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/2011/08/weaver-the-orr-have-not-said-the-crossing-should-close/ http://philtheone.com/2011/08/weaver-the-orr-have-not-said-the-crossing-should-close/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:05:38 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=5012 ALMOST £300,000 of boardroom talent face questions from angry locals about the controversial recommendation for closure of a local tramway crossing.]]> http://philtheone.com/2011/08/weaver-the-orr-have-not-said-the-crossing-should-close/feed/ 10 http://philtheone.com/2011/03/local-election-leaflet-labours-five-pledges/ http://philtheone.com/2011/03/local-election-leaflet-labours-five-pledges/#comments Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:58:08 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=4158 LABOUR FIRE the first shots in the local elections with some hard hitting leaflets exposing their opponents, but do they have the policies to win over the voters?]]> http://philtheone.com/2011/03/local-election-leaflet-labours-five-pledges/feed/ 27 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/2010/11/mad-max-4-gridlocked-fury-road-premieres-in-blackpool/ http://philtheone.com/2010/11/mad-max-4-gridlocked-fury-road-premieres-in-blackpool/#comments Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:22:34 +0000 Harold Ernest Gokdogan http://philtheone.com/?p=3577 SOME PARTS of Blackpool would make a perfect setting for a post-apocalyptic film, and now Councillor 'Mad' Max is on a mission to destroy any hope of regeneration.]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/11/mad-max-4-gridlocked-fury-road-premieres-in-blackpool/feed/ 14 http://philtheone.com/2010/11/cycle-schemes-slammed-as-waste-of-money/ http://philtheone.com/2010/11/cycle-schemes-slammed-as-waste-of-money/#comments Mon, 15 Nov 2010 10:07:52 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=3474 FOLLOWING A proposed scheme which would see bollards and cycle lanes outside hotels on St. Chad’s Road in South Shore, local cyclists have dismissed the cycle obsession from Blackpool council as a ‘total waste of money’. In an outburst which labelled cycling planners as ‘faceless gnomes’ that live in ‘ivory towers’, cyclist after cyclist were [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/11/cycle-schemes-slammed-as-waste-of-money/feed/ 21 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/2010/08/council-fritters-140k-on-website/ http://philtheone.com/2010/08/council-fritters-140k-on-website/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:13:55 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=3014 THE GUARDIAN is today reporting that in 2008/2009 Blackpool Council hosed over £140,000 on its website. This equates to 99p per resident, according to the report. But this is small beer compared with Birmingham City Council who spent £2.8m on their website in the same period! Ouch. You might also be interested in...Blackpool Council blows [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/08/council-fritters-140k-on-website/feed/ 4 http://philtheone.com/2010/04/off-the-rails-off-their-trolley/ http://philtheone.com/2010/04/off-the-rails-off-their-trolley/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:56:12 +0000 Harold Ernest Gokdogan http://philtheone.com/?p=2469 Below is a copy of councillor Don McNaughton’s letter to tonight’s Gasjet: Start with shuttle train link I WAS disappointed by Coun Ron Shewan’s comments when he disparaged the idea of a community railway with a heritage element (Gazette April 24). I fully support his view that Fleetwood needs a proper passenger and freight rail [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/04/off-the-rails-off-their-trolley/feed/ 11 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/2010/03/blackpool-south-the-tough-choice/ http://philtheone.com/2010/03/blackpool-south-the-tough-choice/#comments Sat, 27 Mar 2010 10:11:27 +0000 True Blackpudlian http://philtheone.com/2010/03/blackpool-south-the-tough-choice/ I know this is very similar to my earlier post Blackpool South Roll Call but I feel in election mood. Blackpool South has suffered 13 years of Labour neglect and incompetence at the hands of Brighton (and sometimes Blackpool) MP Gordon Marsden. The bottom line is we need CHANGE. But there are still legions of [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/03/blackpool-south-the-tough-choice/feed/ 33