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| Local lass |
So do you mind.in the gazette there is a article telling us that the people in calne will have a 15% rise in council tax due to the sports center re opening.as the council have given them money.does this change your veiw of it reopening? |
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| Top Dog |
Have changed this posting to a poll.I have also found the article.
http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk...will_keep_leisure_centre_open.php |
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| rosco |
Re: So do you mind.
I'd understood that the whole idea of it reopening was that it was being privately funded: are Calne people that have contributed to help it open now paying twice? It does seem a very big hike just for that, are there not other issues in the town that need sorting? |
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| Top Dog |
I remember quite a few years ago when they closed the old libary and they issued a questionaire on what you would like there insted.Most put the heritage centre.If i remember after that was opened we had a big increase. :? | ||
| Clunk |
I would object to paying for a service I wasn't using. | ||
| Local lass |
Its a bit of a cheeck when it is ment to be privately run and yet the calne people will still have to pay for it like it or not. | ||
| WeAreSTFC |
Re: So do you mind.
That's made me angry stupid council |
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| Local lass |
so what will happen when woolworths go up will there be a hike again?
i dont begrudge the money for the sports center what i begrudge is how the council have done it 
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| Bear |
Each year when you receive your council tax bill you are sent a breakdown of how the money is spent and if my memory serves me well about 66% goes to the Wiltshire County Council and less than 10% to the Calne Town Council. Now for there to be a 15% increase in council tax solely because of the Leisure Centre, a town council funded project, alledgedly, the Town Council portion of the council tax would have to increase by over 150% which I'm sure cannot be correct. It is more likely to be a 15% increase in the Calne Town Council portion of the council tax which works out as an overall increase of less than 1.5%. Interesting how figures can be presented in totally different lights depending how you say it. | ||
| iamelliot |
you can prove anything with facts :p | ||
| Peter Dolman |
I am to "blame" for the increase in the towns precept (tax) as I proposed the resolution to support Athena Leisure (or any other group) to the tune of £50,000 over 2 years.
Assuming 5,350 houses in Calne the cost per house per year is, £50,000 divided by 5,350 = approx £9.50 or less than 80p per month per house. I am sorry if you think that it is to much but I and a lot of Calne people don;t. I would also like to point out to everyone that the directors are not paid a penny for their work and can only own 1 share just like everyone else. There are currrently 681 people who have supported us by buying a share, they are the ones who oen the business not the directors. Anyone can buy a share for £10 and own a bit, just visit the centre or down load an application form from www.calneleisurecentre.co.uk We are not a private business but a community one! 
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| Local lass |
to have the center up and running is a good thing and no one can deny that.
i think it was how it was done what most people do not like. |
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| Clunk |
I never used the sports center in all the years I lived there. Why should I pay for it? | ||
| Local lass |
then your one of the reasons it closed clunk :wink: there are a lot of things you pay for and dont use in council tax.it would just be nice to have the optian. |
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| Clunk |
Options are exactly that. An option.
When I got bt broadband, I turned down the option to have the hub phone. When I took my car for an mot, I turned down the option of having it cleaned. When I last bought electrical goods. I turned down the option for extended warranty. It is only an option if you can turn it down. Pay my water bill. I will give you the option of having a cup of tea. . . . . . |
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| Kizzy |
You Liar Clunk!! We used to go swimming on a friday evening with our parents and Nan when we were children. | ||
| Clunk |
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| Kizzy |
And in Calne - we alternated each week | ||
| Clunk |
And yet I can't swim. | ||
| Robert Baggs |
I can see both sides of the argument here. The point regarding why should Calne people pay for something they do not use is quite valid. But presumably us tax-payers could say that about any tax we pay. I am not too happy about my money being used for our membership of the EU nor am I happy to pay the NHS to treat foreign visitors.
I would much rather contribute for something I don't use if I knew it was benefitting my own community particularly when it is as a result of an initiative that developed as a result of a group of Calne people and after all it isn't going to break the bank. On the other hand, if Calne Town Council are happy to support this venture to the tune of £50k I fail to see why it shouldn't stump up the cash to fly the Union flag. Why is it such a big deal? How often do you see American scenes on our TVs where there is a flag flying particularly on news items, for example? Quite regularly I think, together with the Stars and Stripes lapel badges the politicians wear. I am not particularly keen on the American Way but at least they have no qualms about patriotism. |
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| Local lass |
looking at the comments on the g and h comment page i fail to see one good reason why that flag should not be flown at all times.
if what someone said on that comment page was true regarding the families of those soilders who died stay in the lansdowne it gives even more reason for that flag to fly. some one did point out what would happen on special occassions if the flag was up all the time. well fly it with the george cross . any sort of patriotism.should be encouraged we are losing far to much of it as it is. |
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