Re: The City of Wakefield Community Stadium : Fri Oct 03, 2014 8:43 am  

Wildcatfan wrote:

Absolutely snowie ! Wakefield council are shocking and must be a laughing stock amongst other councils across the country.

Yet people keep voting them in!!

Re: The City of Wakefield Community Stadium : Fri Oct 03, 2014 3:10 pm  

I wonder if Balfour Beatty want to give back some money they managed to precure from the people of Wakefield... http://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/business/business-news/firms-make-milliions-after-stake-in-mid-yorkshire-hospitals-pfi-scheme-is-sold-offshore-1-6876749#.VC6yxST_I9Q.twitter

I wonder if Balfour Beatty want to give back some money they managed to precure from the people of Wakefield... http://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/business/business-news/firms-make-milliions-after-stake-in-mid-yorkshire-hospitals-pfi-scheme-is-sold-offshore-1-6876749#.VC6yxST_I9Q.twitter

Re: The City of Wakefield Community Stadium : Fri Oct 03, 2014 3:58 pm  

Wakefield No 1 wrote: I wonder if Balfour Beatty want to give back some money they managed to precure from the people of Wakefield... http://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/business/business-news/firms-make-milliions-after-stake-in-mid-yorkshire-hospitals-pfi-scheme-is-sold-offshore-1-6876749#.VC6yxST_I9Q.twitter But yet the mid-yorkshire hospitals are crippled with debt and laying people off, how can this be so if PFI schemes are that great for us taxpayers. Definitely seem to be great for the likes of Balfour Beatty and their partners. I bet the top brass of both sides made a nice little earner out of this.

Wakefield No 1 wrote: I wonder if Balfour Beatty want to give back some money they managed to precure from the people of Wakefield... http://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/business/business-news/firms-make-milliions-after-stake-in-mid-yorkshire-hospitals-pfi-scheme-is-sold-offshore-1-6876749#.VC6yxST_I9Q.twitter But yet the mid-yorkshire hospitals are crippled with debt and laying people off, how can this be so if PFI schemes are that great for us taxpayers. Definitely seem to be great for the likes of Balfour Beatty and their partners. I bet the top brass of both sides made a nice little earner out of this.

Re: The City of Wakefield Community Stadium : Thu Oct 09, 2014 9:58 pm  

See York council have tonight given support and some financial support to the City of York community stadium and we have the WMDC stating that the City of Wakefield Community Stadium is nothing to do with them.

Re: The City of Wakefield Community Stadium : Fri Oct 10, 2014 6:53 am  

M62 J30 TRINITY wrote:

See York council have tonight given support and some financial support to the City of York community stadium and we have the WMDC stating that the City of Wakefield Community Stadium is nothing to do with them.

The decision by York can only help our political aims.

Re: The City of Wakefield Community Stadium : Fri Oct 10, 2014 1:39 pm  

Seems Calderdale council are worse than WMDC, they have been illegally charging for roadside parking since 2008 :0

Re: The City of Wakefield Community Stadium : Fri Oct 10, 2014 4:02 pm  

M62 J30 TRINITY wrote:

See York council have tonight given support and some financial support to the City of York community stadium and we have the WMDC stating that the City of Wakefield Community Stadium is nothing to do with them.

They only have to support one team - York City Knights.

They don't have to find financial help for three - Castleford, Wakefield and Fev.

Re: The City of Wakefield Community Stadium : Fri Oct 10, 2014 5:13 pm  

Fully wrote:

They only have to support one team - York City Knights. They don't have to find financial help for three - Castleford, Wakefield and Fev.

Aye - there's the rub. Support the Cas stadium with money and we'd be up in arms (and probably Fev as well). Support the Trin stadium with money and they'd be up in arms (and probably Fev as well). They could split any money 3 ways but then there wouldn't be enough for any of them. Do nothing and you'll get criticism from all three. I wouldn't like to be in the position of the decision maker.

However (there's always a "however") there's a lot more support that could be given without it being in cash, be it pressure, planning permission issues, publicity, facilitating links with other funding partners/bodies etc. It could be that this is going on in the background but we don't know. With the past history of the project (I'm reminded of Cllr Box turning up in a Cas shirt when we were lobbying them) it's natural to assume that they're doing nothing, but we may be wrong.

Re: The City of Wakefield Community Stadium : Fri Oct 10, 2014 5:40 pm  

sandcat20 wrote:

Aye - there's the rub. Support the Cas stadium with money and we'd be up in arms (and probably Fev as well). Support the Trin stadium with money and they'd be up in arms (and probably Fev as well). They could split any money 3 ways but then there wouldn't be enough for any of them. Do nothing and you'll get criticism from all three. I wouldn't like to be in the position of the decision maker.

However (there's always a "however") there's a lot more support that could be given without it being in cash, be it pressure, planning permission issues, publicity, facilitating links with other funding partners/bodies etc. It could be that this is going on in the background but we don't know. With the past history of the project (I'm reminded of Cllr Box turning up in a Cas shirt when we were lobbying them) it's natural to assume that they're doing nothing, but we may be wrong.

Could have got the 106 sorted properly to start with.

Re: The City of Wakefield Community Stadium : Fri Oct 10, 2014 9:46 pm  

Fully wrote:

They only have to support one team - York City Knights.

They don't have to find financial help for three - Castleford, Wakefield and Fev.

If WMDC are skint they can still offer support to a community facility run by an independent trust not a club. The we have 3 clubs has been an easy cop out by the WMDC for years, plenty of towns/Cities have more than 1 sporting club but still offer help support and sometimes finance for the best facilities for its clubs and public. I don't think we expect WMDC to build the community stadium but a bit of support wouldn't go a miss. The sports facilities for a City the size of a Wakefield are a disgrace so you would think the local authority would do all they can to help sports faculties.