Originally Posted by garinda (Post 890778)

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...tml#post864560

Perhaps you and Mystic Marlene should team up, and get a caravan on Blackpool Prom.

With your abilities to decide why a group of people have stopped to see what the hell was going on, you should prove very popular.

Originally Posted by Gayle (Post 890789)

Ok, perhaps I did say 400 - oops, but in my defence that was after the Observer had used that number. :o

If there was a large group of people standing around watching the dancing then I think it's fair to assume that they were watching the dancing.

Originally Posted by Gayle (Post 890789)

Ok, perhaps I did say 400 - oops, but in my defence that was after the Observer had used that number. :o

If there was a large group of people standing around watching the dancing then I think it's fair to assume that they were watching the dancing.

Originally Posted by Gayle (Post 890759)

There is a censor/clicker thing on the market door, I believe, that counts people going in.

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 890793)

Any tips for lottery numbers for this weekend, for those who play?

:rolleyes:

Originally Posted by lancsdave (Post 890794)

I know about that because I have to limbo underneath it when I am FORCED to use the Market Hall toilets :D

I really can't see them justifying or proving any figures, they make up their own. Still waiting to see how the 10,000 pound saving has been made closing Peel St toilets, as with everything else they say it's totally exaggerated.

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 890793)

How do you know they were 'about 400 people in the town centre that came in specifically for the dancing', and not folk going about their normal Saturday shop?

Originally Posted by garinda

People weren't asked. I was there.


:rolleyes:

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 890798)

Has anyone actually seen a breakdown of this supposed £10,000.00 saving, from closing the Peel St. toilets, and just how it'll be achieved?

Originally Posted by Ken Moss (Post 890686)

My motion to abolish council buffets was defeated. Cllr Britcliffe suggested that it was a back door for the Labour group to increase their expenses.

You may check my expense claims anytime you like, you won't find any meal claims and I have no intention of taking them in future.

My motion on writing to Royal Mail to reclassify the Hyndburn postcodes away from Blackburn was withdrawn as Cllr Britcliffe had coincidentally already had items of correspondence addressing both of my motions.

The Conservative amendment to my original motion was therefore not allowed and legal advice was sought as to whether I could do this.

I could.

Cllr Peter Clarke wrote to me on 4th March 2011 to complain that I had written on the local internet discussion forum Accrington Web about the £250,000 allocated to Rishton by the Leader of the Council for improvements to the area:

(See post 4 on 'Hyndburn 2m bonanza' thread)

Before I wrote this paragraph I failed to check my facts and have now been reassured by Cllr Clarke that no members of his family live on Norfolk Street. Therefore I wish to apologise unreservedly for making the statement on Accrington Web.

Cllr Peter Clarke told me in his letter that he considered the statement to be 'libel against (him) personally' and he asked that I apologise publicly to him in order to 'prevent legal action'.

I wish to confirm that I accept my statement about his personal connection with the playing field proposal in Norfolk Street is completely without factual basis and I wish to ask Cllr Clarke publicly to accept this sincere apology for the distress or embarrassment caused by my ill-founded remarks.

I trust that in complying with Cllr Clarke's request the matter can now be closed without resorting to legal action.

I also asked a question on notice:

Would the Leader of the Council confirm that he condones the £2,765.47 claimed by former Cllr Roy Atkinson as Chair of the Employment Committee between 2006 and 2010, despite the fact that this committee has not met since 2004?

Cllr Britcliffe's response suggested that as I was relatively new to council I may not understand fully how things work and that the fact that the committee had not met was an indicator of the good job that Cllr Atkinson had done in the role.

A supplementary question was disallowed by the Mayor for having no relevance to either the first question or the reply:

Can the Leader of the Council confirm that he claimed £1,073.25 as Chair of the Licensing Committee between 2007 and 2008 even though the committee did not convene in either of those years?

I stated that the connection was with members' allowances but accepted the Mayor's authority on this and sat down.

I also asked a second question on notice:

Would the Leader of the Council please verify the claim by Cllr Marlene Haworth in The Accrington Observer on 25th February that an extra 3,000 people have been brought into the town following Aldo Zilli’s appearance and explain how the council measured that figure?

Although the immediate response was to suggest that I was talking the town down while others were trying to talk it up, when asked a second time he indicated that there were several devices in the town centre to do this and that he was satisfied that anything Cllr Haworth had stated was true.

Originally Posted by lancsdave (Post 890743)

Apparently there will be a famous 'balcony' scene on this weekend's politics show :(

Originally Posted by lancsdave (Post 890804)

Suprised nobody has picked up on this. Which famous Accrington landmark would be best served as a backdrop for a television appearance by his holiness, come on I've given you a clue :D

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 890806)

"It generated lots of editorial in the media worth thousands of pounds and brought an extra 3,000 people into Accrington, boosting the local economy.' It's reported that Cllr. Marlene Haworth told the press.

Row after council spends £9,000 on celebrity pair | Accrington Observer - menmedia.co.uk

Where was the 3,000 figure plucked from, and over what period?

She says into 'Accrington', so that can't be assessed from the clickity-clicker in the Market Hall.

In all the years I've been shopping in Accy, I know who I've seen, and also never seen. In the town centre shops, or the Market Hall.

Odd that.

:rolleyes:

Originally Posted by lancsdave (Post 890804)

Suprised nobody has picked up on this. Which famous Accrington landmark would be best served as a backdrop for a television appearance by his holiness, come on I've given you a clue :D

Originally Posted by lancsdave (Post 890815)

Strange really, wasn't Zildo there early December, according to the council leader told the Telegraph on 2nd Jan the town centre was badly affected by the weather in December, so when did these 3,000 people turn up :confused: