THIS YEAR has seen the unfortunate deaths of two well known and well liked councillors, namely Bloomfield’s Mary Smith and Marton’s Jim Houldsworth, and the by-elections are on the way. Postal voting forms are being deposited through letterboxes this week for polling day on Thursday the 3rd of May. This article is the first of two ward roundups in advance of the forthcoming election.
WITH THE Flexity 2 supertram service having commenced today, how will Blackpool Transport turn it into a financially viable operation?
THE BLACKPOOL, Fylde and Wyre Economic Development Company has set about planning its Economic Strategy. An army of highly paid and highly qualified boffins have been locked in a think tank for years coming up with this stuff.
Most of it is just common sense, though.
PENNY PINCHING councillors have called for every visitor to Blackpool Illuminations to contribute £1 in donations because of a cash shortfall.
MERLIN ENTERTAINMENTS were hailed as the saviour of Blackpool’s ailing tourism industry. So why does the deal look so shady?
THE TOP table of the Labour council is announced.
FOR MANY it wont make any difference, but here is a short roundup of the Blackpool Conservatives’ manifesto for 2011.
BLACKPOOL’S LABOUR leader, Liberal Democrat leader and a Conservative cabinet member duked it out in a live election slugfest, but who ended up covered in glory?