Nick
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Council defends Coventry's City of Culture legacy
A councillor insists the city is in a better position than it was despite financial crisis.
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Not another bailout
Council backs another wrong horse (1 Viewer)
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Not another bailout
Terry Gibson's perm
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They don’t learn do they.
Rather than looking a new ceo they should just end it
Rather than looking a new ceo they should just end it
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You can't make money from what they're trying to do, and the problem is trying to do that in the first place.
robbiekeane
Well-Known Member
I think you’re mixing up your idioms my friend
So what? They're running a city, you get some things right and some things wrong. Hindsight's a wonderful thing.
Terry Gibson's perm
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What you would hope is that they would have learnt that when something has run its course or not working end it don’t keep adding to the problems.
Are you generally not a fan of punctuation, or is it just on this occasion?
Terry Gibson's perm
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Just on this occasion.
I am glad you have worked very hard on your response though.
10/10
It feels pedantic, but I was really struggling to make out what you were saying.
Nick
Administrator
One million pounds of Cov taxpayer money 'thrown in black hole'
Councillors called for answers on a decision to loan the money to the City of Culture Trust
Sky Blue Pete
Well-Known Member
Assembly gardens owed £1.5m woah
oscillatewildly
Well-Known Member
And THIS will be the lasting legacy of our year as City Of Culture.
This and Pauline Black twirling around in some netting down at Spon End.
This and Pauline Black twirling around in some netting down at Spon End.
Otis
Well-Known Member
It's really sad actually. I had a show already to go as part of the City of Culture. Theatre booked (Albany), cast ready, rehearsals in progress and then Covid hit.
The amount of money the city lost because of Covid was tremendous. They were counting on tens of thousands of people coming to the city for the the City of Culture event and no doubt they would have, but the pandemic and lockdown had a devastating effect and it really hit the city hard.
Yeah, sure, they had a delayed City of Culture start and it did go ahead in the end, but by then they had lost so much and so much damage was done and lots of events had been cancelled, never to reappear.
It was a great shame.
The amount of money the city lost because of Covid was tremendous. They were counting on tens of thousands of people coming to the city for the the City of Culture event and no doubt they would have, but the pandemic and lockdown had a devastating effect and it really hit the city hard.
Yeah, sure, they had a delayed City of Culture start and it did go ahead in the end, but by then they had lost so much and so much damage was done and lots of events had been cancelled, never to reappear.
It was a great shame.
clint van damme
Well-Known Member
I really liked assembly gardens. Was hoping it would come back, safe to say that's not going to happen.
Sky Blue Pete
Well-Known Member
Unless the council covers their losses
fernandopartridge
Well-Known Member
Agreed, COVID was an utter disaster for it. The government should have provided greater support given the difficulties. In fairness to the council in this case it's understandable why they felt it necessary to provide support.
