Bruce Napier wrote: > On 22 Nov 2007, at 15:46, Roger Millin wrote: > >> Well, that's quite a good write up, pity there are no *real* >> proposals as to how it is to be achieved. > > I am an administrator - do not trouble me with these petty details! > > I guess what I'm setting out is the alternative vision of broad based > public funding rather than relying on a diminishing supply from Defra. > It would of course take a lot of skilled lobbying by BW's Chairman and > CE, which in turn requires commitment from them, so probably a change > of personnel for a start.
YEAH!...get rid of the spinless **** and get someone like Sir Frank Price in control! Well I for one thought your letter had some good proposals. > > The idea (raised I think in another place) of announcing that some of > the recently regenerated lengths will have to be reclassified as > remainder waterway as BW doesn't have the funds to maintain it to > cruiseway standard would galvanise the LAs concerned to do there bit, > perhaps. The idea of taxing waterside properties in view of their > increased amenity value is new, I think (and down to Sheila, let me > say) I went on about that in my little read submission to EFRA. -- Neil Arlidge - NB Earnest - Shannon Reg 7410 Read about our Irish travels at: http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/Tour_07/index.html
