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[Mighty Hatfield]

well, not me, i realise that we live in a society that looks after one another and i pay the tax that i am due to pay. I dont ask to pay more, and yes, of course no-one does. But if i was doing well, then id expect to be taxed accordingly.

Im not suggesting that you two dont, but im talking about those that either exploit loopholes, or, more importantly, break the law.

Anyway, with one cheeky comment ive managed to totally distract you    Tesco?

[Henrycrun]

Tesco - The Supermarket that's eating Britain (Channel 4, Dispatches, 48 mins)

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-1381639014893922585&hl=en-GB

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I see, the file embeds itself by default

[Anne]

WOW... I'll watch the rest of it tomorrow!   

[Anne]

Has anyone heard anything recently about Tesco moving in to WGC? I think it's gone tooooooo quiet!

[John Wood]

There will be no rush,Tesco can hang on to Land for years before using it.This happens all over the UK.

[jonmorris]

Yes, people will be bored of moaning/protesting eventually - and then they can move in for the kill later on.

[bbtzs]

Roll on I look forward to it. More jobs for youngsters, development of an eyesore patch of ground and competition in local supermarkets. Hopefully bigger dividends for my Tesco shares too!

[George]

I suspect many of the votes in favour of Tesco being allowed to develop on Broadwater Road (poll above) were after allowing for the promised sweetener of a swimming pool. I read in the WH Times this week that the hoped-for 'swimming pool' has been downgraded to a splash pool. What a con, if the Councillors allow Tesco to get away with it.

[jonmorris]

We all know/knew that the swimming pool would/will turn out to be a con. Even if Tesco built the most wonderful sports facility in the world, they'd not pay to run and maintain it - then the council would be landed with a huge cost and it would fall into disrepair and probably close. Or they'd outsource the running to a private company who would jack up the prices, or simply make it a nice expensive members club/gym or something.

I am not that worried about them building a store (they build wherever they want to build in most cases and we're far too small to stop them), but I am more concerned about the tightly packed housing that they'll squeeze in - and the social housing that will 99.99% be sub-let to commuters, making some people very rich at the same time that the very people that were supposed to be able to live there ('keyworkers' etc) can't.

The District Centre by the business park in Hatfield is now starting to look like a slum, so I'm sure the same will happen in WGC. Tesco's only interest by then will be running the store, which will do fine given the customers on its doorstep.

[Anne]

... but I am more concerned about the tightly packed housing that they'll squeeze in - and the social housing that will 99.99% be sub-let to commuters, making some people very rich at the same time that the very people that were supposed to be able to live there ('keyworkers' etc) can't.

Exactly... I've been saying this for ages...

So why not build and sell property specifically for commuters? Good quality accommodation, not social housing standard, and make a VERY LARGE PROFIT for Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield.

With the profit, we could build social housing elsewhere... perhaps on the remains of the (abondoned) QEII site, and our own swimming pool... perhaps a Splashlands at Stanborough!

Commuters won't be in competition with us for newly-created jobs, nor parking spaces. They could buy family homes of 3 or 4 bedrooms, either locally or elsewhere, when they need them, in areas where there are plenty of schools and children's facilities...

[mythoughts]

Tesco to open the UK's first drive-thru store in Baldock:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1305168/Tesco-open-UKs-drive-store.html
 
I wonder where the second one might be?
 
Anyone out there got any news from last Thursday's meeting that was supposed to enfranchise/reassure/inform residents of major plans? Or shall we just continue to speculate and be kept in the dark as usual?
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I wonder if the "splash-pool" idea for the SW site means that splash-pool replacement planned for Stanborough will be knocked on the head? I mean, where on this earth does a town the size of WGC have no swimming pool but TWO splash pools? Is this part of the plan?
 
Every little melts...

[Anne]

How could people cope when shops were open between 9 and 5 on weekdays, with half day closing on either a Wednesday or Thursday... with maybe an odd shop open on a Saturday morning... and only for newspapers on a Sunday morning!

[Henrycrun]

Some excellent letters re Tescos proposals for WGC in this weeks WHTimes

[jonmorris]

Care to share some brief info for those who don't get the paper?