tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post6307621729899393152..comments2023-12-09T07:21:51.160+00:00Comments on The Druid: Fighting for Anglesey: A "People's Manifesto" for local government in AngleseyPaul Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01021606156107333019noreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-86065993337405365452010-05-31T21:11:58.669+01:002010-05-31T21:11:58.669+01:00YouTube is here at last.YouTube is here at last.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-75925424451483602782010-05-28T12:12:03.249+01:002010-05-28T12:12:03.249+01:00Belated thanks to Anon who replied to my question ...Belated thanks to Anon who replied to my question above.<br /><br />I've been to the web-site and checked but couldn't find what I wanted which was a 'average cost of living of Ynys mon residents'<br /><br />unfortunately the data that: 2% of land area of 10% of most deprived area's doesn't give me a great deal of useable information - there are several statistical spins I could give to this data, but none tell me how much it cost to live up here.<br /><br />regards<br /><br />PrometheuswritesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-47736903489871875102010-05-20T17:06:39.607+01:002010-05-20T17:06:39.607+01:00Promethuswrites - The Welsh Assembly publish key s...Promethuswrites - The Welsh Assembly publish key statistics (Google key statistics anglesey) i.e below from report April 2008 for Ynys Môn:<br /><br />At £396, the median(i) weekly pay for full-time workers in Isle of Anglesey is around £19 less than the Welsh median.<br /><br />and <br /><br />The Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2005 ranks specific small areas in Wales in terms of deprivation: 2% of Isle of Anglesey’s areas fall in the 10% most deprived areas in Wales, but the majority of its areas are more deprived than the Wales average.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-69857805496002291342010-05-19T22:54:25.206+01:002010-05-19T22:54:25.206+01:00I've seen the information posted previously st...I've seen the information posted previously stating that Ynys Mon has the lowest average income (is this right) of around 1/2 the UK average. Can anyone shed light on what the relative cost of living is on Ynys Moncompared to other areas of the UK?Prometheuswritesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-28160059187402116692010-05-18T15:51:37.388+01:002010-05-18T15:51:37.388+01:00Regarding IT and FOI, I propose ALL documents, ema...Regarding IT and FOI, I propose ALL documents, emails, minutes and accounts are automatically indexed and made available online in one form or another.<br /><br />Exemptions will have to to applied for through an independent body and copies lodged with them. This would also be indexed but some control may be needed to release contents. This will be decided by the independent organisation, not the CC.<br /><br />ALL paperwork to be located at one place or the other.<br /><br />No need for FOI requests.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-84316073727859818702010-05-18T08:14:11.391+01:002010-05-18T08:14:11.391+01:00DRUID,
I wonder how many of the vociferous ranting...DRUID,<br />I wonder how many of the vociferous ranting-angry bloggers here are prepared to shed their convenient protective anonimity and come to a public platform to air their many grievances in an articulate, persuasive and intelligent way...with EVIDENCE....not many I guess, if any ??<br />This blog has great potential for the improvement of Anglesey, and IACC, but it is being spoilt by too many ranters with idle time on their hands.<br />Blin o FonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-73286237209402732112010-05-17T18:17:45.855+01:002010-05-17T18:17:45.855+01:00Good maybe someone needs to punch their lights out...Good maybe someone needs to punch their lights out, get arrested, then when charged plead not guilty, get taken to court, plead not guilty, then tell the world how these toothless gutless chinless wonders have destroyed people's lives. I'm up for that, my target is the chinless wonder who is in charge of issuing licences to the immigrants yet refuses to give a licence to my Welsh Brothers.<br /><br />I know who you are....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-9881092516746638692010-05-17T12:16:08.766+01:002010-05-17T12:16:08.766+01:00To all angry Bloggers here....If you want direct p...To all angry Bloggers here....If you want direct public access to CMcG and his cronies, and DB, outside their Council ramparts, for a real demonstration of protest..look no further than the IACC tent at the imminent Anglesey Show ??<br />They will be there in public, and the press will be around !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-29284810055010930262010-05-17T03:46:40.374+01:002010-05-17T03:46:40.374+01:00I would like to suggest that Promethius writes pos...I would like to suggest that Promethius writes post seems to be coherent regarding getting some sort of manifesto<br />and my own suggestions especially regarding the railway line were as long term tourist attractions<br />Lets be honest the local populus is hardly going to expand and suddenly provide hundreds of well paid jobs that draw the youth back but there are the natural assets that cold be capitalised on, not for great bucks but for sustainable long term benefit. Soft technology - Oh and as for speeding the coastal line up - it would help Dublin and the island making Anglesey easier to commute from ( though is seems that as a group we are even more disjointed than the council we are all happy to run down) Manifesto??? - what is it the council are actually supposed to do???Dahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11918094136055882694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-24952539078639648072010-05-16T21:58:24.265+01:002010-05-16T21:58:24.265+01:00The best way forward would be to set a date..say 1...The best way forward would be to set a date..say 1st of June 2010 then the following happens.. every single Councillor hands in his or her resignation... chaos will start..then the Welsh Assembly may just wake up..that would be our first request in our manifesto.<br /><br />Real Welsh Nationalists Army.<br />Amlwch Brigade Commander.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-46140727045666198512010-05-16T10:31:59.498+01:002010-05-16T10:31:59.498+01:00Little brother, no offence, but did you cut and pa...Little brother, no offence, but did you cut and paste this from a Nigerian 419?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-15539136719500813452010-05-15T23:46:20.145+01:002010-05-15T23:46:20.145+01:00DRUID
24 HOURS A DAY COMPUTERS ASSIST IN SECURING...DRUID<br /><br />24 HOURS A DAY COMPUTERS ASSIST IN SECURING WORLDWIDE SAFETY AND LAWFULNESS. THOSE COMPUTERS RECOGNISE THREE/FOUR LETTER DESIGNATORS, KEY WORDS AND CERTAIN PHRASES.<br />EXAMPLES OF ALL HAVE APPEARED ON THESE PAGES.<br />CONTRIBUOTORS, WHILST ADDING TO AND ENJOYING YOUR BLOGSPOT SHOULD BE AWARE THAT FOOLISHLY ENTERED MATTER COULD LEAD TO EXAMINATION, IDENTIFICATION AND CLOSURE WHICH WOULD BE SHAME.<br /><br /><br />Little BrotherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-9661644630745468572010-05-15T22:17:26.809+01:002010-05-15T22:17:26.809+01:00I got the impression that there was a lot of carin...I got the impression that there was a lot of caring here, about Anglesey and its people. <br /><br />People's lives are affected every day by the actions of the Council. Evidently people need to vent their frustration and anger. Yes there are some puerile and facile comments - and the odd incomprhensible comment - but humour breaks through now and then. Most importantly some seeds of hope.<br /><br />To return to the thread, perhaps trust between the people and the elected members and the officers has broken down so far that some sort of reconciliation process needs to take place before we can begin to move on.Nookanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-79062705103223769382010-05-15T21:51:04.814+01:002010-05-15T21:51:04.814+01:00RWNA 21.34
I think you are correct.
Do you reme...RWNA 21.34<br /><br />I think you are correct.<br /><br />Do you remember the old Chineese joke "Virginity like bubble, one prick all gone". Maybe thats it, (now I am not for one minute suggesting thewy have never had any but) Anglesey Councillors and many officers make up the 'bubble' and Barrie Durking makes up the other part. Still once it has burst we can stary again with a clean? sheet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-68845437722071904242010-05-15T21:34:13.158+01:002010-05-15T21:34:13.158+01:00Why isn't there any one here who cares about A...Why isn't there any one here who cares about Anglesey and the people? No wonder the Council are laughing, they know that no one cares.... Barrie Durkin, Peter Rogers all windbags, the Councillors have all let us down, no wonder we are getting ANGRY.<br /><br />Real Welsh Nationalists Army.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-40882287001512368992010-05-15T19:41:15.648+01:002010-05-15T19:41:15.648+01:00I was being politeI was being politeNookanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-51285434895161472252010-05-15T19:29:08.860+01:002010-05-15T19:29:08.860+01:00Nooka; you mis-spelled wankers.Nooka; you mis-spelled wankers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-86317551247939912402010-05-15T12:46:11.002+01:002010-05-15T12:46:11.002+01:00Slightly off topic here but in reply to a post abo...Slightly off topic here but in reply to a post above re Shell - Thanks to You Know Who I Am (14th May 6.55) for the very interesting link to the Anglesey Charitable Trust fund accounts on the Charities Commission website. <br /><br />Reading the accounts it seems they have been investing the money in stocks and shares. <br />Quote from pg 3 of latest accounts (2008 - signed off in Feb of this year)<br />"A sum of £:1.6m has been earmarked towards regeneration schemes from the past<br />capital growth of the fund, although following stock market falls affecting the value<br />of the Trust's investments it had not been possible to allocate this amount in full."<br /><br />Quote pg 4 "The Trust has wide investment powers including purchase of stocks, shares,<br />securities and property of all types whether or not they produce income and<br />irrespective of the risk involved."<br /><br />But don't worry about the risk because on pg3 "The major risks, to which the Trust is exposed, as identified by the Trustee, have<br />been reviewed and systems or procedures have been established to manage the<br />risk."<br /><br />Pg 5 Quote "This year the financial performance suffered due to falls in the stock market in the<br />first quarter of 2008, with a total net loss on investments of £0.6m for the year."<br /><br />and yet the "Anticipated gross income for the year was £394,000. As it turned out, investment<br />income was £451,549."<br />Does that mean that less money was lost than had been anticipated?<br /><br />pg 6 "POST BALANCE SHEET EVENTS<br />Reflecting changes in the wider economy, the market value of the Trust's<br />investments has fallen further since 31 March 2008. As a result, the intention to<br />make further allocations of regeneration funding has been frozen in order to<br />comply w th the Charitable Trust's long term target for the value of investments."<br /><br />No wonder the accounts are late. <br /><br />Perhaps the Trust is run by a bunch of bankers?Nookanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-16477524878426348482010-05-15T12:32:27.692+01:002010-05-15T12:32:27.692+01:00And you could have a job, each morning at a replic...And you could have a job, each morning at a replica cave entrance, you the Druid could chant magic old Druid sayings and open the attraction, wow the Americans would love it, (start growing your beard now).stats mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-7391008219179104592010-05-15T11:36:58.089+01:002010-05-15T11:36:58.089+01:00Anon 11:35 - now you're talking!Anon 11:35 - now you're talking!Paul Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01021606156107333019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-32251685546281122932010-05-15T11:35:08.231+01:002010-05-15T11:35:08.231+01:00Parc DruidParc DruidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-12802343172136970242010-05-15T11:32:39.168+01:002010-05-15T11:32:39.168+01:00add to above. The site could be council owned. The...add to above. The site could be council owned. They would plan the layout, build infrastructure like roads, carparks, paths, WCs and some buildings. then have say 20 or 30 plots scattered around for rent. <br /><br />Like a business park.<br /><br />It would be low-impact development. No high buildings. Spread out over a wide area.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-89136974851203954012010-05-15T10:41:45.677+01:002010-05-15T10:41:45.677+01:00Tourism and Leisure
A big attraction in the centr...Tourism and Leisure<br /><br />A big attraction in the centre of the island, something like Greenwood Centre crossed with Eden Project crossed with Center Parc, including walking, riding and cycling paths. Boating etc. 3 swimming pools with slides, waves etc. Discounted entry and season tickets for residents.<br /><br />Somewhere to go on a rainy day after you have been to the covered market in Llangefni.<br /><br />Not a shopping centre.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-8461966161937435562010-05-15T08:59:49.817+01:002010-05-15T08:59:49.817+01:00The definition of irony willing to disclose someon...The definition of irony willing to disclose someone identity whilst hiding one's own.<br /><br />It's the IP address you need by the way. <br />The IP address of druidsrevenge.blogspot.com (web address) is 209.85.135.191 and is assigned to United States, via Google's proxy server.stats mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-20748389900064714612010-05-15T08:49:13.667+01:002010-05-15T08:49:13.667+01:00My guess is Lemmy Kilmister - he doesn't like ...My guess is Lemmy Kilmister - he doesn't like what's happened to Benllech.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com