Who Benifits
Friends and readers. We in greater pilton have a number of social problems, none worse than the scourge of unemployment. Our rulers do like to utter the word because it does not fit their narrow minded thinking, and everything in the garden is rosey mentality.
We watch as the new waterfront development takes shape, yes and thats all we can do, because our noble councillors make sure, none more so than foreign holiday queen Elizabeth mcginnis, who while feathering her own nest has sold the community she is supposed to represent down the river.
Never has one person crowed so much but done so little to help the unemployed in her ward, while she panders to the other more affluent side of her ward.In time to come this will be seen as a scandle, which was allowed to happen under our very noses.
While a generation of young people waste away on the sidelines living on state benifits, the real benifits are rifled away in another direction-the direction of the developers and their friends. This community had and to some extent still has an opportunity to take advantage of the job opportunities which should be made available to the local community.
Why was there no local labour contract enforced at the start of this project, why did our noble rulers not insist that all possible options be explored in an attempt to secure employment for this community. Of course their argument is that it would have frightened the developers off. That is just complete nonsence, look around the other European cities, all have local labour contracts built into the contracts, why then are we so different.
Could it be our noble rulers the peoples party just forgot about the people and were flattered by the wining and dining of the developers. It beggars belief that we are pushed into obscurity and lie there and take it. Of course what can we do after all we voted these people to look after our interests, unfortunatly it is not our interests they look after.
So friends and readers in the great benifits race there is  only one winner but plenty of losers. The opportunity to train our young people in the skills we are told are desperatly needed has almost passed them by, oh there will be jobs-serving in shops, working in the various private clubs that will be there, cleaning jobs and general low paid work, that is what this community will be offered, and we will be told to be thankful for that.
Our local councillors should hang their heads in shame, but they wont their egos will not let them, instead they will carry on their merry way ignoring the real needs of this community, and then come election time they will tell us we have never had it so good.
Well here is a little something to think about. The government is falling apart, the Labour executive is crumbling, the party itself is starting to disintegrate, instead of controling events they are now controling you, locally the infighting is reaching outside the hallowed halls of the city chambers, while dodgy Davies tries to capture the leadership by being all things to everybody, the same Davies who thinks the waterfront is a potential disaster. Well Mr.Davies it is your fellow councillor who chairs the board tell her, she might listen to you if she thought it would get her a position on the front bench, as her greed knows no bounds.
We are being sold short treated like fools and given scrapes from the masters table, do you really think a few long overdue improvements to the pavements will buy us off, no chance people will see through it, we have been taken for mugs for to long, we the citizens of Greater Pilton demand the benifits of progress, share the wealth around , we can all drink from the well.
The benifits of the wealth being shared will regenerate this community in a real sense, bring about renewed self esteem, dignity, and self respect, and of course let us not forget the link between unemployment and crime, even though our noble rulers would have us forget that little gem.
If you truely are the representatives of the people and that is really in question, then get on their sides and fight for this community and create a better community, do not let events rule you, or you may end up in a down ward spiral from which there will be no escape.