Decision was already made
MANY households received a questionnaire (not this one however) on what cuts should be made in order to save money.
But Coun Shaffaq Mohammed believes the budget for the coming year would probably already have been agreed thus making the questionnaire a total waste of money.
Reading that weekly bin collection may be being changed to fortnightly makes me believe that he was not far from the truth.
Julie Dore asked that the questionnaire be returned by January 6. With the best will in the world, I cannot believe that all the returned questionnaires have been scrutinised and a decision reached on the findings as to where savings should be made.
It seems obvious that this decision was made regardless of what the results of the questionnaires were.
Chris Williamson, Charles Ashmore Rd, S8
Nowhere for the kids to play
So Sheffield is to lose more playing fields to housing.
Nowhere to play, kids? Don’t worry you’ve got the legacy of the Olympics coming next year.
Yes I know it’s 160 miles away and, yes, I know your parents helped pay for it and even if you could afford to get there you couldn’t afford the entrance to any of the facilities. But don’t worry, council officials will tell you how fine the sports arenas are when they return from their all-expenses-paid jollies to the £10 billion games.
But think on the bright side. If we win 10 gold medals, each with the regulation six grams of gold, it will push the gold price up to £160 million a gram. I’ve already got the pliers and am inspecting my teeth.
Fortunately, gold is not used in the honours medals in the New Year for ‘organisers’ who have been busy spending our money. Their gold will be already in the bank.
N Brownell, S7
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Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 02:08 PMDromedary #1 What would you do with information & facts anyway? You certainly don't let them influence the opinions you are so ready to share with us.
Zap
Monday, January 16, 2012 at 05:05 PMIf only the WSG cost £650mil - thanks to careful prudent financial management the true cost to the tax payer is nearer £2bn and we still owe most of that. Makes the cost of the vanity project a real stinger in the pocket
Sir Taxedalot
Monday, January 16, 2012 at 02:29 PMAren't you forgetting our legacy from the World Stupid Games? For our £650m we got a small stadium, a swimming pool and a decent arena. That means everyone in the city has paid £1300 for those games. The cost of the Olympics at £10bn is only £167 per person nationally. At that rate Blair's Labour Olympics vanity project is a bargain compared to Sheffield Labour's vanity project.
dromedary
Monday, January 16, 2012 at 12:03 PMRe "Decision was already made." . . . . I think that is probably right as this was more of an expensive publicity stunt by Julie Dore . . . . .The questionnaire only had one real question and that was asking what saving could be made. . . . Unfortunately it didn't say anything else or give anybody any other useful information as to how or what that money is presently spent on.. . . . Mine ended up being given as a gift to Veolia. . . . The latest large glossy and expensive Sheffield Homes one telling us we will be receiving a ballot paper on who should manage council housing will also go the same way. . . . .Whoever decides to send these expensive and useless glossy leaflets out also needs sending to Veolia as well..
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