Two things have cropped up that need exposing to the local electorate today, both concerning the inferior quality of our city council.
Speaking to two of my compatriots today, I learned that Sam, who walks his dog in Fenton everyday, and who stops to talk to the council workers every day, has been chitchatting to them about how much money the city council actually have. The men were naturally worried that their jobs were in danger, so when Sam told them the city council had plenty of money, they were a little sceptical.
Some rapid printing by Sam, and ten minutes later, the council workers were reading a copy of a Freedom of Information request from the DMO to Terry Cope about how much money the city council have in cash in the account- £25.26 million- and how much they have invested in the account over the year from December 09 to December 10- £708 million.
Suffice to say the workmen were not overly impressed with their bosses at the council, a copy of the FoI request was taken into the Civic Centre this morning by a manager there.
We'll let you know what happens, and there is a new FoI request from the Debt Management Office of the government due in tomorrow, more on this later.
The second story concerns the closing of Tunstall swimming pool. All three councillors in this neck of the woods are crap, but Magan Ryan did come out and answer a question by Terry Cope as to why the councillors were doing nothing to fight this closure. Ms Ryan came out and said she had been fighting this closure for some time, a claim that has been verified, and that brings up a very interesting set of questions from that butterball council leader, Pervez.
He stated in the Sentinel just a matter of days ago, that the city council had decided on these closures because of the pressure of cuts from the coalition government, but id Ms Ryan has been fighting the closure for months, then Pervez is once again telling porkies over the closure of another swimming pool!
His reasons for this need to be looked into, as does his close relationship with the Arfur Daley of the muslim world, Mo "wanna sell your swimming pool" Choudary.
I think it's time that questions were asked of this crappy council, and some of the shifty no gooders that have wangled their way into positions of power within it.
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Showing posts with label swimming pools. Show all posts
Showing posts with label swimming pools. Show all posts
Tuesday, 8 February 2011
Thursday, 27 January 2011
Save our Swimming pools!
Once again, the stupidity of this city council and its propensity for wasting the taxpayers money, is leading the way in looking for savings in the closing of essential public services and venues, an accusation we can make at the city council in any area of the services they are paid to provide.
In the hunt for savings, our brilliant city council have come up with the idea of closing two of our swimming pools, Shelton pool because it has a backlog of maintenance that looks set to cost in the region of half a million, and God knows why Tunstall pool has been targeted.
When Mike Wolfe came to office as mayor, he spent hundreds of thousands of pounds refurbishing the Civic Centre offices.When Meredith came to office as mayor, he spent £729,000 onefurbishing the Civic Centre offices. When vander Laarschot came to office as the new CEO, he tried to spend £500,000 on tarting up his office, but the money isn't there to repair Shelton swimming pool.
We came up with an idea. Do what they did with the muslims when they offered them the building land in Hanley for nothing. Why not do the same with Shelton pool? Offer it to the NHS at a peppercorn rent, and let them take on the repairs, the pool is afterall, used by many people recovering from illness and undergoing physiotherapy, yet all the council want to do is close the place.
Better check and see if Pervez has been talking to his mate Mo again..............
With the likes of Tunstall pool, charge the kids £1 a session, and that place will never be empty, but alas, this seems too complicated a business arrangement for the city council nuggets to understand, though to be fair, several city councillors have been trying to close it, and Tunstall library, for some time.
I'm surprised at ex-councillor Lee Wanger wanting to close it though, I would have thought that given his predilection for naked children, it would be one of his favourite places to hang out.
The money wasted by these senior council officer clowns is unforgiveable, especially given the financial circumstances we now find ourselves in, and that waste continues. There is enough money withing the city council budget to find the savings without resorting to selling off as many publicly owned buildings to their mates, as possible, and we here at England First Party, Stoke-on-Trent division would suggest the following if our other ideas aren't acceptable,
PAY THE REPAIRS OUT OF THE £25.25 MILLION IN THE DMO ACCOUNT YOU HAVE WITH THE GOVERNMENT!!
Failing this, we will accept your resignations for taking money under false pretenses, that is being paid huge salaries for work you are all clearly incapable of performing!
contact us at; efpstoke@gmail.com
In the hunt for savings, our brilliant city council have come up with the idea of closing two of our swimming pools, Shelton pool because it has a backlog of maintenance that looks set to cost in the region of half a million, and God knows why Tunstall pool has been targeted.
When Mike Wolfe came to office as mayor, he spent hundreds of thousands of pounds refurbishing the Civic Centre offices.When Meredith came to office as mayor, he spent £729,000 onefurbishing the Civic Centre offices. When vander Laarschot came to office as the new CEO, he tried to spend £500,000 on tarting up his office, but the money isn't there to repair Shelton swimming pool.
We came up with an idea. Do what they did with the muslims when they offered them the building land in Hanley for nothing. Why not do the same with Shelton pool? Offer it to the NHS at a peppercorn rent, and let them take on the repairs, the pool is afterall, used by many people recovering from illness and undergoing physiotherapy, yet all the council want to do is close the place.
Better check and see if Pervez has been talking to his mate Mo again..............
With the likes of Tunstall pool, charge the kids £1 a session, and that place will never be empty, but alas, this seems too complicated a business arrangement for the city council nuggets to understand, though to be fair, several city councillors have been trying to close it, and Tunstall library, for some time.
I'm surprised at ex-councillor Lee Wanger wanting to close it though, I would have thought that given his predilection for naked children, it would be one of his favourite places to hang out.
The money wasted by these senior council officer clowns is unforgiveable, especially given the financial circumstances we now find ourselves in, and that waste continues. There is enough money withing the city council budget to find the savings without resorting to selling off as many publicly owned buildings to their mates, as possible, and we here at England First Party, Stoke-on-Trent division would suggest the following if our other ideas aren't acceptable,
PAY THE REPAIRS OUT OF THE £25.25 MILLION IN THE DMO ACCOUNT YOU HAVE WITH THE GOVERNMENT!!
Failing this, we will accept your resignations for taking money under false pretenses, that is being paid huge salaries for work you are all clearly incapable of performing!
contact us at; efpstoke@gmail.com
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