Is it any wonder that Trispen has exploded in size in recent years, with this Councillor looking after the area; a bit like leaving the fox in charge of the hen house; they probably need to build a new maternity section between Truro & Carland Cross (must be something in the air), given that council officers and some councillors, eg. Dwelly and Eathorne-Gibbons, believe that more than 80% of new housing is for local residents. Mrs Harding is the clerk at Kenwyn Parish Council which is the parish most affected by the Langarth lunacy, and she received the following response from Eathorne-Gibbons to her concerns: "Dear Mrs Harding Thank you for your correspondence. I do not support your position. A Stadium for Cornwall will bring considerable benefits to Cornwall. The sum likely to be involved from Cornwall Council is very modest in relation to the Council's very favourable financial position which is the result of good and careful management by members and officers. When the matter comes to Cabinet I shall support it. Regards. Mike Eathorne-Gibbons Cabinet Member- Customers Councillor- Ladock, St Clement & St Erme" When another supporter contacted the same councillor re. the same issue, Councillor Gibbons was even more brief: "I've read your e-mail with interest. The art of intellect is to be brief. Please delete me from your circulation list. If not why not? Regards. Mike" Great engagement with the electorate here, although when you look at the stats, it's quite surprising that a man which such power and influence over our lives, barely scrapes through elections with just a few hundred votes to his name: Electoral Division: Ladock, St Clement and St Erme Election Candidate Party Votes % Mike Eathorne-Gibbons Independent 602 45% Elected Paul William Charlesworth Conservative 393 29% Not elected Steve Robinson Labour 210 16% Not elected Michael Ledyard Wilson Liberal Democrat 146 11% Not elected One councillor commented about his colleague Gibbons like this: "Date: 1 April 2018 at 20:19:12 BST Subject: Re: Cannes, rugby and pot holes This import is from Newbury where he was some sort of councillor; his council's patch included the Greenham Common female anti-nuclear protesters' camp. This moron made his name there by suggesting that the protesters should be physically removed. This speaks volumes, this man is a disgrace. Need I say more. Kind regards," Whilst another said, in the context of the Council Cabinet meeting to discuss the huge Chiverton development plans: "...I did not attend today, but watched it later on webcast. Egerton answered my question with a lot of crap about his idea of democracy, he does like the sound his own voice, (marks out of ten: nil). Eathorne-Gibbons was another who liked the sound of his own voice. Both of these spoke as developers, traitors. They would fit in very well with occupied powers had we lost the last war." Whilst a former planner had this to say about Eathorne-Gibbons' constituency in St. Erme: "Date: 30 March 2018 at 10:06:38 BST Cc: Eathorne-Gibbons Mike CC Subject: Re: Cannes, rugby and pot holes Trispen (and St Erme - I can remember when they were separate villages) has expanded beyond all belief or comprehension, but what has that done to the community? Not what you think. The community is destroyed. I note that even its football club has now folded. Traditional Cornishness has been replaced by English suburbanism. And you can see this same awful trend throughout the length of this Duchy, and they call it "planning". Planning for WHOM?" For some rational answers to the ongoing hyper-development madness, please check this link: https://cornwalldevelopersparadise.wordpress.com/2018/03/28/the-problems-with-cornwall-councils-growth-obsession/ In response, one campaigner sent this out to all: "Dear Friend, Stop Press: Friday’s ‘Cornwall Housing Summit’ for developers has recommended an increase of new builds in Cornwall from 52,000 to 60,000! Purely by chance, I met one of the UK’s leading landscape architects last week. He was in Cornwall to look at possible sites for ‘Garden Villages’, the Government’s new plan to build houses in clusters on green field sites. He freely admitted that he feels very uneasy about this, as the plans are for little more than regular housing developments under a different name. The proposal for ‘Garden Villages’ is here https://policyexchange.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/garden-villages.pdf A draft of the revised 'National Planning Policy Framework' (NPPF aka ‘the developer’s charter’) is out for consultation. A summary can be found here: https://local.gov.uk/parliament/briefings-and-responses/mhclg-consultation-national-planning-policy-framework-march-2018 Your comments from 38 degrees, now added daily at: https://www.facebook.com/okpublic/ The speaker's slidepacks from the recent CoVoP / C4C conference ‘Planning, for People or Profit’ can be found here: http://wp.cornwallforchange.org/2018/03/24/conference-slidepacks/ Thanks for your continued support, Orlando" Some further comments from supporters: “There is no joined up thinking, no environmental concern, no serious dialogue with residents.” “Phil Mason is arrogant and Machiavellian and a liar. He has spent his entire career working for Cornwall Council in one guise of another and has no experience of other places. He has managed to get into his position by stabbing colleagues in the back and surrounding himself by yes men. In most places he would get found out for not being as capable as he claims to be. But in Cornwall he can get away with it. He is little more than an egotistical con man.” “This behaviour screams of an agenda of lack of care in our communities for the most vulnerable. It is obvious that there is money but not for the things that are necessary in our community, like support, day centres, help lines. This is abuse, step down and let the people of Cornwall choose the salary, expenditure and people who want to help the most vulnerable get off their knees and thrive. People who want to support local organic farmers, ethical businesses and local support groups and will do it for a decent salary, not an obscene one and care for the environment. To incorporate a plan for the people of Cornwall to own the electric cooperation, water cooperation, public transport, banks, education, the land. The Council, gives the impression that it's run by an elite group, we need compassionate human beings to be in that position, not for their own gain and greed, we need to know that every penny is not being abused or misused but to help Cornwall flourish and bloom.” "The villages in Cornwall are now blending into each other's boundaries, but not in a good way. Nothing scenic will remain, except the sea.....and will there be a pathway to see it!" "The Duchy of Cornwall in reality is not big enough to take all of these new developments. As for the Council not having money to help the most vulnerable - they have enough to build yet ANOTHER development, further compromising our traffic levels and trashing yet more of our land." Incidentally, if you want to know more about the FREE stadium fiasco at Langarth - the great council cash giveaway to developers - you can access the latest webcast here: https://democracy.cornwall.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=577&MId=8203&Ver=4 The questions from the public were the following: EXTRAORDINARY CABINET Date – 28 March 2018 QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC Report by the Monitoring Officer Questions have been received from members of the public under the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 2(v). They are set out in full in the Appendix and will be dealt with in the order in which they appear. QUESTION NO. 1 Stadium for Cornwall From: Mr K Bennetts, Truro What will ‘’stadium phase one’’ alluded to in the cabinet recommendation (7) actually deliver, does cabinet have the foggiest idea where the addition funds obviously required to complete further phases will be raised, if not from public funding, given the public outcry this massively unpopular project is currently generating? QUESTION NO. 2 Stadium for Cornwall From: Mr K Rickard, St Dennis Because of the controversy surrounding the proposed use of taxpayers money to fund a private venture, the stadium, considering the amount of objection to this mis-appropriation of taxpayers money why can’t the democratic process of a County wide referendum be carried out? QUESTION NO. 3 Stadium for Cornwall From: Mrs A Carlyon, Truro Cornwall Council is looking into a financial Black Hole - cleverly enticed to the edge by the reduced contribution to PHASE 1 - seemingly embedding itself into the proposed scheme which will also cost money in staff time. Yet where is the Business Plan and who is going to write and approve it? QUESTION NO. 4 Stadium for Cornwall and Housing Development Programme From: Mr O Kimber, Bodmin The £1.2 billion pound pension deficit and debt resulting in interest payments of over £1.2 million per week are evidence of gross financial mismanagement and imprudent investment by Cornwall Council executives. How can the Cabinet therefore justify any high-risk investment? Source of Financial information: Cornwall Council Annual Report. QUESTION NO. 5 Stadium for Cornwall From: Mr P Burton, Truro What evidence is there to back up grandiose claims that people will travel from across Cornwall to make use of the 'health and fitness facility'? If there is, why is the Council encouraging additional car journeys when congestion, traffic noise and pollution are already running at such high levels? QUESTION NO. 6 Stadium for Cornwall From: Mr I Le Moine, Truro I do not believe that construction of this stadium will cost £14.3m; this is finger in the air costings and will Mr Betty therefore be held accountable when the costs spiral? Additionally who is paying for the northern access road, and when will this part of the project be delivered? This one wasn't received by the deadline, so here it is for everyone else to see: Dear Cabinet, I would like to ask the following question please: If you grant the £3M to support the Stadium based on a pricing structure that is now five years old are you committing a future Council Cabinet to provide the funds required to complete the project of some further £11M which is likely to be the finished cost? Many thanks Paul Dyer Chairman Cornwall for Change