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Originally Posted by BERNADETTE
I have been following the thread from the first page and Garinda has raised some good points about how HBC have wasted a hell of a lot of money that if used correctly could have been used to avoid the rise in concil tax.
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I do think HBC have wasted a lot of our money. I'm sure they think it grows on trees, and isn't the result of people's hard earned wages.
Half a million here, half a million there. Broadway's refurbishment being another example, which will have been a total waste of money if the new plans for the town centre go ahead.
I do think it a bit rich that a student who has never actually paid council tax, delights in telling us what good value for money the council is. I'm more inclined to listen to the views of someone who has to pay a large proportion of their wages out in council tax, and for them to decide if we are getting good value in services.
My stance isn't political, as I've said many times before on here the best borough I ever lived in for services, and paid council tax in, was Tory run Wandsworth. It was also the cheapest borough in the country, though being the flagship council for the then Conservative government probably helped a bit with keeping the the costs down, as they literally threw money at us.