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Letters from the (Sea) Front

Letters from the (Sea) Front Resistance to Scarborough Borough Council’s fiercely opposed proposal to access £5 million of Town Deal Fund cash and throw a further £6.4 million of Council reserves to ‘regenerate’ the Scarborough West Pier, in disregard of [...]

September 4, 2022 Letters, Scarborough Borough Council

Swimming Pool Land Sale Challenged

Swimming Pool Land Sale Challenged A Letter to the Editor from WILLIAM PARKIN of Staithes, responding to last week’s article “£1M Swimming Pool Sale Called In”, and highlighting a minor mystery concerning the financial prudence of the sale of the [...]

August 29, 2022 Letters, Scarborough Borough Council

SENIOR: Open Letter to GOODWILL

SENIOR: Open Letter to GOODWILL – West Pier Funding challenged Scarborough notable and pillar of the South Bay business community, Mr John SENIOR MBE TD, has published an Open Letter to Sir Robert GOODWILL MP [Con.] (Scarborough & Whitby), on [...]

August 15, 2022 Letters

“Waste Not, Want Not?”

“Waste Not, Want Not?” A Letter to the Editor from an elector in Scarborough, performing a valuable public service. ~~~~~ Dear Mr Thorne, The following information may be considered too trivial for your esteemed public service website. Nevertheless, I share [...]

August 14, 2022 Letters

BID: Opportunity Knocks, Ben Gilligan

Another very timely Letter to the Editor from HERO SUMNER, Chair of the Yorkshire Coast Levy Payers’ Association (YCLPA) and Whitby Town Councillor (WTC), who writes to clarify a small oversight of an instance of second sight on the part [...]

July 27, 2022 Scarborough Borough Council

Wheels within Wheels on the Bus…

A Letter to the Editor from HERO SUMNER, Whitby Town Councillor (WTC) and Chair of the Yorkshire Coast Levy Payers’ Association (YCLPA), who wonders, perhaps, if there is any discernible distinction between a gravy train and a gravy bus. ~~~~~ [...]

July 24, 2022 Letters

LCBID: “The Lincolnshire Poacher”

A Letter to the Editor from TONY KELLY, a Skegness publican, who is confronting very similar shenanigans with East Lindsay District Council and  Lincolnshire Coast Business Improvements District Ltd – LCBID – another manifestation of the same leaches-on-leaches syndrome well-known [...]

July 18, 2022 Scarborough Borough Council

Councils’ Vested Interest in YCBID

Councils’ Vested Interest in YCBID A Letter to the Editor from Mr WILLIAM PARKIN of Staithes, outlining his objections to the continuing existence of Yorkshire Coast BID Ltd. ~~~~~ Dear Editor BID REFUSENIKS Firstly, I am not a Levy Payer [...]

July 11, 2022 Letters

Protests Galore!

Protests Galore! Puffins hijacked! A Letter to the Editor from a Bridlington business proprietor who kindly send the following report on a civilised act of protest conducted on the evening of Wednesday 6th July – i.e. on the eve of [...]

July 7, 2022 East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Letters, Scarborough Borough Council

“Save Our West Pier”

An Open Letter from Scarborough Seafront Community Action Group By way of background, on 31st May 2022, the Scarborough Seafront Community Action Group (SSCAG) published its first Open Letter addressing SBC Leader Councillor Steve SIDDONS on behalf of its 100+ [...]

June 17, 2022 Letters, Scarborough Borough Council