http://philtheone.com Right-leaning Blackpool blog covering South Shore, North Shore, Marton, Bispham, Cleveleys and the rest of the Fylde discussing politics, local life, tourism, national issues and the rest of the world. Lively discussions encouraged! Thu, 17 May 2012 08:20:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://philtheone.com/2011/02/lack-of-experience-sends-blackpool-backwards/ http://philtheone.com/2011/02/lack-of-experience-sends-blackpool-backwards/#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2011 17:39:04 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=3901 I AM not the wisest owl in the barn by any means, but I have always assumed that public sector employees being paid six and seven figure salaries must have something about them and some quality of excellence to support their position. We’re always told that they deserve their massive remuneration package because “in the [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2011/02/lack-of-experience-sends-blackpool-backwards/feed/ 85 http://philtheone.com/2011/01/easy-way-for-blackpool-council-to-save-money/ http://philtheone.com/2011/01/easy-way-for-blackpool-council-to-save-money/#comments Tue, 25 Jan 2011 09:37:29 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=3833 TAKE A room, fill it up with councillors, add in the council executive for good measure, and top up with their personal assistants and a legal team. What do you get? A brutal cocktail of waste. The last council meeting went on for around three and a half hours, during which Labour proposed 8 motions, [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2011/01/easy-way-for-blackpool-council-to-save-money/feed/ 73 http://philtheone.com/2010/12/1m-saved-31m-to-go/ http://philtheone.com/2010/12/1m-saved-31m-to-go/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:05:23 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=3611 PETER CALLOW has got his way and PricewaterhouseCoopers have revealed ways in which the council can save £1m per year in their childrens' department, all for a measly five-figure invoice. So should David Lund now be replaced?]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/12/1m-saved-31m-to-go/feed/ 11 http://philtheone.com/2010/11/cavill-says-2011-lights-wont-be-as-good/ http://philtheone.com/2010/11/cavill-says-2011-lights-wont-be-as-good/#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:34:28 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=3483 FOLLOWING THE 100mph winds that have been ripping up the Fylde Coast these last few days, there have been some terrible reports of damage as a result. Five of the the tableaux which form part of the Blackpool Illuminations have been badly hit by the gales, causing damage with a repair cost upwards of £250,000. [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/11/cavill-says-2011-lights-wont-be-as-good/feed/ 25 http://philtheone.com/2010/09/cllr-blackburn-opens-fire-on-town-hall-executives/ http://philtheone.com/2010/09/cllr-blackburn-opens-fire-on-town-hall-executives/#comments Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:01:31 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=3202 IT SEEMS to me that Cllr Callow – and the Gazette for that matter – are becoming obsessed with global auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers. They may well be ruthless in determining the cuts to be made as Callow states in today’s Gasjet, but to me it looks more like Cllr Callow bringing them in as fall guys [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/09/cllr-blackburn-opens-fire-on-town-hall-executives/feed/ 13 http://philtheone.com/2010/09/top-of-the-empty-shops/ http://philtheone.com/2010/09/top-of-the-empty-shops/#comments Sun, 12 Sep 2010 14:53:51 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=3160 CONFIRMING WHAT many locals have been saying for a long time, a recent report from the Local Data Company states that Blackpool has the most empty shops in the UK at a whopping 29% of units. But town hall buffoon Alan Cavill has come out and laughed off the survey saying that it didn’t take [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/09/top-of-the-empty-shops/feed/ 6 http://philtheone.com/2010/04/marton-moss-meeting-minutes-doctored/ http://philtheone.com/2010/04/marton-moss-meeting-minutes-doctored/#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 18:29:41 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=2080 I thought the scandal associated with the Kensingtongate saga had been brought to an end following the donations verdicts from the Standards Board for England. But it rumbles on. Following the approval by the Conservative-biased council, the plans have now been submitted to the north west regional assembly who will according to Peter Callow have [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/04/marton-moss-meeting-minutes-doctored/feed/ 16 http://philtheone.com/2010/04/council-exec-awards-himself-bumper-12-pay-rise/ http://philtheone.com/2010/04/council-exec-awards-himself-bumper-12-pay-rise/#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:24:44 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=2032 I guess this isn’t news, but I thought you might like to be aware of a Taxpayers’ Alliance report that shows the salaries and pay rises handed to top council officials. David Lund, who is the Executive Director for Childrens services, saw fit to award himself a 12% pay rise in 2009, taking his already [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/04/council-exec-awards-himself-bumper-12-pay-rise/feed/ 11 http://philtheone.com/2010/04/exclusive-council-rebellion-forces-weaver-out/ http://philtheone.com/2010/04/exclusive-council-rebellion-forces-weaver-out/#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 07:49:36 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=2017 Sensational news that the chief executive of Blackpool Council, Steve Weaver, has been forced out by the elected members of the Council is rife around Talbot Square, despite Town Hall officials trying to keep a lid on it. An all-party consortium met late last night in the Counting House to thrash out a severance package, [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/04/exclusive-council-rebellion-forces-weaver-out/feed/ 7 http://philtheone.com/2010/03/shared-space-creates-crime-according-to-cabbie/ http://philtheone.com/2010/03/shared-space-creates-crime-according-to-cabbie/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:41:26 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=1851 It’s been proposed that St. John’s square will become a den of crime if buses and taxis are banned from it. It came as absolutely no surprise to discover that the source was a taxi driver. By the second sentence the story is already a non-tangible fail, but it’s the start of the week so [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/03/shared-space-creates-crime-according-to-cabbie/feed/ 60