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ClarePritchard · 22-05-2009, 08:13

I'm not saying at all that "if they can do it, so can we". We didn't do it at all. I worked with officers for months on this proposal, it was fully costed, itemised and a report produced but it was an AMMENDMENT not a motion. People put ammendments to proposals at full council all the time and I don't object to that but to come with a proposal 5 minutes before is verging on deceitful. I know that a presentation was scheduled to come to full council regarding the Civic Theatre weeks in advance but still the report still only came at the last minute. Its not financially responsible to be expected to vote on spending 400k in 10 minutes with no firm indication where the money is coming from, in fact its financially reckless and I'm not prepared to act fast and loose with Hyndburn tax payers money just so Peter can gets his kicks from seeing his face in the paper.

22-05-2009, 08:13	#66
ClarePritchard Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 83 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 0	Re: Council again.. I'm not saying at all that "if they can do it, so can we". We didn't do it at all. I worked with officers for months on this proposal, it was fully costed, itemised and a report produced but it was an AMMENDMENT not a motion. People put ammendments to proposals at full council all the time and I don't object to that but to come with a proposal 5 minutes before is verging on deceitful. I know that a presentation was scheduled to come to full council regarding the Civic Theatre weeks in advance but still the report still only came at the last minute. Its not financially responsible to be expected to vote on spending 400k in 10 minutes with no firm indication where the money is coming from, in fact its financially reckless and I'm not prepared to act fast and loose with Hyndburn tax payers money just so Peter can gets his kicks from seeing his face in the paper.