Re: Area Management Calendars 2010
 

The caption under the photograph reads....

'Area Management Councilllors at the new Tesco built on the site of the old Fire Station.'

Just as a point of order, there should be a comma, after Tesco, otherwise it makes no sense.

Shouldn't really have expected anything else, after HisMaster'sVoiceHBC got the commas mixed up, the last time he posted on here.

Though nice to see them celebrating a multi-national (Tory owned company) moving in, and stealing the trade off local businesses that have been in Ossy for decades, and are now suffering.

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There was no voting in the Area Management Councils about the calendars - so the Labour Group did not lose a vote (as you appear to be implying).
However I can tell you that at the West Accrington Area Management Board meeting held in November all the board members present (there were approx 20 members present - which included 3 ward councillors - 2 Labour and 1 Tory) voted against having a calendar with one person abstaining.

Unlike the Area Management Councils (whose calendars were paid for by the Cabinet Action Fund), the Area Management Boards were being expected to pay for the calendars out of Revenue money.


Andrew maybe you could explain why the decision was made party political if there was no vote taken by the Area Management Councils. And any decisions made by the Area Management Boards, are made by the board members (the majority of whom are not councillors).

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Agree with you on the Tesco thing. I didn't realise it was a Tory owned company though. :rolleyes:

Re: Area Management Calendars 2010
 

How was it decided to have calendars if no vote took place?

The calendar itself looks party political because some councillors withdrew from being displayed on the calendars.

Perhaps you could answer my earlier question of when Area Management Board meetings are, where they are, and how you get on them?

Re: Area Management Calendars 2010
 

I forget you're only a nipper.:D

Owned by disgraced former leader of Westminster Council, Dame Shirley Porter, now exiled in Tel Aviv.

Google her for the whole sorry tale of her fall from grace.

Although she probably couldn't give two hoots, as she counts the shekels rolling in as profit, from her hide-away in Israel.

Re: Area Management Calendars 2010
 

The offending item in all its glory! Muchas gracias, Gary. If I got one of those, I'd do the same as you. I'll stick with Kathy West on my kitchen noticeboard, thanks! :D

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I'd rather have Rosemary West staring at me from the kitchen wall for a year, than the motley crew pictured on the calendar.

:eek:

:D

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Strange, I thought PLCs were owned by anybody who held shares in the company rather than being the daughter of the person who originally established the company!

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Costing us over five hundered quid, of our money, and no numpty thought it should be proof read?

There's not exactly a lot of text on it, so you'd have thought what little there was would at least be correct.

Shoddy.

Very shoddy.

Very shoddy, and an expensive waste of our money.

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She was the main heiress to the majority share holder and founder. Your Googling needs some improvement.;)

How much is she worth?
In January 2002, when her assets were seized, Dame Shirley told the courts that she only had £300,000 to her name. But previously, at least, she owned significantly more as one of the heiresses to her father Jack Cohen's Tesco empire. According to the Sunday Times' rich list her wealth in 2001 was estimated to be £69m. Others put her combined wealth at more than £300m.
Q&A: Dame Shirley Porter | Society | Society Guardian

Re: Area Management Calendars 2010
 

Perhaps next time to avoid confusion you could write 'was once owned by a Conservative'. Subtle, but important. :D

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An independent council provided calendar Andrew. You obviously don't know the leader of the Council.

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Would look pretty independent to me having all the Conservative, Labour and Independent councillors for the area together as originally planned before Labour withdrew.

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The last time I rifled through her bins she was still a major shareholder, along with other members of the Cohen family.;)

I'll leave subtlety for others to trifle with on here.;)

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Perhaps it's her movement to Israel that has prevented you from riffling through her bins of late to keep up to date. :D