There is a small amount about Pleasurama at around 43 mins,
nothing conclusive and I doubt there will be until the development agreement
deadline in February of next year.
I suppose as a member of the public my main concern is that
the council won’t repeat the 2009 error and grant the developer another
extension, I get the feeling that a lot of the councillors still think
that this fundamentally a good development and the best solution would be to
get it built by SFP to the existing plans.
The other aspect of the webcast that interested me – from
what I have seen so far – is the business relating to the public’s perception
of the council and the independent members of the standards committee. The is a
bit of mention of this at around 38 mins and an interminable amount of it
starting around 125 mins.
The Conservative group seem to be saying a mixture of we
will change our spots and they didn’t need changing anyway, the Labour group
seem to be focussing on the past councillors criminal activity. I think the
basis of the argument here is that since none of the current group have been
convicted of a criminal offence there is no reason for the public to have a bad
perception of the council. Taken to its logical conclusion of anyone who hasn’t
been convicted of a crime makes a good councillor, doesn’t really get to heart
of the issue.
I guess the main problem is the actual video itself, you
can’t embed it in a website, the councillors are barely identifiable and it
appeared about then days after the meeting, which doesn’t seem to say the
council is trying to engage with the public. Added to this is the fact that the
council haven’t put the written draft minutes on their website yet, once again the
clear message that engaging with the public doesn’t have a high priority.
I guess with Manston and Ramsgate being at the end of the
runway, the main thing I would like is some sort of predictable future for it.
I am now wondering if the new owners bought it in the hope that it would
be major feature in the report and will
now want to sell it.
I may ramble on here later although there doesn't seem to be much that one could say really qualifies a local news at the moment.
It was Jodie according to Barry James who was in the public gallery. Like you, I would rather watch paint dry than this video.
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DeleteManston my not become a hub airport but could still prosper on a smaller scale including private charter.