tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post8249949533296941413..comments2024-03-13T10:32:22.656+00:00Comments on thanetonline: Response to my complaint to Thanet District Council about their E-petition scheme, a sketch of Deal High Street and a few photos of Walmer Castle.Michael Childhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09499435016469020417noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-9368197296231657312014-08-22T07:16:01.542+01:002014-08-22T07:16:01.542+01:00It wouldn't matter that the petitions are flaw...It wouldn't matter that the petitions are flawed if the council wasn't using the numbers of signatures as a justification for spending public money to try to revive the airport. If you look at the people who are organising the pro-airport groups and submitting the petitions, they all live outside Thanet and do not pay council tax here. Keith Churcher lives in a quiet little village called Wouldham to the South of Rochester, Beau Webber lives in Littlebourne, Oscar Maynard comes from Deal and is currently a student living in Holland and Mike Barker comes from Sevenoaks. The electronic petitions were advertised outside Thanet using social media. Many people from Medway signed the petitions because they were told that supporting Manston would help to prevent Boris Island from going ahead. The petitions were advertised worldwide using web-sites for travellers and aviation enthusiasts. The pro-airport supporters say that it doesn't matter where the signatures come from. This would only be true if the petition was directed at the airport owner and was being used to encourage the airport owner to reopen. However, these petitions were directed at the local council and are being presented as a representation of local opinion. If TDC is to spend our taxes, they should be looking at what the people of Thanet want and need, and not responding to petitions which have largely been signed by a curious amalgam of aviation fanatics, people who are against airports in their own vicinity, and people who don't want more housing. These are all negative reasons for signing a petition and are not expressions of support for Manston. In any event, the number of signatures on a petition should not be the only consideration. Our councillors should be considering whether a particular course of action is not only popular, but is also sensible and likely to succeed. The decision to proceed with the CPO doesn't meet either of these latter two tests.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-5948514566492966052014-08-21T20:54:22.720+01:002014-08-21T20:54:22.720+01:00Barry I have had an initial look at it at http://w...Barry I have had an initial look at it at http://www.ramsgatetown.org/upload/docs/Copy%20of%20Action%20Plan%20for%20Town%20Plan.pdf <br /><br />I also put up it at http://michaelsbookshop.com/rtp/ in text for my own convenience as my mobile phone didn’t like the format and I see as one for dipping into while I’m in queues and waiting to press 3 when I want to press 4. <br />Michael Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499435016469020417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-78971034102647953182014-08-21T20:38:09.703+01:002014-08-21T20:38:09.703+01:00So are you thinking the loopholes will be closed o...So are you thinking the loopholes will be closed off and when they devised the e-petition they didn't think it thru<br /><br />BTW Michael have you seen the action plan 2015-2019 from RTC?God help ushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12726756701964575422noreply@blogger.com