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pepsi · Joined: 05 Mar 2007 Posts: 161

Not sure if I read this report correctly from TDC

http://195.99.151.50/comaddocumen...et%2012%20June%202008%20Comad.pdf

Am I right in understanding that it is intended to use £70,000 out of the £500,000 of our money which has just been moved into the InTend account for the purpose of paying for the Beach Hut Support work at the Whalings in Frinton or am I reading this wrong ?

ivan burit · Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 6:37 pm Post subject:

pepsi, sure looks like it matey..??

just goes to show that Jaywicks regeneration budget underspend of £500,000 is now helping poor old down troddon Frinton too.......bless `em....

Ever heard of the phrase...one rotton apple in a barrel WILL spoil the whole lot...

with rotton apples, wriggly worms often pop their ugly heads out,
lets just hope the big bird of paradise flies over at the same time
and tastes the wriggly worm as his dinner.........

£70,000 indeed..........lol..

pass the begging bowl oliver old chap.......
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pepsi · Joined: 05 Mar 2007 Posts: 161

Of course Ivan, it may be coming out of the Growth Point Funding from the government where £500,000 has been set aside for Frinton Town Centre
http://www.in-tend.org/;news;item/1/6/

Either way, considering we have 2 areas, identified as being the most deprived in the country, sitting right here in Tendring, the amount of money that has gone to Frinton , one of the most affluent areas in Tendring, lately is quite mind boggling

As of late we have had the following for the Frinton area I believe

£500,000 for the Taj Mahal
£1,000,000 for a youth centre in Kirby which most of the youth will not be able to get to
£70,000 for the Whalings
£500,000 for Frinton Town Centre

This is excluding the £30,000 wanted to renew a beach shelter and £10,000 wanted for promenade lighting for Frinton, and I have probably missed some.

Do you think this vast amount of money which is pouring into Frintons direction has got anything to do with the fact that half of Tendring First live within that area, not to mention the High Lord of the Liberal Party who cannot stick his hand up quick enough to support their proposals ?.

Vicar · Joined: 11 Jan 2007 Posts: 220

I think there is a point where self-interest crosses the line and becomes abuse of office or even maladministration. I feel we are approaching that point.
However the fact that, as far as I am aware, opposition parties have not complained to the Ombudsman or some other regulatory body means that they are happy with the situation (unlikely) or that everything is being done within the rules. If the latter is the case may I suggest that the residents of Jaywick and its environs resort to prayer because I think it's the only hope they have left.
Would everyone please assemble on deck where the band will play "Nearer my God to Thee" as we slowly slide beneath the waves.
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ivan burit · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 3:35 pm Post subject:

Oh vicar, what a Titanic gesture on your part.....
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pepsi · Joined: 05 Mar 2007 Posts: 161

Well Vicar and Ivan,

The next Council meeting on 24 June looks like it might be quite lively.

Seems that the oppoaition party is finally starting to ask for some information on what InTend is actually getting up to and also ask for constitutional changes to allow them to question the Cabinet directly.

However, of course, the alliance will quash all of these attempts by voting against them so........

But at least it will make them a bit uneasy hopefully.

ivan burit · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:47 pm Post subject:

Well if i go incognito, maybe dressed as a vicar,
hows the vicar going dressed then..
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pepsi · Joined: 05 Mar 2007 Posts: 161

Wonder if they will be starting their recordings of the meeting then, or will it only be recordings of selected meetings Very Happy

Vicar · Joined: 11 Jan 2007 Posts: 220

If I remember correctly, there is, in the depths of my wardrobe, a nun's habit which was left at my home under circumstances which are of no concern to anyone except myself, the Archbishop and Sister Maureen.
The habit is that of Frinton-based Order of The Little Sisters of Saint Ronnie. As you are probably aware St Ronnie is the patron saint of plumbers and as a symbol of their membership all members carry a length of lead pipe which they discretely show to shoppers in Connaught Avenue when they are soliciting alms.
So if you see a bearded nun in the public seats waving couple of pounds of drainpipe and shouting, "Oi. you theiving Arabs, do you want some of this?" then it'll probably be me.
Or I might stay home and watch Corrie.
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ivan burit · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 8:14 pm Post subject:

vicar, as part of my signature:-

WE NEED LEADERS THAT LEAD,
...NOT LEADERS BEING LED...

i do hope that has not "lead" you to conclude the wrong conclusions,
and as most arabs are seen as thieving, we should perhaps point this out on our global editions, or not as applicable.
We have enough misfortune epicentered upon the misgivings of one king Taj,
he who knows no bounds, for he who knows, knows not nothing, but how to attract the wrong advances of amorus pink painted boxes, from his sea front no less.

On deeper conclusions in a parabolic sence, perhaps the overtly showing of ones greed in massive edifices is only a showing of a lack of being, that being, being a prize prat of high office, or if sitting on a throne of great height, high orifices.

on the otherhand-out, St. ronnie the great may have concieved an out of marriage offspring thats been sprung upon us to wreak revenge..

and by the by, a bearded lady in a nuns habit (smoking is bad enough) should go un noticed on the 24 june council meeting @ Town hall.............lol.
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Lin · Joined: 31 Dec 2006 Posts: 570 Location: Gt Clacton

I shall be wearing a long mackintosh with the collar pulled up ,a trilby and a pair of dark glasses .I will stand outside the door and whisper "Psssst,wanna buy a season pass to the Taj" as people stream in .
Fraid the elastic has finally perished in me Lycra and the moths have been at the fur coat.
Could anyone tell me if white stilettoes go with a buff coloured mackintosh ??? and do I bring my handbag to finish off said ensemble ??

ivan burit · Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 8:24 am Post subject:

oooooh young Lin,
a racy girly in stiletos does it every time for me........lol
now then, what was that you said about wearing, nothing but a mackintosh....
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Vicar · Joined: 11 Jan 2007 Posts: 220

I'm sittting here chuckling at the idea of a council meeting packed out with members of the public dolled up in fancy dress. Sounds like fun. Vicars, nuns, gladiators, superheroes, red indians etc. Even the county's only toilet ticket tout

Of course the cowboys will stand out a mile. They'll be the only ones not in fancy dress.

On another topic I think that little triangle of land at the bottom of Connaught Avenue is just crying out for a statue of some local dignitary. Why has this not been sorted before now?
There is, as we have seen, a bottomless kitty of taxpayers' money for provision of such lavish displays of civic wealth

I was going to suggest a name or two, well, a name anyway but I suspect it won't be the subject of a public vote.

Work will probably start on the construction (did you see the way I cleverly avoided using the word "erection", a word I promise you will never see in one of my posts. Damn.) within minutes of someone important reading this.
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Lin · Joined: 31 Dec 2006 Posts: 570 Location: Gt Clacton

Personally Vicar ,I would dearly like to see a 'certain' persons statue/monument placed (didn't use the 'E' word Rolling Eyes

)in the only situation I feel suitable for it........at the sewage outlet at Holland Haven....Unless of course someone can do better ???
Toilet Ticket tout .....I loved that Laughing

amenity · Joined: 22 Nov 2006 Posts: 775 Location: Dovercourt

Place it out to sea so it can be drowned every time the tide comes in?

ivan burit · Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 1:08 pm Post subject:

Lin · Joined: 31 Dec 2006 Posts: 570 Location: Gt Clacton

I know ,Please Sir ,I know ..........

How about building one of those 'disappearing' toilets like in Colchester ,you know ,the nocturnal ones that only pop up at night.
Well ,I was thinking that slugs do that (pop up at night) and it got the brain cells working (Shut up Ivan ,I can hear you laffing)and I thought "Who DOES that remind me of ,you know slimey ,slippery ,creepy and a pain in the bum that cares for no-one but thier own ends.

How about a statue of said fellow that pops up and down with a little barrier/screen round it ,like them Frenchies have got .That way we can p*** on him for as long as we want.Now where shall we plonk it ????

Should I just go to the naughty step ??????

Vicar · Joined: 11 Jan 2007 Posts: 220

Sorry Pepsi we seem to have hijacked your thread which is bad manners.
But on reading yesterday's Gazette I think there is a possibility that we may have seen into the future.
My understanding of the Whalings situation is that the £500,000 set aside for reparing the beach hut supestructure will no longer be needed as they have finally admitted that the job can actually be done for £70,000 (I had a cowboy plumber once just like that but on a smaller scale).
The council have already charged beach hut tenants so much in advance of the work that they will now have to refund each one £360.
Now comes the interesting bit. This leaves our leaders with half a million of our pounds in their back pocket. So what will they do with it? And how will they decide?

Sarcasm: I'm sure it will come as a great shock to all of you who know and revere these living saints that discussions were carried out behind closed doors. /Sarcasm

I know I risk being burnt for witchcraft but I forsee a huge column rising into the sky topped with a larger-than-life sized likeness of Il Duce.
It will of course be mounted on a plinth guarded by four lions and surrounded by fountains. The unveiling ceremony will become an annual holiday, locally at first but becoming a national bank holiday by 2010.

In the unlikely event of any funds remaining in the kitty after the celebrations they will be used to brighten Jaywick. Apparently a bulb needs replacing on the keep left sign. That will stop them using the "deprived" word, at least until it blows again. In the interests of keeping costs down, there will be no switching on ceremony such as that seen in Blackpool.
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ivan burit · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 10:38 am Post subject:

tch - tch sarcasam at its very best peeps.......lol..

anyone seen the film(s) stepford wives....

i think fabulous frintons fortunes are based on the film.

the macabre twist is not only have its women became yes men ?, but most of its voting council members too (i they are ever "consulted"..((told))..voted upon)

all we need to see is its once pretty perfect persons parading publicly in parasols..

pphew...
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Lin · Joined: 31 Dec 2006 Posts: 570 Location: Gt Clacton

Sorry Pepsi Embarassed

I see in todays EG (on line edition) that they are now not going to replace them but repair them to keeps costs at a minimum.Bet your bottom dollar that in a couple of years time ,this subject will rear it's ugly head once more.
I still think that if you want a beach hut in a prestigous spot then you should be responsible for it's upkeep.It would be interesting to see just who has these huts .

ivan burit · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 10:53 am Post subject:

pepsi · Joined: 05 Mar 2007 Posts: 161

No problems guys, providing the hijack entertains me, I never have an issue, laughter is the best thing in the world.

I go along with the "pop upable pissiour ". the question is, will we be charged 20p to gaze upon the wonderous one.

On a different thread, noticed P. Hallidays letter in the CG today, interesting to note that InTend [the biggest con act TDC have pulled to date], is only charged with raising 1.5 million in funding during it's first year. With an outlay of 1.7 million from us taxpayers so far to fund this joke, it seems that we will be paying them to be in the red for at least the first year and probably the following 2 years as well.

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