Bridgwater swimming pool opening just a week away! (From This is The West Country)

Blue Owl
I wonder if the Labour Cllrs & the Bridgwater Mayor (labour Cllr ) & Deputy Town Mayor (Also a labour Cllr )will attend the opening of this swimming pool ...It happens to be in a Labour held Ward Cllrs Richards & Lerry ( Cllr Lerry happens to be the Labour leader )
I wonder if Sedgemoor District Council will invite the leaders of the Forward backward group ...to the opening !!

cidreman wrote:
Blue Owl
I wonder if the Labour Cllrs & the Bridgwater Mayor (labour Cllr ) & Deputy Town Mayor (Also a labour Cllr )will attend the opening of this swimming pool ...It happens to be in a Labour held Ward Cllrs Richards & Lerry ( Cllr Lerry happens to be the Labour leader )
I wonder if Sedgemoor District Council will invite the leaders of the Forward backward group ...to the opening !!

Cidreman, the thought passed my mind also, of course they will be there claiming, " It Was Them That Done It"
Now where have I heard that before??
What a fantastic Pool we know have, if those ex Splash users want to "Splash" they now have an option to swim also, they can go to Brean, if they want a Fun Pool. This is what, myself and the fellow residents, have been asking for since the Lido Closure.
I certainly will be using it, and before the 'Comment's come Swimming in, I shall be paying the Full cost as everyone else, no Free Season Tickets for Ex Councillors, or backhanders, from the Contractors, or anyone else.
Chilton Pool, made possible by Sedgemoor Conservative Group, opposed by All Labour Councillors, and of course Bridgwater ( Backward) Forward Group., and the Liberals on SDC.
I must Fly off now, to Taunton Crem, to say found Farewell to John (Chopper) Chorley, RIP, another 59 year old, gone but not forgotten. 1953
David L Preece
Blue-Owl

Bridgy Old Boy..what are your views , do you think the Labour Cllrs & Mayor will attend the opening ....

cidreman wrote:
Bridgy Old Boy..what are your views , do you think the Labour Cllrs & Mayor will attend the opening ....

Cidreman, me thinks the Cats got his Tongue, or bit his texting/ Posting fingers, course they will all attend. Their friends the Bridgwater Mercury will be there to photograph the Opening.They' ve gone away to tend to their wounds, battle scarred with the truth, it hurts!!!
Have you also noticed the absence of comments from the other Labour Cllrs,
Who were shouting there voices against the new pool, Tesco's , new hospital, in fact any thing they could !
Front page of this weeks ' Mercury' quote, Town Divided, no it isn't, should have read, success for Tesco's after 3 years of negotiations, to achieve Planning Consent.
But hey, who was walking away from the Inspectorate meeting, on Tuesday, on Wembdon Rd, guess who Cllr Brian
Smedley, high jacking the Mercury Reporter, so his Labour Yarn will appear in the Mercury next week!!
But then that's nothing new, the special friendship between the 2 Groups, labour & the Mercury reporters.
David L Preece

I'll keep my post on topic and refrain from petty personal jibes....

Good news but can't help wondering what was wrong with the old swimming pool we had. Apart from the fact that Tescos wanted the land it was built on.

By the looks of some of the people I've seen having a look i'd give it at least a month before the water is clean enough to swim in. Most of them look like they haven't had a bath since they knocked Splash down.

BaldCarl2 wrote:
I'll keep my post on topic and refrain from petty personal jibes....

Good news but can't help wondering what was wrong with the old swimming pool we had. Apart from the fact that Tescos wanted the land it was built on.

Baldcarl2, What was wrong with the old Pool, that statement in itself, is it!!
An old pool failing to meet present Health & Saftey requirements, costing the £700k a year to be open and subsidise users.
So SDC had to make the decision, a hard one, as I've posted b4, we would have loved to have built a New Pool and opened it whilst keeping the Splash open.
You know, all across the Country the financial restraints facing every Council, on their finances.
Every year for the last 10 yrs Council have to reduce costs year on year by what is known as "the Gerswin Formular,- 3% each year savings, on top of that, there is then less monies from Central Government, because of Blair & Browns Policies, when in Power, the Banking Crisis, the European Unions Problems in Member Countries. All this, is the reason why Councils have to sell assets, land property to pay for new infrastructure projects, if Councils go down the route of borrowing, they can, but for every
£1.000.000 borrowed, over 20yrs the interest payable is £100k per £1 million
Borrowed. So any Council would be fool hardy to go down that route..
You say, that Tesco's wanted the Northgate Land,???No, at the time that we were deliberating as to how we could, pay for the repairs needed for the Splash, and how we could utilise our Assetts to the best ability, as this is the Guide Rules by which Councillors and Councils are liable, personally to protect the ratepayers, Towns, interest. Whilst trying to maximise the scope of commitment, without detriment to the Community, so it is a fine balancing act.
You can either do nothing, build nothing, look Backwards, instead of looking Forward !!!!
I do not apologise for the length of this post, as it is not something that can be explained in a couple of sentences.
We SDC, along with SCC, made this parcel of Northgate available as a substantial plot, offered on the open market, as I've indicated b4, we had 3 expressions of interest originally, which, in the end after scrutiny of the Bidders and their intentions for the Site, left on Tesco's in the Game, by no means a Game. Serious money on offer to the both Councils, in the middle of a recession !!! Do you think that, we should have turned away from
£11+ Million. Yes we made the decision to build the New Pool , committing the Council to a £6.3 Million project, that if we made the decision to have it built on land @ Chilton, we saved £1.2 Million on build cost, as the foundation could be started with existing contractors companies, engaged in new Build School programme,Win Win situation.
If we had delayed, then the pool would not have been viable, if we had listened to the Labour Cllrs, and Bridgwater Backward Forward , where would we be now.
Splash, would have cost £700k x 3 Years. Then refurbishment of up to £4 Million, to bring it up to spec.
Look at the £6 Million, new Pool.
Who made the Right Decision, I know where my decision made along with my Conservative Councillor s is Correct! infatically !!!!
Vote Labour, go Backward!!!!!! They deliver Nothing!! For Town Or the District....Penny Wise , Pound Foolish...
David L Preece
Blue-Owl

Yawn

BaldCarl2 wrote:
Yawn

Well what did you expect, you asked !
I always answer in Full, so as to be clear.with my Knowlege
Blue-Owl.
The trouble is you ask, and don't like the true answer.

Can't wait until Fri, to get my Speedo's on. Splash ! Splash! Another Project brought to Bridgwater by The Tory Cllrs on Sedgemoor, next Project the New Hospital, wait I hear you say ,' That was a Labour Pledge " Yes it was originally, but was delayed and deferred ,!!! Until George Osbourne could find the funding, as Labour left the Treasury bare, !!!!
Hence ,now us losing our UK Triple Rating Today ,,, !! Despite our best efforts to keep I
Regards Blue-Owl