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Smiffy
19-12-2006, 01:51 PM
Interesting..

Echo Story (http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/local/display.var.1081715.0.council_blues_vans_cannot_vo te_on_stadium_plan.php)

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Hong Kong Blue
19-12-2006, 02:20 PM
I'm hardly surprised, but still I can't understand the logic behind it.

Were councillors who have engaged in DIY over the past 12 months, or maybe if they had some B&Q vouchers, banned from voting on the B&Q application?

Would anyone who has visited Southend Hospital be conflicted out of voting on a new hospital?

I know, lets ban councillors with cars voting on road proposals! No-one who has walked in Priory Park more than 5 times in the last 12 months should be allowed to vote on that either!
Napster
19-12-2006, 02:37 PM
What if CSJ was a concillor?
Hong Kong Blue
19-12-2006, 02:41 PM
Quote[/b] (Napster @ Dec. 19 2006,14:37)]What if CSJ was a concillor?
are you taking the **** out of his spelling..
Napster
19-12-2006, 03:05 PM
Quote[/b] (Hong Kong Blue @ Dec. 19 2006,14:41)]
Quote[/b] (Napster @ Dec. 19 2006,14:37)]What if CSJ was a concillor?
are you taking the **** out of his spelling..
Either that or my " " key isn't working
Bob Cratchitt
19-12-2006, 04:50 PM
I am more concerned that Councillors are given Vans, Are they sponsored by Essex Ford or just this is the way our civic leaders prefer to travel - in a big white van.
Mick
20-12-2006, 04:43 PM
This seems frankly ludicrous. You could make a case for excluding shareholders but season-ticket holders or even occasional supporters, certainly not.
londonblue
26-12-2006, 01:02 PM
Quote[/b] (Mick @ Dec. 20 2006,16:43)]This seems frankly ludicrous. You could make a case for excluding shareholders but season-ticket holders or even occasional supporters, certainly not.
Agreed, this is over the top from the council, but it may actually be an advantage. It might make the intial vote tighter than it ought to be, but if the vote is postive it will mean that there is less chance of anyone finding grounds to appeal or even to call for a judicial review. The vote will have been whiter than white.

It should therefore mean that a postive outcome won't be appealed against, meaning an earlier building start date.