This story echoes the millions spent on the old Customs House St Hilda’s
Who authorised the spend
Why create a Community facility in an area MBC condemned for demolition
How much was spent previously on this building
Who will use it & what is the cost to date for tax payers
Council Expenditure and Accountability
February 21, 2012 by rocklifferover
Found this story on the Taxpayers Alliance website. It has some striking similarities to the plans that Middlesbrough Borough Council have for taxpayers money in our town.
Read more http://www.taxpayersalliance.com/grassr ... payer.html
Note the failure to ensure the best price for properties sold by the council. MBC are saying that they wont even consider selling some of the facilities that they are closing. They’d rather spend our taxes demolishing them than turn an honest profit and reduce the amount they need to cut over the coming years.
Also, reading the following, it has echoes of Mallons intention to borrow tocontinue his demolition of Gresham and Middlehaven…
‘The Town Council, having sold public land to fund the purchase of the industrial unit, failed to pay off the Public Works Loan Board loan, which will be a burden on the local taxpayers for another 17 years.’
‘When their actions are brought to the attention of the authorities, as is the case with Somerton, there are no consequences for those who made the decisions. However, there are significant consequences for local taxpayers who are forced to fund the consequences of those actions, diverting much needed funds from local need to interest and capital repayment.’
Anyone know if we can stop this folly before it happens or do we have to sit back and suffer the burden before our gung-ho council are held to account? And if we CAN nip this in the bud, how do we get the Audit Commission interested in appraising MBC’s plans?
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