tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post2435212683831819872..comments2023-12-21T00:14:07.455+00:00Comments on <center>EASTCLIFF RICHARD</center>: RandomoaniumRichard Eastcliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10514972891192411470noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-48223070476113196092014-04-17T17:52:48.071+01:002014-04-17T17:52:48.071+01:00You're right, Anon, that we all need to have t...You're right, Anon, that we all need to have thick skins when blogging. I used to blog as "One Voice In Thanet" and am very aware of the "tensions".<br /><br />But I think the point 204 is making is that Epps and a few others respond to every contribution they do not like or support with the same narrow suggestion - that the contributor is just one person. They usually try to say that the contributor is "Tim" who is obviously something of a bete noire for them.<br /><br />It IS difficult to distinguish between anonymous contributors, sure, but they persist with their claims even when they are told they are incorrect. And they avoid the points and the issues being raised and instead slag off the presumend originator.<br /><br />I have crossed words with Epps over his actions, behaviour and false statements on here and have been called "Tim" in response more times than I care to remember. It is incorrect and gets a bit wearing after a while.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-63866940457231100842014-04-17T17:40:05.510+01:002014-04-17T17:40:05.510+01:002:04 you rather lost me for how can you lie about ...2:04 you rather lost me for how can you lie about somebody you do not even know? Bit like me suggesting that you are a fat, ugly bloke. How could I possibly know so it is meaningless. Get yourself some Prozac and relax more. Life is for living, not moaning about being called something anonymously.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-69678937760310712002014-04-17T15:49:37.008+01:002014-04-17T15:49:37.008+01:00Well done ECR. These one-handed dullards are ruini...Well done ECR. These one-handed dullards are ruining it for everyone else. Or at least, they're trying to. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-6266884508570953242014-04-17T15:20:57.261+01:002014-04-17T15:20:57.261+01:00Well said, 2.04pm. I am working up a treatise on t...Well said, 2.04pm. I am working up a treatise on the current parlous state of Thanet blogging, which I hope to publish after Easter. Richard Eastcliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10514972891192411470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-62361972119371257932014-04-17T14:04:06.286+01:002014-04-17T14:04:06.286+01:00There is a major problem with the bogging scene an...There is a major problem with the bogging scene and William Epps and his cronies are it. I posted at 09:13, giving some critical views of Margate, based on my personal experience. At 09:38 William Epps felt the need to post and to accuse me of being some other poster who posts frequently.<br /><br />I don't post frequently. I have only posted twice on this thread. Epps is just lying when he accuses me of being this other poster. Why should he be allowed to lie about somebody he doesn't even know? It's just typical of the gutter-level politics that is endemic in Thanet. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-14229566002176684812014-04-16T17:41:17.928+01:002014-04-16T17:41:17.928+01:00er Cllr Epps who funds this Public Works Board the...er Cllr Epps who funds this Public Works Board then? Is there a weblink?<br /><br />2:17 is quibbling again: both Epps and Sandys have resigned and could step down to prevent lame duck politics which is what we now have from them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-56075516122585375132014-04-16T14:36:03.997+01:002014-04-16T14:36:03.997+01:00Er, 2:14, the last time I looked the Public Works ...Er, 2:14, the last time I looked the Public Works Board was precisely that, an organisation that provided loans for public works.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17927801279761727020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-41979337510233618072014-04-16T14:17:40.298+01:002014-04-16T14:17:40.298+01:00Sandys is not a councillor but an MP and has state...Sandys is not a councillor but an MP and has stated she will not stand again in 2015. She has not resigned and is still the MP for Thanet South.<br /><br />Epps has also said he will not stand again for the Broadstairs town council in 2015, but he has not resigned and is still a councillor until then.<br /><br />You do seem to have some grasp problems 1:49.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-48339500883664718882014-04-16T14:14:11.078+01:002014-04-16T14:14:11.078+01:00Thanks Cllr Epps: the Public Works Board Loan is f...Thanks Cllr Epps: the Public Works Board Loan is from where? KCC? Central Government?<br /><br />So c.£1.2M to build Pierremont Hall again or an addition to it? Looks like a white elephant vanity project but the BTC councillors still think it's a good use of tax?<br /><br />Snarky as ever you've also forgotten the costs to date after 11 years and ongoing? £100k? And what the money could have been spent on say beach cleaning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-73142500890519860112014-04-16T14:09:32.642+01:002014-04-16T14:09:32.642+01:002:02. Certainly: expensive in three ways: they cha...2:02. Certainly: expensive in three ways: they charge twice for essentially the same council ie doublehatters. Expensive also in terms of incompetent/waste ie the Port £3M, Pleasurama £2M, council tax increases rather than sackings and so on. Expensive in terms of idle ie wasted opportunities: Pleasurama still derelict, the beaches/toilets still dirty/closed, lack of FOI and so on. Does that help you? Or do you think they are excellent and we should pay them more because they are underpaid?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-39103128500500645002014-04-16T14:04:45.447+01:002014-04-16T14:04:45.447+01:00You can forget investigating the Macgonagal-Moores...You can forget investigating the Macgonagal-Moores 0% fraud or Thor mercury too. Silence is best at TDC: how badly are we served? <br /><br />The Duffers would rather keep quiet and poison themselves and their families and friends and neighbours than do anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-992243497167355982014-04-16T14:02:13.764+01:002014-04-16T14:02:13.764+01:001:49 perhaps you could qualify your too expensive ...1:49 perhaps you could qualify your too expensive comment in relation to councillors. Do you actually know what town councillors in Ramsgate and Broadstairs receive?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-39341939187788220432014-04-16T14:00:06.428+01:002014-04-16T14:00:06.428+01:00Usual charm offensive I see, 1:49, but to answer y...Usual charm offensive I see, 1:49, but to answer your query on the proposed Commmunity Centre, it was to be funded by £600K from TDC, £85K from KCC and £500K from BTC via a Public Works Board Loan.<br /><br />The time in planning and consultations was to deal with all the objections raised and to accommodate those, in particular the desire not to lose parkland. It had finally reached agreement all round including the planning consents, but TDC then refused to grant the necessary lease to the BTC.<br /><br />TDC are now directing that alternative sites should be considered. That is not blaming, merely stating the facts.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17927801279761727020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-73931229435720996872014-04-16T13:49:50.844+01:002014-04-16T13:49:50.844+01:00Well said 10:47. Cllr Epps now refers to the Commu...Well said 10:47. Cllr Epps now refers to the Community Centre but still refuses to detail the costs so far (we have a figure of c.£100k and counting) and now seems to be blaming TDC. And most of the councillors sit on that council too.<br /><br />He pointed out most of the Broadstairs councillors were in favour so why after 11 years and £500k has it not been built? As with Manston/LHR 24/7 cargo airport no doubt because it was a stupid policy in the first place and the public rejected it as soon as it became known.<br /><br />Imagine if £100k had been spent on cleaning up Broadstairs beach rather than pointless pen-pushing?<br /><br />The councillors are too old, too many, too expensive and too stupid we need a clearout and a change rather than them clinging on. At least Epps and Sandys have resigned. When will the others go? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-40549599384619732942014-04-16T12:19:30.814+01:002014-04-16T12:19:30.814+01:0011.56
Obviously a councillor or amateur snapper....11.56 <br /><br />Obviously a councillor or amateur snapper. No capitals after commas, there's a love.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-81456380034813835642014-04-16T11:56:40.272+01:002014-04-16T11:56:40.272+01:00Duncan, They have arrived. QED Duncan, They have arrived. QED Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-12402371074096761412014-04-16T11:12:14.412+01:002014-04-16T11:12:14.412+01:0010.47 Well said. As I mentioned yesterday, I'm...10.47 Well said. As I mentioned yesterday, I'm not political or a blog owner etc etc, just a local resident. That I choose not to give my actual name is more to do with the sensitive nature of my work in East Kent. Council representatives spend tax-payers money so should be identified when posting comments. I could invent a nom-de-plume but don't see what difference it would make.<br /><br />These old boys are obsessed with rank, number etczzzzz<br /><br />As Tony Benn once said, it's all about the 'Ishoos' !!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-56070577303908904022014-04-16T10:47:42.373+01:002014-04-16T10:47:42.373+01:00The problem with your observation, Mr Smithson, is...The problem with your observation, Mr Smithson, is that many of the "piss poor rants" come from either properly named bloggers or those using a name just for their blogging activity - which puts them in the same anonymous category as me. Your focus on "anons" is therefore misplaced.<br /><br />The problem is the personal attacks and threats that many are all too keen to throw around, the obsession some have with trying to identify anonymous bloggers, and the obsession some have with "Tim". Those obsessions seem to afflict mostly "named" bloggers.<br /><br />Your suggestion that quality contributions flow (only) from named bloggers is wholly flawed.<br /><br />And the challenges to Mr Epps come about because of his behaviour and false staements on the blogs, not his personality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-82571007021317586182014-04-16T10:36:47.403+01:002014-04-16T10:36:47.403+01:00Duncan,
You are correct. I sometimes get the impr...Duncan,<br /><br />You are correct. I sometimes get the impression that this blog is little more than a playground for vulgar inadequates.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-80980208465703537762014-04-16T10:34:40.852+01:002014-04-16T10:34:40.852+01:00Duncan,
Well said. I agree with your assessment o...Duncan,<br /><br />Well said. I agree with your assessment of this blogAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-78628185365221125142014-04-16T09:38:40.170+01:002014-04-16T09:38:40.170+01:00Thanks for the support Duncan and I agree with you...Thanks for the support Duncan and I agree with you about the blogging scene. Unfortunately it is mainly one rather spiteful anonymous who seems to hate all and sundry in much the same proportions. After his demolition of Broadstairs I see he has now started on Margate. For his benefit though, on the Community Centre, TDC are now directing that the trust look at alternative sites for it, probably to fit in with their plans to dispose of Pierremont Hall.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17927801279761727020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-56150549589366400072014-04-16T09:13:55.217+01:002014-04-16T09:13:55.217+01:00The councillors are useless, but they don't kn...The councillors are useless, but they don't know it. Over many years they have built up this image of themselves as entrepreneurs and promoters of regeneration. However, when they've used public money to back their ideas they have lost, every time. <br /><br />Yesterday I went to Margate for the first time since last Summer. Councillors have spent tens of millions of pounds of public money backing the Turner Centre claiming it would regenerate Margate. Yet I walked past boarded up shop after boarded up shop; far more then there were last year. The Turner Centre has cost huge amounts of money but has not resulted in regeneration. Those responsible must now go. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-89758767415989212412014-04-16T08:27:37.627+01:002014-04-16T08:27:37.627+01:00What's happening with Pleasurama and the Port,...What's happening with Pleasurama and the Port, presumably nothing? We need a clearout of our councillors they just can't do anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-81487092556754392932014-04-16T08:01:16.307+01:002014-04-16T08:01:16.307+01:00Epps will never mention the Community Centre farce...Epps will never mention the Community Centre farce or Moores and the 0% fraud: Tories Good, Labour Bad and cover up everything else that disproves that. <br /><br />Clive is the same with his nonsensical Gazette articles on how TDC is superb, working hard, airport the future, Port perfectly fine, corruption what corruption etc etcAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-612877356626850172014-04-16T07:52:14.597+01:002014-04-16T07:52:14.597+01:00None of the beaches have been looked after by TDC:...None of the beaches have been looked after by TDC: look at the lack of beach cleaning, toilets closed for months, few beach huts, parking on the prom and so on. The councillors are elderly ineffectives and the officials incompetent and overpaid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com