[Margaret Pilkington]

Neil, do you really think we could have any influence whatsoever?

I am in town most days on some errand or another and I never saw anything about this ill thought out development.
Yes, people have spent their time getting the funding and I know that this is a tortuous process, but who are these people who think this development is good value for money?
Do they really understand and appreciate the deep rooted problems of the town centre?
My feeling would be that they don't.
I can see no rhyme nor reason is spending 3million pounds of lottery money on something like this.
It would be far better spent elsewhere....just because we aren't actually paying for it out of our taxes doesn't mean it is a worthwhile project.
Some folk will have anything if they think they are getting it for nowt.
I have spent all of my working life serving my community and yes it is sometimes a thankless task, but to canvass the opinion of so few people and then to imply that the majority of folk in Accrington want this development is underhand.

There is absolutely no point in doing all this window dressing when the town has been allowed to deteriorate so badly.

When Ken Moss used to come on here he used to portray Accrington as a good place to visit, to do your shopping. He could not see the glaring problems because his rose tinted specs did not permit that view.

Accrington might not be the bumhole of the world, by by gum you can smell it from here...and all our councillors want to do is fiddle about making a useless town square.

The lights are on, but there's nobody at home with an ounce of an idea on how to rejuvenate the town.

These are just my opinions.As this is a public forum I think it is appropriate to air them here.
Not that anyone will take a jot of notice. They (the ones who have these hare brained ideas) do not want our thoughts or our opinions and even less our ideas. They want us to shut up and be grateful...that's not me!