Omobono
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there is a huge gravel bank that has been built up just below what was Manx marine , if the river had been designed to run in a spill way against the south side of the harbour All the silt would have been washed out to sea and would not finish up in the marina and the marina could have been toped up by the tide , Very poor design with a mega expensive dredging and maintenance cost , I wonder what happened to the suction dredger and half a mile of reinforced heavy duty rubber pipe the department purchased as the ultimate solution , another expensive failure No doubt we will be spending millions bringing over a specialist dredging company soon ,
someone needs to ask what the income from the yachts and boats bring , and how much it costs to maintain , another financial disaster you can bet , but lessons have been learned but have they ?
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Stu before you go any further ,take a look at the Eastern Sector plan , that will be used by a planning inspector when this application goes to appeal , this plan was only approved recently by Tynwald and states the numbers of dwellings on this site should be less than 40 , never mind what delusional numbers the quasi government development agency might say , and if the council of ministers call this application in for determination in the so called national interest and ride roughshod over the eastern sector plan , just wait for the petitions of doleance to start coming , if the scheme is railroaded,
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the gantry approach lights in Santon bay helped in poor weather , but for some reason something that was effective not hight tech , and worked for years was discontinued following the millions spent on the new runway zones , if you look what government have frittered away on the airport in the last few years and getting rid of workers who had some pride and understanding about the the place ,with the proper effective management we could have had a fantastic facility , instead its a basket case !
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sadly the report has been put together largely with the input of failed management and politicians , who now appear to want to wash their hands of everything , and like some other recently hived off areas , put it in a position where any questions are automatically deemed commercially confidential ,
our airport is a vital link and it should not be beyond the wit of man to run it in a cost effective and efficient manner ,
the council if ministers and chief officers group should be ashamed of themselves for allowing this to happen
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the price of the scaffolding on the Nurses home must be astronomical its been up almost 7 months now and practically not been used yet , its hardly a business like project must be plenty of extras being earned for the Mates , this job should never have been started while the rest of the building industry is so overheated , it will never be value for money , but never mind its only the good old taxpayers being for a ride ,
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5 hours ago, Moghrey Mie said:
Closing down branches and bringing in machinery?
Maybe we should reserve a place for Chatbot MLC.
he was not from LLoyds , it was RBSI and everyone who knew him was aware of what he was like , chose not to stand for re election to the keys if my memory is correct , ,
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Tynwald has certainly missed an opportunity to bring in someone with some international banking and financial background , we already have enough box tickers , equality and human rights experts , the isle of Man is currently on a slippery slope and someone in there needs to be watching the finances and this ever increasing government payroll that also brings a massive pension obligation ,
my friends in Jersey cant believe what our island has become ,and they are busy stealing our core business from under our noses , hope Tynwald wakes up soon before its all gone ! ,
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Sadly its become a complete waste of time notices everywhere about what you can and cant leave the once well used recycling shed is often empty and most people don't want the hassle from the men in the yard who keep moving people on so everything gets dumped , and the facility no longer meets its purpose of providing a recycling facility ,
Douglas is not alone, the southern facility is run the same way , and lots of good items that could be reused are dumped , and some of the staff are so unhelpful , while the western site is excellent and they encourage re use and recycling as does Ramsey , time all these sites were run to the same criteria after all the Tax and ratepayers are stumping up enough to provide this service
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I see Braddan commissioners have appointed a private company to collect their recycling , I wonder where this leaves the waste and recycling budget for Douglas corporation , who I understand prior to this announcement collected the recycling materials on behalf of Braddan , can we have an answer from someone in the know please , and are the staff and vehicles now going to stand idle somewhere for a few days a week ?
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I suppose the thought behind it is to get people out of bed washed ,shaved and into a situation where they are in a position to take a job , and turn up to see whats available , but one of the issues I can't understand is why the hostel is situated in the middle of town with pubs ,off licenses , supermarkets , drug dealers all on the doorstep surly it would be better to have it out of town centre somewhere ,where there is much less temptation to go back to the drugs or alcohol , and some work packages even in the community could be found for those recently released from Gaol , and try to give them a sense of belonging to a community again and earning their keep and gaining some respect , the High Bailiff was correct the system is not working , there is a problem and it urgently requires fixing
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Looks like its waiting to have all the important and salient points felt tipped out so the great unwashed cant read them , this place seems to be getting more secretive by the day ,and it appears most of the politicians don't know whats happening in their own back yard either ,
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CallmeCurious you make some excellent points and I don't know why you were not called to advise the MEA about their finances , you make more sense than the company brought in from the UK at a cost of £130k to tell them that that were loosing £1 million a week ,
but nothing about cutting their cloth accordingly and stop wasting money on vanity items , particularly during this very difficult period that the Island and its economy is having to struggle through , but there seems to be no stopping the gravy train !
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I thought we were short of money ? and given all the additional cost of running the TT this year I was surprised to hear we are having the Red Arrows back and also the fireworks display , given these straightened times ,I would have thought taxpayers money could be spent in more meaningful ways ,
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something is radically wrong when we bring in a firm from the UK to look at the accounts of the MUA at a cost of £135K only to tell us they have been loosing £ 1 million a week for at least the last year , makes you wonder what we have been paying the financial team in the MUA to do,
what a dreadful state of affairs have they left this island in , and when is someone in authority in government going to step up and say we cant possibly continue spend our way out of trouble ,by raiding reserves and this idiotic nonsense of growing the population no matter whet the cost or outcome ,
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its a pity this work that was recognised before the covid pandemic couldn't have been done during lockdown ,especially when they allowed other highway related works to be carried out ,
its all about making best use of your assets ,
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I sincerely hope they are also going to replace all the broken paving slabs and relay some of the ones that have settled ,no point in doing half a job , might as well do it properly and it will last several years ,
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that little Devon Watson Chair of the housing committee should swap flats with him ,
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what was wrong with the car owner emailing the information desk at the airport after a few months and letting them know they were eventually coming back to retrieve the car and paying the outstanding parking charges ,
there are vehicles abandoned in all sorts of places and I do know the department will have tried to contact the registered owner , some time ago there were several cars abandoned on the promenade , owners gone back to eastern Europe for good , couldn't be bothered to let the DOI know ,and tied people up for ages trying to trace them , DOI are no angels but the system works both ways !
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7 minutes ago, Holte End said:
Why do you keep quoting the private sector, ffs he doesn't work in the private sector. In the private sector the C.M. couldn't have sacked Rob or sack any other Minister without justification. Rob has a chance to refute the finding and all the allegations, when it go to Tynwald. You never know Tynwald may vote not to accept the report.
Thats why I cant understand Rob's ranting , the report has not been debated in Tynwald yet , does he expect the voters of Onchan to storm Tynwald buildings protesting Rob is innocent ?, running to social media has been a significant factor in Robs downfall , there are much more important issues facing the isle of man at present , time to grow up, or get out or politics altogether
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44 minutes ago, finlo said:
I saw what you did there!
44 minutes ago, finlo said:I saw what you did there!
she must have an appetite for something , hardly a stick insect ! problem with that department is they have no practical people anymore , farmers require support and good sound agricultural advice regarding new markets and consolidating the ones they already have , sadly this is another all things to all people department trying to satisfy the eco and green lobby and at the same time responsible for agricultural production and fishing as well as shelling out money to a lot of hobby businesses who come and go at an alarming rate , and there is no one left who understands the forestry business but we never find out how much it costs the taxpayer ,
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listened to Stu with interest , and his input into the recent Tynwald budget debate , took a whole minute ! its time someone with some business acumen was chairing these statutory boards , and not just jobs for the boys for some additional income and crumbs off the table , every statutory board is starting to look like a basket case ,
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unfortunately protocol does not allow him to step in ,and it would be seen as a constitutional crisis if he did ,
We are currently in a mess and raiding the reserves and NI fund to balance the books is not good government , and yet our political masters seem oblivious the the problems facing us , and the gravy train keeps rolling along with complete disregard to all those struggling to live on the Isle of man , and increasing the population will only exacerbate the problem and cost us even more money we currently don't have
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don't you know the city of Douglas is booming , buildings going up all over the place , but seriously the retail centre is struggling because of the lack of parking , so many lost spaces following the disaster created by the promenade refurbishment , I would rather see parked cars and people shopping than weeds growing and litter on the lost spaces that are now part of the prom , just go and look how busy cycle 360 the Rileys garden centre cafe and Kirby nurseries cafe are , and the answer is quite simple parking and ease of access , who would want to come to Douglas when its so convenient to go elsewhere
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1 hour ago, 0bserver said:
That was the optimal solution for the horse trams. Bonfire on Douglas Beach. Would have saved ~£8m.
Same for the Peggy.
Plenty of other junk in the MNH warehouse that should be chucked on a bonfire too.
if you walk down the lane towards the reservoir keepers house at the Clypse reservoir there is a beautiful horse drawn trap or governors cart just rotting away in the horse tram field near the stables , its been lying there for at least 3 years , such a shame as it would at one time been part of our equine and agricultural heritage , disgrace really ! typical of governments approach to our heritage
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Steam Packet Warns Of Disruption To Sailings
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most of this was a demand from a former chief minister that the vessel sails as normal during the pandemic , in some cases a sailing I was on only had 5 other passengers , and a sailing every other day would have been sufficient , this is what happens when government sticks its greasy fingers into what was probably one of the best run and most profitable operations in the Isle of Man
Liverpool terminal is a similar example , another extortionate cost we will all have to bear because of some tin pot politicians vanity ,and out of touch with the real world