Right chaps. Below is the template of a letter you can send to your local councillor. Please take the time to do this and let them know how pissed off we are with the way our football club has been treated
The full list of PCC councillors can be found here: http://democracy.peterborough.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?bcr=1
Contact details can be found here: http://democracy.peterborough.gov.uk/mgCommitteeMailingList.aspx?ID=0
Councillor Cereste cab be contacted at marco.cereste@peterborough.gov.uk
Dear Councillor xxxxxxx
I am writing on behalf of PISA 2000 – the independent supporters association of Peterborough United.
Like them I consider Peterborough United to be one of the foremost ambassadors for the city of Peterborough and a successful football club is a prime catalyst in the creation of vibrant town or city. However, I am extremely concerned about the lack of progress regarding the provision of a ground for the football team.
As my political representative within the city, I would like you to respond to several questions relating to the club and the ground:
Do you feel that the Chief Executive along with the then leader of Peterborough City Council, Cllr Franklin, was right not to enforce the requirement for a written offer to be made when the London Road ground was sold to Peterborough United Holdings Ltd. (PUHL)?
Do you feel that the Chief Executive and Cllr Franklin were right to dispense with the required six month notice period when the London Road ground was sold to PUHL?
Do you feel that the sale of the London Road ground, one of the city's premium assets, should have been subjected to a vote within the council?
A conservative estimate would place the value of the ground at several million pounds at the time of the sale, although according to reports it was sold to PUHL at the substantially lower price of £760,000. Do you feel that the Chief Executive and Cllr Franklin ensured the best deal for the tax payers of Peterborough at that time?
Would you support a compulsory purchase order to return the London Road ground to the people of Peterborough?Assuming that negotiations with PUHL are not able to complete, where would your favoured location for a new ground be?
Would you support a motion within council that would ensure a commitment to fixed start date for the work to begin on a new stadium, irrespective of the progress of finding a site at the time of that motion?
Whilst the membership of PISA is not politicised per se, it is an active group with the numbers to make an impact on the local political scene. They have no plans to put forward single issue candidates for local elections, or indeed to actively campaign against councillors that they feel are obstructing the progress of Peterborough United, however, they cannot rule these actions out in the future.
I appreciate the workload of a councillor, but would like to emphasise the importance of this matter to the community that you represent and would urge you to answer the questions as soon as possible. If you are unable to answer the questions, I would be left with no alternative other than to assume that you would prefer to ignore the concerns of the Posh supporting tax payers and would rather the city was not able to offer this facility to its population.
Thank you again for your time and I look forward to hearing from you
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
An open letter to the leader of the Peterborough City Council
Dear Councillor Cereste
I am writing on behalf of PISA 2000 – the independent supporters association of Peterborough United.
We consider Peterborough United to be one of the foremost ambassadors for the city of Peterborough and a successful football club is a prime catalyst in the creation of vibrant town or city. However, we are disappointed to report that the membership of PISA is extremely concerned about the lack of progress regarding the provision of a ground for the football team.
As one our political representatives within the city, PISA 2000 would like you to respond to several questions relating to the club and the ground:
Do you feel that the Chief Executive along with the then leader of Peterborough City Council, Cllr Franklin, was right not to enforce the requirement for a written offer to be made when the London Road ground was sold to Peterborough United Holdings Ltd. (PUHL)?
Do you feel that the Chief Executive and Cllr Franklin were right to dispense with the required six month notice period when the London Road ground was sold to PUHL?
Do you feel that the sale of the London Road ground, one of the city's premium assets, should have been subjected to a vote within the council?
A conservative estimate would place the value of the ground at several million pounds at the time of sale, although according to reports it was sold to PUHL at the substantially lower price £760,000. Do you feel that the Chief Executive and Cllr Franklin ensured the best deal for the tax payers of Peterborough at that time?
Would you support a compulsory purchase order to return the London Road ground to the people of Peterborough?Assuming that negotiations with PUHL are not able to complete, where would your favoured location for a new ground be?
Would you support a motion within council that would ensure a commitment to fixed start date for the work to begin on a new stadium, irrespective of the progress of finding a site at the time of that motion?
Whilst the membership of PISA is not politicised per se, it is an active group with the numbers to make an impact on the local political scene. There are no plans to put forward single issue candidates for local elections, or indeed to actively campaign against councillors that we feel are obstructing the progress of Peterborough United, however, we cannot rule these actions out in the future.
We will make the answers to the questions available to our members and possibly within the wider media. We appreciate the workload of a councillor, but would like to emphasise the importance of this matter to the community that you represent and would urge you to answer the questions as soon as possible. If you are unable to answer the questions, we would be left with no alternative other than to assume that you would prefer to ignore the concerns of the Posh supporting tax payers and would rather the city was not able to offer this facility to its population.
We would also remind you of your pledge when you took over leadership of the council: "We need proper leadership which is focused on what needs to be done in the city, while being responsive to what our electorate says we need."
Thank you again for your time and we look forward to hearing from you
Adi Mowles
Chairman
PISA 2000
I am writing on behalf of PISA 2000 – the independent supporters association of Peterborough United.
We consider Peterborough United to be one of the foremost ambassadors for the city of Peterborough and a successful football club is a prime catalyst in the creation of vibrant town or city. However, we are disappointed to report that the membership of PISA is extremely concerned about the lack of progress regarding the provision of a ground for the football team.
As one our political representatives within the city, PISA 2000 would like you to respond to several questions relating to the club and the ground:
Do you feel that the Chief Executive along with the then leader of Peterborough City Council, Cllr Franklin, was right not to enforce the requirement for a written offer to be made when the London Road ground was sold to Peterborough United Holdings Ltd. (PUHL)?
Do you feel that the Chief Executive and Cllr Franklin were right to dispense with the required six month notice period when the London Road ground was sold to PUHL?
Do you feel that the sale of the London Road ground, one of the city's premium assets, should have been subjected to a vote within the council?
A conservative estimate would place the value of the ground at several million pounds at the time of sale, although according to reports it was sold to PUHL at the substantially lower price £760,000. Do you feel that the Chief Executive and Cllr Franklin ensured the best deal for the tax payers of Peterborough at that time?
Would you support a compulsory purchase order to return the London Road ground to the people of Peterborough?Assuming that negotiations with PUHL are not able to complete, where would your favoured location for a new ground be?
Would you support a motion within council that would ensure a commitment to fixed start date for the work to begin on a new stadium, irrespective of the progress of finding a site at the time of that motion?
Whilst the membership of PISA is not politicised per se, it is an active group with the numbers to make an impact on the local political scene. There are no plans to put forward single issue candidates for local elections, or indeed to actively campaign against councillors that we feel are obstructing the progress of Peterborough United, however, we cannot rule these actions out in the future.
We will make the answers to the questions available to our members and possibly within the wider media. We appreciate the workload of a councillor, but would like to emphasise the importance of this matter to the community that you represent and would urge you to answer the questions as soon as possible. If you are unable to answer the questions, we would be left with no alternative other than to assume that you would prefer to ignore the concerns of the Posh supporting tax payers and would rather the city was not able to offer this facility to its population.
We would also remind you of your pledge when you took over leadership of the council: "We need proper leadership which is focused on what needs to be done in the city, while being responsive to what our electorate says we need."
Thank you again for your time and we look forward to hearing from you
Adi Mowles
Chairman
PISA 2000
Monday, 19 October 2009
Leadership for Peterborough?
"We need proper leadership which is focused on what needs to be done in the city, while being responsive to what our electorate says we need. I decided to stand for leader of the Conservative Group, because I didn't think the leadership had the right vision for the future. In all modesty, my career and past speak for themselves – I am an entrepreneur and a businessman, and that is what this city needs. My approach to running the council will be the same approach I take to running one of my businesses. We need clear objectives, know where we want the city to go, and take it there."
Cllr Marco Cereste
Cllr Marco Cereste
Correction
In our previous press release we stated that: This delay is put into even sharper focus when one considers the speed - four days to be precise - with which PCC Chief Executive Gillian Beasley agreed to waive the covenant held by the council on the London Road Ground and allowed it to be sold to a property developer.
This should read: This delay is put into even sharper focus when one considers the speed - four days to be precise - with which PCC Chief Executive Gillian Beasley, in consultation with former Council Leader Cll Franklin, agreed to waive the covenant held by the council on the London Road Ground and allowed it to be sold to a property developer.
This should read: This delay is put into even sharper focus when one considers the speed - four days to be precise - with which PCC Chief Executive Gillian Beasley, in consultation with former Council Leader Cll Franklin, agreed to waive the covenant held by the council on the London Road Ground and allowed it to be sold to a property developer.
Wednesday, 14 October 2009
A New Stadium for Posh
The Opportunity Peterborough annual review makes interesting reading. As Peterborough United supporters we were particularly interested to see when it was envisaged that a ew stadium for the club would be provided. Although in respect of most other aspects of the future plans for Peterborough the document gave anticipated completion dates, an anticipated date for the North Bank development - and hence the new stadium - is conspicuous by its absence.
In the light of Opportunity Peterborough previously noting that the clubs current location is ‘now unsuitable and constrained’ there has been a disappointingly slow response from the council to address this issue. This delay is put into even sharper focus when one considers the speed - four days to be precise - with which PCC Chief Executive Gillian Beasley agreed to waive the covenant held by the council on the London Road Ground and allowed it to be sold to a property developer. So keen was Ms Beasley to avoid delay, that she did not enforce the requirement for a written offer and dispensed with the six month notice period, designed to allow consultation with councillors and indeed the electorate or Posh supporters. Nor were any bureaucratic obstacles, such as submitting the decision to a vote in council, allowed to hold up the transaction.
The commitment shown to both the city and football club by Darragh MacAnthony contrasts sharply with the apparent lack of commitment, and indifference to the clubs plight, from the council. A new football stadium serving as a community and economic hub would be a major asset to the city, and proof that the council is prepared to invest in a future for the city that isn’t based solely on yet more shops and warehouses.
PISA2000 would welcome a clear unequivocal statement from PCC, and Opportunity Peterborough, detailing when they expect to announce the location of the new ground and some indication when we can expect construction work to begin.
PISA2000 Committee
Posh Independent Supporters Association
In the light of Opportunity Peterborough previously noting that the clubs current location is ‘now unsuitable and constrained’ there has been a disappointingly slow response from the council to address this issue. This delay is put into even sharper focus when one considers the speed - four days to be precise - with which PCC Chief Executive Gillian Beasley agreed to waive the covenant held by the council on the London Road Ground and allowed it to be sold to a property developer. So keen was Ms Beasley to avoid delay, that she did not enforce the requirement for a written offer and dispensed with the six month notice period, designed to allow consultation with councillors and indeed the electorate or Posh supporters. Nor were any bureaucratic obstacles, such as submitting the decision to a vote in council, allowed to hold up the transaction.
The commitment shown to both the city and football club by Darragh MacAnthony contrasts sharply with the apparent lack of commitment, and indifference to the clubs plight, from the council. A new football stadium serving as a community and economic hub would be a major asset to the city, and proof that the council is prepared to invest in a future for the city that isn’t based solely on yet more shops and warehouses.
PISA2000 would welcome a clear unequivocal statement from PCC, and Opportunity Peterborough, detailing when they expect to announce the location of the new ground and some indication when we can expect construction work to begin.
PISA2000 Committee
Posh Independent Supporters Association
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