Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,931
Some interesting views on councillors who you keep electing
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Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,879
Keith Sansum1 wrote:Some interesting views on councillors who you keep electing
The trouble is you can only vote for whoever is on the ballot paper.That was the reason I abstained last time, the same old or those who were completely unknown candidates.
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,931
That's interesting Jan
And that's a view being formed but quite a large number of people in elections now .
It's not good for the future
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Button
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,057
Captain Haddock wrote:900 additional jobs?
£50m in net additional visitor spend every year?
Indeed so; according to Big World Tale, that nice Mrs Elphicke wrote a supporting letter to Secretary of State Robert Jenrick including those very figures. So it must be true. And given that the seating capacity is 3,500 compared with staffing of 900, service should be pretty slick!
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Gary39- Registered: 7 Jul 2017
- Posts: 451
900 staff and seating capacity for 3500…. Which part of the green western heights are they going to cover in tarmac for at least 2000 cars… That does not include HGV’s for the concerts etc
Expect traffic jams on South Military Road from Aycliffe and North Military Road from Town
Pity for the house owners who live nearby..
I all for a memorial for Vera but this is just in the wrong place..
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
Yes Garry in the wrong place .A day lot today lovely for watching a show.?Another. Bad decision for Aycliffe.That Three million DDC could invest else where.
Gary39- Registered: 7 Jul 2017
- Posts: 451
I am still fighting for extra parking at Aycliffe..
No sign of that yet.
Anytime Aycliffe asks for something apparently no money or they blame someone else
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,931
Keep fighting Gary
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Gary39- Registered: 7 Jul 2017
- Posts: 451
Gary39- Registered: 7 Jul 2017
- Posts: 451
Still do not see where they are going park all the cars, coaches, trucks etc.
Also has there been any public consultation about this?
Or as usual the The Dover public are being ignore?
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
Yes I have asked about the consultation.They should hold a public meeting
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,931
Plannings and consultation not the councils strong areas
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Arthur- Registered: 18 Nov 2020
- Posts: 439
Yet another waste of money to add to the list of misguided projects.
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Dover Pilot- Registered: 28 Jul 2018
- Posts: 346
"catalyst for positive change across the town."
It's the same wording DDC have used for the White Cliffs Experience and so many more failed costly projects. If you took the vast amounts of money that has been spent on all these projects over the last 10 years and let Dover people decide what we actually needed the town would be far more affluent and welcoming.
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Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,879
I wonder what Dame Vera would have thought of this misguided waste of money being spent in her name, after all should it go ahead it can only really be used in decent weather.
Just a thought the Roundhouse could be refurbished and named Dame Vera Lynn Theatre, something that would really be an apt memorial for someone who was involved with entertainment and the young.
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Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
Jan I did say that The Round House Theatre a Much better memorial.I don’t think our councillors are listening.I await responses to,emails I have sent
Ross Miller
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 17 Sep 2008
- Posts: 3,706
Unfortunately, the funding for this colossally expensive white elephant that will end up being used once and then slowly rotting, required the support of our MP; she made it clear to DDC that the only project she would support was this nonsense. It really didnt matter what our councillors or officers thought it was this or nothing; thankfully they managed to pad an extra £12m or so into what they have asked for, so we will see some money spent in the town and hopefully they might even ask us what they want it spent on...
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Arthur- Registered: 18 Nov 2020
- Posts: 439
I very much doubt that any money will be spent on things that residents deem important. If they can waste money on parklets, the White Cliffs Experience, St James development etc etc then there’s little chance of any improvement in the foreseeable future. Meanwhile there’s also the Bus Rapid Transit to look forward to……….!
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
I have just emailed the MP .Why she would support such an expensive project ?Beggars belief
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Button- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,057
Ross Miller wrote:Unfortunately, the funding for this colossally expensive white elephant... required the support of our MP; she made it clear to DDC that the only project she would support was this nonsense. It really didnt matter what our councillors or officers thought it was this or nothing..
Really? I'd like to think you're joking but sadly ( given I pay her wages) I guess you're not. I reckon it just goes to show that you can be an OBE, a British Conservative Party politician and a finance lawyer and still be a barking mad waste of space. What do we want: General Election; when do we want it: now!
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