I RECEIVED an email from KPMG just a few moments ago confirming that they have completed their enquiry into the Crystal Road debacle. The senior auditor who contacted me stated that the report is with Blackpool Council. They could even have had the report for ages. Regardless, we should expect to see the results very [...more]
BLACKPOOL COUNCIL’S flagship Fairness Commission now has it’s own website and modus operandi published for all to see. Some cite it as little other than a quasi-official think tank for the council leader’ cronies, and from observation of the pages adorning its Wordpress.com blog site, one can conclude that this hypothesis isn’t too far off the mark.
THE LIVERPOOL firm that valued former councillor Ian Fowler’s property on Crystal Road at £180,000 as part of a bungled regeneration project has this week won a Compulsory Purchase Order which will see the remaining 25% of the Talbot Gateway/Central Business District land made available for council demolition squads.
THE CASH-GRAB starts here. Cllr Fisher set the tone with crushing council tax hikes, but Cllr Blackburn has opted for a more subtle approach.
DESPISED HAMMER-AND-SICKLE tyrant finally kicks the bucket, only to be replaced with another.
HIGH STREETS are in a ‘dire state’ according to the retail consultant Mary Portas, and she has prepared a 55-page document with her own solutions. So where do we start?
IN AN attempt to shrug off the stigma attached to previous Conservative administrations, the party has launched a policy forum to which all members of the public are welcome. The aim is to discuss current and future ideas for making Blackpool better.
TODAY I received my latest dose of indoctrination from the council’s Ministry of Truth. As we have come to expect, this newsletter is smattered with important names you will have heard of, but have no idea what they actually do; featured heavily in this edition is Eileen Ormand who gets paid over £60,000 per year [...more]