http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/lettersandcomment/skipper/ Falmouth Packet /lettersandcomment/skipper/ en-gb Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:40:24 +0100 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:40:24 +0100 http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/lettersandcomment/skipper/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/resources/images/508810/?type=rsslogo http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/lettersandcomment/skipper/ http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/lettersandcomment/skipper/4468168.Cut_this_utter_waste_of_money/?ref=rss THE new Cornwall Council now has its line up – the Government-styled cabinet which will take the new authority forward - and the first words uttered by the new leader Alec Robertson was about tightening the belt and cutting out wasteful expenditure. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:38:05 +0100 45019eec022c7ff523be9f397501cf15 http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/lettersandcomment/skipper/4455715.Funding_bodies_need_educating/?ref=rss IT seems that at a blink of the eye, or flick of the fingers, millions of pounds of funding from the taxpayer can be secured on behalf of Cornwall’s university. Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:08:45 +0100 6bfd86dfe9128ec1b73d9a846741914a http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/lettersandcomment/skipper/4442571.We___ll_battle_on_in_spite_of_RDA/?ref=rss THE Regional Development Agency’s decision to pull the plug on Falmouth’s cruise terminal plans is nothing short of a fingers up sign on Falmouth – a case of “hard luck, we have little money and what we have got you are not getting.” Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:43:26 +0100 6e05965d1c03b00e0a46551f6b4cb08c http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/lettersandcomment/skipper/4428536.Biggest_loser_is_democracy/?ref=rss Well the elections are over and Labour got the drubbing that they deserved. The Conservatives appear to have done well but the turnout of voters was frankly appalling. Meanwhile the Liberal Democrats lost control of the county at last. They probably weren't helped by publishing leaflets insulting the competition. I would love to be a fly on the wall in that little inquest! Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:50:00 +0100 8d75026d304c23659e83bcfa1fdddb60 http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/lettersandcomment/skipper/4417104.I___m_waiting_for_a_good_bus_service/?ref=rss When will the public transport system in Cornwall be something everyone can be proud of? Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:29:57 +0100 52f7f9d60c9e36e6ca4171d98f143a2c http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/lettersandcomment/skipper/4398800.I___m_keeping_my_good_eye_open_/?ref=rss CORNWALL’S Lib Dem MPs have welcomed the announcement on expenses reform that will put the emphasis on transparency and accountability. I bet they have. They smell an election on the horizon and don’t want any more dirty linen washed in public. Wed, 27 May 2009 10:42:18 +0100 8d15ce2e066bbadd18030cb85c17ba12 http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/lettersandcomment/skipper/4382419.Expenses_and_more_expenses/?ref=rss THE scandal that has involved our MPs during the past week has made good reading whatever your views. But methinks there is much more to it than meets the eye – and we will never know the real truth. Wed, 20 May 2009 11:51:46 +0100 65141a27bc235853da52f8560b524a24 http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/lettersandcomment/skipper/4364377.MPs_not_only_ones_to_watch_expenses/?ref=rss The expenses claims by MPs as revealed by the Daily Telegraph are scandalous to say the least. Wed, 13 May 2009 10:04:45 +0100 fa5c8140e36f045c5b4e0b55e3f643cf