400 back housing campaign in Colchester (From Gazette)

i heard tim young would resign if the council reversed their decision on joyce brooks house and abbeygate house.

wellnow wrote:
i heard tim young would resign if the council reversed their decision on joyce brooks house and abbeygate house.

Some might mention two birds and one stone...

DEFEND SHELTERED HOUSING
PUBLIC MEETING - MONDAY 27 FEB
7.30, QUAKER FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE
Church St (by Jumbo)
Speakers to include Joyce Brooks resident and U's legend Bobby Hunt.
ALL WELCOME

And full details of the demonstration mentioned in the article:-
STOP THE CUTS - DEFEND SHELTERED HOUSING
WEDNESDAY 22 FEB - 5.30 - OUTSIDE TOWN HALL
Full council meeting (which will rubber stamp its annual budget) begins at six.

Good luck Winston, we don't often see eye to eye, but all the best

People are really disgusted by the follies of this administration, and that is why so many were queuing up to sign the petition.

jut1972 wrote:
Good luck Winston, we don't often see eye to eye, but all the best

Jut, you'll be very welcome at the public meeting, there will be opportunity for everyone to have their say. No need to identify yourself as jut1972 if you don't want to.

jut1972 wrote:
Good luck Winston, we don't often see eye to eye, but all the best

Thanks, Jut. As Boris says, you will be most welcome. We're certainly hoping for more than just what we might call the usual suspects turning up for this one.

Anyway, it's worth pointing out (with the council doing much to try and muddy the issue) that as well Joyce Brooks House and Abbeygate House, a further five sheltered homes are now 'under review' of closure. Those five are:-
Elfreda House, Heathfield House, Plum Hall, Tiptree's Maytree House, and Dutch Quarter Housing. You can sign the new petition against all these closures and potential closures in Short Wyre Street, this Saturday, between 12 and 2.
This council is determined to 'sell off the family silver', and not just the sheltered housing schemes. Tennis courts are now being sold for housing, all to make a quick profit. One does have to wonder if brown envelopes are involved?

6079 Smith W wrote:
Anyway, it's worth pointing out (with the council doing much to try and muddy the issue) that as well Joyce Brooks House and Abbeygate House, a further five sheltered homes are now 'under review' of closure. Those five are:-
Elfreda House, Heathfield House, Plum Hall, Tiptree's Maytree House, and Dutch Quarter Housing. You can sign the new petition against all these closures and potential closures in Short Wyre Street, this Saturday, between 12 and 2.
This council is determined to 'sell off the family silver', and not just the sheltered housing schemes. Tennis courts are now being sold for housing, all to make a quick profit. One does have to wonder if brown envelopes are involved?

Long Wyre Street, opposite Specsavers.

And as for the very idea of brown envelopes, of course this would be unthinkable. After all, various councillors and ex-councillors have stated that they are not aware of any such envelopes being offered or accepted.
To which the obvious reply is that an envelope does not have to be brown, nor does it have to be made of paper, nor does it necessarily have to contain folding money.

Boris wrote:

6079 Smith W wrote:
Anyway, it's worth pointing out (with the council doing much to try and muddy the issue) that as well Joyce Brooks House and Abbeygate House, a further five sheltered homes are now 'under review' of closure. Those five are:-
Elfreda House, Heathfield House, Plum Hall, Tiptree's Maytree House, and Dutch Quarter Housing. You can sign the new petition against all these closures and potential closures in Short Wyre Street, this Saturday, between 12 and 2.
This council is determined to 'sell off the family silver', and not just the sheltered housing schemes. Tennis courts are now being sold for housing, all to make a quick profit. One does have to wonder if brown envelopes are involved?

Long Wyre Street, opposite Specsavers.

You are quite right, Boris, petitioning will take place in Long Wyre Street on Saturday lunchtime.

Boris wrote:
And as for the very idea of brown envelopes, of course this would be unthinkable. After all, various councillors and ex-councillors have stated that they are not aware of any such envelopes being offered or accepted.
To which the obvious reply is that an envelope does not have to be brown, nor does it have to be made of paper, nor does it necessarily have to contain folding money.

Though didn't an ex Colchester councillor once tell you that 'brown envelopes' were commonplace?

6079 Smith W wrote:

Boris wrote:
And as for the very idea of brown envelopes, of course this would be unthinkable. After all, various councillors and ex-councillors have stated that they are not aware of any such envelopes being offered or accepted.
To which the obvious reply is that an envelope does not have to be brown, nor does it have to be made of paper, nor does it necessarily have to contain folding money.

Though didn't an ex Colchester councillor once tell you that 'brown envelopes' were commonplace?

Yes, a former mayor told me that brown envelopes circulated in the 1980s and 1990s, and there was no reason to suppose this had changed.

Boris wrote:

6079 Smith W wrote:

Boris wrote:
And as for the very idea of brown envelopes, of course this would be unthinkable. After all, various councillors and ex-councillors have stated that they are not aware of any such envelopes being offered or accepted.
To which the obvious reply is that an envelope does not have to be brown, nor does it have to be made of paper, nor does it necessarily have to contain folding money.

Though didn't an ex Colchester councillor once tell you that 'brown envelopes' were commonplace?

Yes, a former mayor told me that brown envelopes circulated in the 1980s and 1990s, and there was no reason to suppose this had changed.

And that statement was quite recent, about 3 or 4 months ago.