tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273124520330547347.post7317924862046960974..comments2023-10-04T16:22:32.920+01:00Comments on Thanet Strife: MARGATE'S ARCADES IN TROUBLEBertie Biggleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14197385124719226254noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273124520330547347.post-76131553202426429312008-05-15T22:31:00.000+01:002008-05-15T22:31:00.000+01:00Peter, I absolutely agree with you; a fine bloke. ...Peter, I absolutely agree with you; a fine bloke. <BR/><BR/>Michael is spot on about supporting our local High Streets before we lose them. if you can buy it locally do so. With car fuel what it is, is a Westwood Cross shop really any cheaper for many items?Bertie Biggleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14197385124719226254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273124520330547347.post-80290935751755893182008-05-14T12:26:00.000+01:002008-05-14T12:26:00.000+01:00I believe what lies behind this is clever lobbying...I believe what lies behind this is clever lobbying of national government by the big casino chains to get gamblers to out of town casinos, just as I think the smoking ban was about closing down the small pubs to get us to use the big chain pub eateries or our sad planning laws closing down town centre shop and leisure facilities. <BR/><BR/>Don’t get me wrong here, this isn’t about the winging of a small shopkeeper, this is about the wanton destruction of our towns, our living environment. I have boycotted spending money out of town since last November and if you wish to live in a town or village and not a housing estate with interesting architecture I would urge you to do the same.Michael Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499435016469020417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273124520330547347.post-79001350672736010292008-05-14T11:14:00.000+01:002008-05-14T11:14:00.000+01:00With reference to Canterbury City Council, it has ...With reference to Canterbury City Council, it has been clear to me that this body has obstructed various schemes and plans to encourage growth in surrounding areas with the intention of syphoning off the inward investment towards itself, to the detrement of surrounding towns and villages.<BR/>The irony is that having created areas of poverty around it's self it now has the problem that these very areas are now a source of cheap labour and services, causing unemployment amoungst it own population, and it own high prices can only push it own inhabitents out, speeding it's own desent into an empty husk of a city requented only by tourist and low pay service industry day workers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273124520330547347.post-65322732601705504022008-05-14T08:35:00.000+01:002008-05-14T08:35:00.000+01:00While no-one is perfect, I believe Roger Gale is s...While no-one is perfect, I believe Roger Gale is someone who genuinely cares & does his best for the area.Peter Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06283534498743254609noreply@blogger.com