Re: Handover : Wed Oct 26, 2011 4:15 pm  

Father Ted wrote:

That photo, is that it?
Isn't there going to be a formal ceremony or some function to celebrate this?
Where's McManus, Langtree people, club captain?
This is a marketing opportunity like no other for your club so why hasn't a real big deal been made about it.
It looks a great new stadium, so is that photo all there is?

I'm sure there'll be more but bear in mind the interior fit out hasn't even started yet so the only shots they can show are of the seats/terraces and the pitch. Nobody wants to see a shot of a bare concrete space that isn't a bar/lounge/boardroom/changing room/etc yet.

Re: Handover : Wed Oct 26, 2011 4:16 pm  

Donkey OTay wrote:

That's only the point if you make it so.

Well yes, obviously.

I'm not in favour of credit being taken where it isn't due. I am skeptical as to whether such an investment in the project would have occurred if Rimmer and co had been in control of the council.

Re: Handover : Wed Oct 26, 2011 5:30 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

Well yes, obviously.

I'm not in favour of credit being taken where it isn't due. I am skeptical as to whether such an investment in the project would have occurred if Rimmer and co had been in control of the council.

I agree and as to what you said earlier the Labour crew certainly didn't help matters from what I recall.

And a point of note Donkey OTay - that pathetic waste of space Rimmer and her crew do not represent me , I didnt vote for them and I dont want them anywhere near my club tbh

Re: Handover : Wed Oct 26, 2011 5:32 pm  

No1 Saint wrote:

I agree and as to what you said earlier the Labour crew certainly didn't help matters from what I recall.

Nope. Quite the opposite at one time. Wasn't a lot of the work done while Brian Spencer was in charge?

that pathetic waste of space Rimmer and her crew do not represent me , I didnt vote for them and I dont want them anywhere near my club tbh

Same here, on all counts.

Re: Handover : Wed Oct 26, 2011 7:29 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

The Council transferred money but not Council Tax payers' money. The money was taken from the capital budget rather than the revenue budget. So 'not really' would be my response to your point.

I'm sorry but that difference is a little too subtle for me. As far as I'm concerned, all council wealth belongs to the rate payers of the borough. Doesn't matter where it sits. But if the distinction is meaningful to you then you stick with it.

Re: Handover : Wed Oct 26, 2011 10:46 pm  

Donkey OTay wrote:

I'm sorry but that difference is a little too subtle for me. As far as I'm concerned, all council wealth belongs to the rate payers of the borough. Doesn't matter where it sits.

It matters massively where it sits. The capital budget does not come from local taxpayers. It comes from a variety of sources such as investments, central government funding, commercial enterprises. But I do agree that the council monies do belong to the local taxpayer in that the purpose of them is to provide services to the local taxpayer. One such service involves ensuring that the local economy is thriving, wherever possible, and that includes supporting productive and effective regeneration projects. The majority of the decisions made for this particular regeneration project were made under the hung council, not the Labour council, and there IS a difference - it's firstly in ideology but also, as a result of ideology, in policy.

Re: Handover : Thu Oct 27, 2011 12:39 pm  

Hung Council/Labour Council, who cares, the main thing in all this is we have a Stadium that we so desperately needed regardless of who was on the council at the time. Roll on 2012 COYS

Re: Handover : Thu Oct 27, 2011 2:45 pm  

St_Cunningham_no9 wrote:

Hung Council/Labour Council, who cares, the main thing in all this is we have a Stadium that we so desperately needed regardless of who was on the council at the time. Roll on 2012 COYS

I agree, if you don't like them don't vote them simple
Come on you Saints

Re: Handover : Thu Oct 27, 2011 2:47 pm  

Two Wheeled Saint wrote:

I agree, if you don't like them don't vote them simple
Come on you Saints

I didnt, I have a brain.

Re: Handover : Fri Oct 28, 2011 2:24 pm