:55:47.504+01:00The stadium/Ashton Gate land deals are a joke.
Th...The stadium/Ashton Gate land deals are a joke.<br /><br />The council hasn't even provided independent valuations of the land involved.<br /><br />Senior council officer Alun Owen just seems to have made up a figure of £4m for the land involved and all 70 councillors have accepted it.<br /><br />It's worth much more.The Bristol Bloggernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150854159364820604.post-85040012424669898662010-08-13T13:22:16.205+01:002010-08-13T13:22:16.205+01:00Supporting the stadium is one thing. Giving away p...Supporting the stadium is one thing. Giving away public land is another. Dawn supports the stadium but has written to the Council for an explanation as to why there was no consultation so local people could express their views. It seems the leadership of the Council have ditched all their principles for the possibility of their 15 minutes of fame!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150854159364820604.post-1103601894425428942010-08-12T20:32:11.806+01:002010-08-12T20:32:11.806+01:00Basically, they are just sold on the policy of the...Basically, they are just sold on the policy of the stadium. Simon Cook is tied to it, whatever the rest of his party thinks (and it is fairly obvious quite a few don't like supermarkets, or footie for that matter)Charlienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150854159364820604.post-57809012460975798762010-08-11T23:17:20.033+01:002010-08-11T23:17:20.033+01:00That figures. It was John Goulandris, one of the ...That figures. It was John Goulandris, one of the Tories (a solicitor by trade, I think) who warned the Scrutiny Commission that without a proper legal charge on the business, this deal wasn't to be touched with a bargepole. The rest of that committee agreed.<br /><br />Then when it came up in Cabinet, officers said it couldn't be done, other creditors already had first call on any assets if the club goes bust. So the Cabinet shrugged its collective shoulders and said it would go ahead anyway.Stockwood Petehttp://stockwoodpete.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150854159364820604.post-46595543322187417972010-08-11T20:16:20.768+01:002010-08-11T20:16:20.768+01:00Hi Pete. Did you see the conclusion to the "I...Hi Pete. Did you see the conclusion to the "Inland Revenue v. Portsmouth" court case last week? The IR were put on the waiting list with all the other creditors where as the players and staff were paid in full. This is what the BB said in a previous thread. If the IR can't get paid, what hope would there be for our council?Paul/Bemmy Downnoreply@blogger.com