Today's council meeting? : Wed Nov 22, 2017 11:03 pm  

As the title says, there was a full council meeting today, I didn't realise one was due.
Did anyone go, the trust? MC or CB?
Did anyone watch it live?
If yes to the above was there anything of interest that came out of it? Did the whole sad saga get any sort of mention?

Re: Today's council meeting? : Wed Nov 22, 2017 11:15 pm  

It certainly did, Cllr Box on the attack. Watch it on wmdc website.

Re: Today's council meeting? : Wed Nov 22, 2017 11:21 pm  

Cheers I'll have a look at that tomorrow.

Re: Today's council meeting? : Wed Nov 22, 2017 11:25 pm  

Keyboards will be in melt down once people view it I'm afraid

Re: Today's council meeting? : Thu Nov 23, 2017 12:23 am  

Brilliant piece of politicking from Cllr Box, it;s not what you say it's what you don't say that makes all the difference, people who see this will have a very different impression of the situation to the one represented by the club.

Re: Today's council meeting? : Thu Nov 23, 2017 2:58 am  

Box chooses his platforms very carefully.
For a public servant, he seems very reluctant to interact with the electorate.
The full council meeting seems a fairly public forum as people can attend and even watch it on t'interweb. However, no-one can ask questions or even speak, he sets the agenda and he chooses his words very carefully, even if some of them are later proven to be less than factual.
He does the same with his pieces in the Wakefield Express.
Public debate and a right to reply are not part of Box's model of democracy; the ultimate self-preservation society.
Can someone who's watched it give a summary of his propaganda speech as it seems the website has blocked IP addresses from Asia.

Re: Today's council meeting? : Thu Nov 23, 2017 8:17 am  

have we a link as I can't get the video up

Re: Today's council meeting? : Thu Nov 23, 2017 8:32 am  

http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/about-the-c ... l-meetings Basically: It's the conservatives fault. There was no 106 just a unilateral undertaking. They can't enforce anything until the trigger point has been met. Apparently it's Trinity that wanted the same deal as Cas but it's too late now etc etc. Box is picking and choosing what he says wisely.

http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/about-the-c ... l-meetings Basically: It's the conservatives fault. There was no 106 just a unilateral undertaking. They can't enforce anything until the trigger point has been met. Apparently it's Trinity that wanted the same deal as Cas but it's too late now etc etc. Box is picking and choosing what he says wisely.

Re: Today's council meeting? : Thu Nov 23, 2017 11:34 am  

Aye, Box throwing Cas’s 106 agreement about saying this what Labour does compared to Pickles half arsed attempts. He was rather angry lol

Re: Today's council meeting? : Thu Nov 23, 2017 1:15 pm  

Conveniently fails to recognize the fact that Yorkcourt have been allowed to circumvent the trigger point altogether, also fails to recognize it was himself that said in public that he wanted 'the perfect deal for Wakefield, similar to Castleford's'. He was getting rather venomous towards the Councillor asking the questions, would love to see him head to head with MC.