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Just watching G&R scrutiny with lots of talk about trust and faith in officers & things getting off on the wrong foot.
No one mentioning the mayor's insults, the engagement of options that only would have made things worse, the two years of delays to the project briefing...
No one mentioning the mayor's insults, the engagement of options that only would have made things worse, the two years of delays to the project briefing...
Who would even believe the administration on this?
They acted in bad faith and now want trust.
We still have no cllrs on the Western Harbour Advisory Group.
They acted in bad faith and now want trust.
We still have no cllrs on the Western Harbour Advisory Group.
Finally!
Jerome Thomas comes on the call and says there were mistakes by the mayor and we can't just ignore that three years earlier he was in the far east and selling high-rise flats off plan.
And JT points Mark Wright's point that flats in the area would go for sale at /
Jerome Thomas comes on the call and says there were mistakes by the mayor and we can't just ignore that three years earlier he was in the far east and selling high-rise flats off plan.
And JT points Mark Wright's point that flats in the area would go for sale at /
around £500,000 and it's one of the most expensive places to be building affordable homes (remember he mocked Hotwell nimbys not wanting to house the homeless to his US chums).
There's been no serious analysis of where the best combination of housing and transport could happen.
There's been no serious analysis of where the best combination of housing and transport could happen.
The year of the highest housing was the year where it was handed over from the previous mayor ( @GeorgeFergusonx ) and it has been lower ever since.
We're meant to trust officers and yet no percentages of affordable homes have been brought to this meeting.
How convenient.
How convenient.
How can politicians in cabinet be expected to keep an eye on officers and big companies like National Rail and L&G and Temple Meads? Is it a joke?
Listening to Beech whose previous experience comes from PR, talking about Temple Quarter.
Listening to Beech whose previous experience comes from PR, talking about Temple Quarter.
"dodgy pronouncement by people with vested interests"
about how city centre offices are booming.
Well said, Mark Wright.
about how city centre offices are booming.
Well said, Mark Wright.
Stephen Peacock says Bristol is not London. Bristol doesn't have enough offices so that's why our prices are holding on better and going up.
What is the point of having scrutiny of L&G when it can't happen before the contract is signed? That means there isn't any scrutiny, surely.
Just when I think it can't get more ridiculous, I'm reminded of how wrong I am.
Why is Western Harbour being 'co-created' with the rest of the city? When the dual carriageway goes by my children's walk home, what does someone in Westbury-O-T or Easton know or care about that?
Why is Western Harbour being 'co-created' with the rest of the city? When the dual carriageway goes by my children's walk home, what does someone in Westbury-O-T or Easton know or care about that?
Imagine being the officer who has to say 'from what I know there was a piece of work on the "art of the possible".'
Goodness me.
What's the job security like for officers? I'd rather bet on GME.
Goodness me.
What's the job security like for officers? I'd rather bet on GME.
Mark Bradshaw brings up the point about local cllrs being entirely sidelined even though they are the residents' elected representatives.
Officer: The consultants are the most important.
Paula/chair: saying cllrs should be on the advisory group. #DemocraticDeficit
Officer: The consultants are the most important.
Paula/chair: saying cllrs should be on the advisory group. #DemocraticDeficit
Chair: "can you come back with some high level plans?"
Cabinet member: "yeah totally, you guys just make your ask"
#CouncilDialogue
Cabinet member: "yeah totally, you guys just make your ask"
#CouncilDialogue
