Quote sixtogo="sixtogo"Sadly his reply would be that they are and would refer to the, mostly unecessary, vast expenditure on Wakefield One and now the Civic Quarter (you know, where he and his cronies hang out during the day) along with the money they pour into the Hepworth and the help they have given to Trinty Walk. Gives him great cover to avoid doing anything to support the cities only professional club bearing its name. The mans an ass and he will ensure that there is no help to sort the Newmarket problem and the new Cas stadium gets all the political weight he can possibly muster to get it over the line. As has been said it's Belle Vue or bust but if that relies on Yorkcourt stumping up, which it does, then sadly the old girl isn't likely to be changing in appearance anytime soon.'"
This cannot be tackled by Trinity supporters fighting a battle about a promised stadium, it must be fought on the genuine grounds of promised community sports facilities!
Wakefield finished rock bottom of a survey of the UKs biggest City's in terms of sporting facilities per capita, that's a huge embarassment to WMDC and requires rectifying. The problem is there's no money so the Comunity Sports facilities at Newmarket, funded largely by York Court Properties were a godsend.
York Court Properties & Colin Mackie only received their planning permission because of the promised delivery of Community Sports and Leisure Facilities and a Stadium fit for Super League use.
YCP should have been LEGALLY OBLIGED to build those much needed sports and leisure facilities for the good of the Wakefiled citizens but a leaky S106 document has allowed YCP to shaft Wakefield residents and tax payers.
That Peter Box, any other Council Member or local MP should attempt to shrug this off as not their issue would be a dereliction of duty to the Communities they serve and who voted them in, it would be a betrayal of the trust placed in those officials by Wakefield Tax payers.