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C-mon Franny, at least TRY and get some facts right and point you critique in the right direction

The standard of public transport in Wigan is very much open to interpretation, does everyone think its poor or is it just you? and once again I will ask you.....if it is so poor why is it the fault of the MBC? Unless I have missed something they dont own or manage or run the bus companies, I always believed public transport in our fair town was regulated by GMPTE. If as I suspect you are over a certain age bus use is free for you and if so you should have even less to moan about because you are not paying for it. If so it proves the point I made earlier that some people are never satisfied. Perhaps the real issue is down to the fact the nearest stop is more than 10 yrds from your house and that they dont run every 2.75 minutes...am I warm?

Another point, dont think MBC paid for and owns the Grande Arcade? They didnt and they dont. Between you and me it was making money for us before they dug the first hole and is now generating more income than originaly forecast. Its encouraged some big names which wouldnt otherwise have been interested and its helping us to loose our dowdy,negative, Northern mill/pit town cloth-cap, pigeon, whippet etc etc image that outsiders laugh at and holds us back when it comes to new business investment....... and that I suspect you might want to cling onto until your last breath. They in turn are attracting consumers and putting money into the local economy and providing much needed employment. Might sound like hype and spin I know but take your blinkers off and you will see I cant be far from the truth, its going to be difficult for you but consider how important this is to any small town in this day and age.......outside investment, jobs and money or 10 minutes stuck in traffic at peak times? hhhmmmmm is that another toughie for you eh?

So you would have prefered a referendum on the statues eh? and increase the cost by a factor of perhaps 5 with no guarantee of the project even going ahead and waste even more of the leisure budget money....HELLOOOOOO, isnt that hypocrisy? You really seem to be struggling with the concept that things cost money and the fact that money does not grow on trees. Dont forget that the Lottery commision stumped up some cash and there were certain conditions involved....so some hands were tied.
So we should have had a referendum eh? Fair enough, why not stop ranting, do something positive and TELL THEM, not me and next time they might consider it....bet you dont though

I wouldnt ask any opinions in here, there is an underlying factor and a mindset that tells me I would not get a truly representative answer so its a pointless excersise. Oh hang on, I see what you did there, you tried to get me to look daft... nahnahnah, and NO I am not going to say what it is, work it out yourself......Can I get back to my laughing now?