General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

You will just sit there laughing? Sledge, tha dont seem reet to me. The fact is this, if I want to buy a new TV but suddenly I have a large gas bill come in, the TV will have to wait. So ever thought that the reason why money is not available for new roads is because it is poor adherence to budget? What is the point of building a large shopping centre when people cannot get there or the public transport is poor? It is called preparing for the inevitable,and the council do it very poorly. Oh, and believe me I have told them. Before the shopping centre was built a due dilligence report would have to be completed. I would love to read that report because the author must have made mention of the road network not being appropriate. Whether the statues are low cost compared to new roads is not the issue. They are a waste of money when we need money to put the basics in place. Oh, and guess what. The artists who completed the statues were not local artists but from outside the borough. Call me Mr Picky, I would have preferred some form of referendum before purchasing items such as statues. Even if the money did not go on roads, there are numerous worthy projects that money could go to. If you want a good cross section of Wiganers and ask them what they would prefer, statues or a better road structure, why not ask on here?
As for the public voting for councils, yup I know that. Roll on the election with the lot who are in at the moment.