Since the Stop Lovett & Bailey Team were featured in the Echo, visits to this website have gone through the roof. We have had one or two technical issues with the email address which have now been resolved and welcome those wish to contact us.
It seems such a SHAME that you have to hide behind a secret Blog site to express your views. It only goes to show that like the councillors, you have no confidence in what you are saying. If you have facts to support the Council's preferred option then we are sure you would receive front row attention. Friends of Shoebury Common have been trying to get answers to very simple questions for months
I cannot believe that residents attending the public consultation meetings that I also attended were intimidated in any way or that they felt unable to express their views, as Cllrs Cox, Jarvis and Hadley state on the questionnaire.
I also believe their questionnaire tries to bias the outcome as Q12 and Q13 clearly do.
Peter, welcome to the Stop Lovett & Bailey Team site! There are so many of us that we can not list all of the contributors unlike the 'Friends of Shoebury Common' where there are only four of you but try and make it sound bigger. It is interesting that you have not disagreed with anything that this site has unearthed. You are completely missing the point. The council from what I have seen have set out the flood risk and solutions from EXPERTS
Thank you - The reason you have so many hits, is because we advised our 1500 members to check out this Blog, sent to us by Tony Cox, in order that they can see for themselves how this blog undermines their personal views and opinions. With over 650 people attending the Public Consultation meeting, many of whom live on the so called flood plain, but not one person has voted in agreement with this preferred option. This was repeated at the Shoebury Residents Association AGM. How strange that with so many "Blogspot" Residents on the flood plain, they did not attend this meeting to vote in agreement and support their Conservative Councillors?
According to the Echo how strange that with the entire population of Sheburyness only 18 people came to support your scheme when you have 1500 members, As we explained in a previous post we do not need a Kangeroo Court organised by your neighbours to voice our opinion. After reading the press clippings and your letters we do not understand your obsession with your local Conservative councillors. It is unhealthy Peter and we can only suggest that you medical advice
You were obviously not present at this meeting, because you would have been told that this was the AGM for the "Shoebury Residents Association", whom have around 400 members, but only about 50 attended and of those attending NOT ONE PERSON voted in favour of the council's preferred option. You would think that after all this opposition, on-line surveys, comments, paper clippings, radio broadcasts etc., this Blog would realise the wall is not wanted. Some people at this meeting felt that nothing was needed, others felt that an alternative scheme should be considered instead. This is called democracy and should be decided against the highest number of total votes.
You are now celebrating your first year on a Blog which you cannot contact. You have all this support, but in 12 months, where are the comments from your supporters? I can only assume it has the same support, as given to the Planning Application, where we had in excess of 2200 objections and you had only four. Just like the Council, where they only show one post code questionnaire, but we have supplied five addresses. The Council say "Respondents" but then we are told "Houses", so where 5 people was one post code sent in a questionnaire, only ONE was counted. It is called democracy. Perhaps the same will apply when 5 people in West Shoebury houses come to vote Conservative, but they only count one! That will mess things up.
5 years have past and what a surprise - It has not flooded. In 2010 the Council were sending out leaflets showing houses under water and telling their residents they were in serious risk of flooding. These same people are now back in control but seem content on waiting another 2 / 3 years before they offer a new design for flood defenses on Shoebury common. I wonder if they still feel we are at risk? They either do not care or they were lying in the first?
It seems such a SHAME that you have to hide behind a secret Blog site to express your views. It only goes to show that like the councillors, you have no confidence in what you are saying. If you have facts to support the Council's preferred option then we are sure you would receive front row attention. Friends of Shoebury Common have been trying to get answers to very simple questions for months
ReplyDeleteI cannot believe that residents attending the public consultation meetings that I also attended were intimidated in any way or that they felt unable to express their views, as Cllrs Cox, Jarvis and Hadley state on the questionnaire.
ReplyDeleteI also believe their questionnaire tries to bias the outcome as Q12 and Q13 clearly do.
Peter, welcome to the Stop Lovett & Bailey Team site! There are so many of us that we can not list all of the contributors unlike the 'Friends of Shoebury Common' where there are only four of you but try and make it sound bigger. It is interesting that you have not disagreed with anything that this site has unearthed. You are completely missing the point. The council from what I have seen have set out the flood risk and solutions from EXPERTS
ReplyDeleteThank you - The reason you have so many hits, is because we advised our 1500 members to check out this Blog, sent to us by Tony Cox, in order that they can see for themselves how this blog undermines their personal views and opinions. With over 650 people attending the Public Consultation meeting, many of whom live on the so called flood plain, but not one person has voted in agreement with this preferred option. This was repeated at the Shoebury Residents Association AGM. How strange that with so many "Blogspot" Residents on the flood plain, they did not attend this meeting to vote in agreement and support their Conservative Councillors?
ReplyDeleteAccording to the Echo how strange that with the entire population of Sheburyness only 18 people came to support your scheme when you have 1500 members, As we explained in a previous post we do not need a Kangeroo Court organised by your neighbours to voice our opinion. After reading the press clippings and your letters we do not understand your obsession with your local Conservative councillors. It is unhealthy Peter and we can only suggest that you medical advice
ReplyDeleteYou were obviously not present at this meeting, because you would have been told that this was the AGM for the "Shoebury Residents Association", whom have around 400 members, but only about 50 attended and of those attending NOT ONE PERSON voted in favour of the council's preferred option. You would think that after all this opposition, on-line surveys, comments, paper clippings, radio broadcasts etc., this Blog would realise the wall is not wanted. Some people at this meeting felt that nothing was needed, others felt that an alternative scheme should be considered instead. This is called democracy and should be decided against the highest number of total votes.
ReplyDeleteYou are now celebrating your first year on a Blog which you cannot contact. You have all this support, but in 12 months, where are the comments from your supporters? I can only assume it has the same support, as given to the Planning Application, where we had in excess of 2200 objections and you had only four. Just like the Council, where they only show one post code questionnaire, but we have supplied five addresses. The Council say "Respondents" but then we are told "Houses", so where 5 people was one post code sent in a questionnaire, only ONE was counted. It is called democracy. Perhaps the same will apply when 5 people in West Shoebury houses come to vote Conservative, but they only count one! That will mess things up.
ReplyDelete5 years have past and what a surprise - It has not flooded. In 2010 the Council were sending out leaflets showing houses under water and telling their residents they were in serious risk of flooding. These same people are now back in control but seem content on waiting another 2 / 3 years before they offer a new design for flood defenses on Shoebury common. I wonder if they still feel we are at risk? They either do not care or they were lying in the first?
ReplyDelete