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Originally Posted by flashy
Ken, it's called 'progress' yes by all means fight for what you believe in, but fight it in the right way, it all seems to be tit for tat at the moment 'they got this, i didn't get that, they got money, we didn't' thats called life, if we all got the same at the same time life would be rather boring, just because Accrington Academy got the funding doesn't make it a bad place
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Nothing to do with 'tit for tat' Shaz, and I am certainly not criticising the value of the Academy, it's simply about getting the best value for money across the borough. On the face of it £350,000 for one single room sounds rather expensive to me although I am willing to be proved wrong as ever. As I understand it, it is a mixture of public and private investment that have come together and it is the public aspect that interests me.
I'm not against progress but it needs to be done in a cost-effective way. Accrington Academy clearly has a big part to play in the future of the borough so it is quite important that things like that are done correctly.
Vast sums of money being spent incorrectly can end up backfiring badly, just look at the Market Hall.