tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post4201623538231039151..comments2024-03-13T10:32:22.656+00:00Comments on thanetonline: Royal Sands Development Ramsgate over a million pounds of your money spent by the council so far.Michael Childhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09499435016469020417noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-71646214046632318822009-11-19T20:36:05.069+00:002009-11-19T20:36:05.069+00:00Does TDC have any engineers left ?Does TDC have any engineers left ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-28286962523183307622009-11-19T14:43:53.691+00:002009-11-19T14:43:53.691+00:00What does the TDC chief Engineer have to say on th...What does the TDC chief Engineer have to say on the subject, the borough engineers were always ones you could rely on as long as the bean counters gave them the money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-89807795434010131902009-11-18T11:55:55.231+00:002009-11-18T11:55:55.231+00:0020.09 The main Pleasurama building and the only on...20.09 The main Pleasurama building and the only one that obscured the view at all was the old Victorian railway station, it was less than a quarter of the size of the proposed development and much lower. <br /><br />So the answer is, yes it did obscure some of the beach depending where you stood on the cliff top, from what I can work out from the latest plans, where the new development is at its highest you will only be able to see the horizon, the gaps between the main lumps are lower and you should be able to see about the high tide line.<br /><br />Bertie I am becoming convinced that the risk of cliff collapse is even more serious than the flood risk.<br /><br />I asked the district auditor for the detail of the total TDC spend on the project to date and have had a reply from him today, saying that he was the wrong bloke to ask and to ask TDC.<br /><br />Look at the 550K like this, suppose back in 2003 you managed to get the option to purchase a house at the 2003 price in perpetuity and say the price then was £50,000 and then five years later the house owner said hang on are you ever going to pay me anything I have just had to spend £8,000 on repairs. <br /><br />Well if you said to them as I am not living there at the moment I will give you £4,000 toward the £50,000 and pay you the rest when I feel like moving in <br /> <br />23.07 How does one spend 500k on a shower?<br /><br />23.49 I am genuinely of the opinion that there is no one in the council that would respond quickly to, “don’t waste the money painting that wall, it’s missing some of its foundations.Michael Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499435016469020417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-54430276156175326232009-11-17T23:49:09.771+00:002009-11-17T23:49:09.771+00:00so with the office refurbishment and Royal Sands e...so with the office refurbishment and Royal Sands easy to see where the missing budget is. Doh if only they made bean counters like they used to, Tony Rush or Arthur King would never have made this sort of B*********Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-53793563352963603182009-11-17T23:08:16.726+00:002009-11-17T23:08:16.726+00:00i think people over estimate the power of the elec...i think people over estimate the power of the elected members. The officers gets first dibs at the budget to spend on carpets £55K double glazing £500K a shower for those who cycle to work or play footie at lunchtime £25K. <br />Then the cabinet gets told sorry there is a black hole we have spent all the money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-69140563595270890052009-11-17T23:07:22.130+00:002009-11-17T23:07:22.130+00:00i think people over estimate the power of the elec...i think people over estimate the power of the elected members. The officers gets first dibs at the budget to spend on carpets £55K double glazing £500K a shower for those who cycle to work or play footie at lunchtime £25K. <br />Then the cabinet gets told sorry there is a black hole we have spent all the money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-31162369157997850132009-11-17T22:52:16.600+00:002009-11-17T22:52:16.600+00:00Michael, I am amazed at the continuing disregard b...Michael, I am amazed at the continuing disregard by TDC of the EA report that quite simply warns of a rapid, deep inundation of water into this site with the right conditions of high-tide and winds. I am also not quite clear how TDC claim they have got back £550,000 in respect of the £1,000,000 of tax-payers money spent so far? Can you elaborate?Bertie Biggleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14197385124719226254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-58636597901177227322009-11-17T20:09:13.757+00:002009-11-17T20:09:13.757+00:00Could you see the beach when Pleasurama was there ...Could you see the beach when Pleasurama was there ?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-81732843137483460362009-11-17T15:28:57.884+00:002009-11-17T15:28:57.884+00:0014.09 and JH I have approached all of the local po...14.09 and JH I have approached all of the local politicians on numerous occasions about this matter, apart from the Thanet North labour candidate, as I have been unable to locate his email address.<br /><br />I started writing to my MP about this sometime in 2003 well before the planning application was approved, however I believe it would help if other people wrote to both their town, district, national and European representatives and prospective candidates.Michael Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499435016469020417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-87482905551470929332009-11-17T15:04:45.603+00:002009-11-17T15:04:45.603+00:00Michael, Have you been in touch with Laura Sandys ...Michael, Have you been in touch with Laura Sandys to see if she can help?John Holyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284672912775316883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-1068330305738466422009-11-17T14:09:32.433+00:002009-11-17T14:09:32.433+00:00I have always understood that council officials we...I have always understood that council officials were employed to advise the council and carry out their orders. These orders might be decided at a local political level or sub-contracting directives from national government.<br /><br />This looks like an ideal time to raise your questions and concerns with all the prospective parliamentary candidates for Thanet South & North and see what answers you receive. If they can't get any answers or at least finger the bottleneck they would be crap as an MP and not worth a vote.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-84155961459714674152009-11-17T13:37:22.422+00:002009-11-17T13:37:22.422+00:00Richard I have added a detail from the first set o...Richard I have added a detail from the first set of plans (bottom of post) to illustrate your points.Michael Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499435016469020417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-52203870366553017312009-11-17T13:28:02.800+00:002009-11-17T13:28:02.800+00:00Er, I meant 'looks like'. These days I ten...Er, I meant 'looks like'. These days I tend to down a couple of Morrinovs before lunch.Richard Eastcliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10514972891192411470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-14536348977870637732009-11-17T13:25:50.414+00:002009-11-17T13:25:50.414+00:00Quite apart from the atrocious waste of public mon...Quite apart from the atrocious waste of public money, what about the view from the prom? No more gazing down at our lovely Blue Flag beach. It look likes all we'll be able to see is the rubber-ribbed condominium roof!Richard Eastcliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10514972891192411470noreply@blogger.com