The needle is stuck
Nov 20th, 2008 by philjay
Having just read the article in this weeks Chorley Guardian, I can’t help thinking that CBC, GoApe and United Utilities have decided upon a media strategy early doors and shipped it out en masse to all concerned, to insert into any article that may question there actions. Well frankly their response is becoming a little tiresome,hence the title, particularly in light of the gross inaccuracies contained within that response, from all parties involved. Call me a conspiracy theorist if you will, but well well.
Interestingly, GoApe state that they held an open meeting with Rivington Parish Council. What do they mean by ‘open’? Surely Tristan Mayhew isn’t naive enough to believe that a meeting that was unpublicised, so much so that only three members of the public attended ( maybe by mistake that Chris, Tony and myself found out about it), qualifies in any way shape or form as an ‘open meeting’. Tristan, you are an intelligent and highly qualified person, you alone should have known that this was a woefully inadequate attempt at a public meeting. Sadly, as a result of this, you now play the retro card by ‘publically welcoming all opportunities to discuss concerns with individuals and groups’. You attempt to ingratiate yourself to the reading masses by offering an ‘olive branch’, which continues to mislead all into believing that GoApe is good for Lever Park and your development is not only not detrimental, but indeed beneficial. Sadly it gets worse because it would appear you have convinced CBC.
As for CBC, well they do say that if you say something often enough you will begin to believe it and in this case I do believe that we are close to that point. Unfortunately CBC, we know the truth, and you know we know.
As the ground swell of support for the cause continues to grow, all concerned should be concerned as to there accountability to members of the public they either serve or hopefully value as customers. The fight goes on.
