Yesterday afternoon I was speaking with my neighbour, and he was asking me about the tennis courts and crazy golf in the park and it closing.

We then also started talking about golf club, Wakefield Trinity and the state of the city in general.

He is foreign but has lived and worked in Wakefield for 25 years and has seen how the city has ran into decline.

He said he couldnt believe the severity of some of the cost cuts, especially when he was saying that Box is rumoured to be on £400k per year, and that some cleaners working for the counncil were on £28k per year and were relatives.

One thing he did say on top of this, was how corrupt they were and that they need reporting, to Whitehall. He has actually tried to make a complaint, but found Peter Box extremely rude.

Dont know if anyone has done this at all, or whether it is worth doing, not just for our stadium, but for the good of our city.

In all fairness to Box he is on nothing like that. His official council wage is on the website and he has a lot of other perks which can't easily be found out about. He also probably draws a wage for being chair of the combined authorities. I seem to think his basic WMDC wage is around £50K.

However he still draws a decent income for delivering a very poor service to the public of Wakefield. In my opinion its not money that drives the man it is power he thrives on and when you get to see the real box he is a bully, every labour councillor is scared stiff of him and none of them have the guts to challenge a single thing he demands.

The Chief Exec of WMDC (Joanne Rooney) earned £175,000 in 2015, so I think £50,000 for the council leader could be a little under the mark ??

Check it out yourself if you don't believe me. Remember the CEO is a paid officer where Box is only an elected councillor.
All the council wages are on the website, they then get a bonus if they get on the cabinet and Box gets a further bonus for being the leader. His wage is no where near as much as the CEO.

Funny someone should mention Harriers.

I walked theough the park earlier today and just cant quite help thinking back to when we were hoping to move into the park. I can't quite remember in the plans just exactly our ground would have been located.

As I past the running track, gym and skateboard park, couldnt help but notice the amount of area that part of the park holds. Couldnt help but think couldnt this be developed to incorporate us and Wakefield Harriers.

Box is on way above 50k your looking at 150k at least!

Here's his allowances for Feb this year.


Box, Peter
Travel & Public Transport Expenses 476.50
Members Basic Allowance 954.38
Members Special Responsibility Allowance 2,912.09
Members Basic Supplement Travel 41.00
Conference Expenses 183.33
Total 4,567.30

So a rough guide I guess he's on around around £55k per annnum

Plus the brown envelopes

Even if he was on only £55k per, that would be £55k too much

In League Weekly today Danny Lockwood talks of the malign Wakefield Council and Specifically Box as he alludes to the Councils ' unhelpful' attitude.

I've just driven past Dewsbury's ground so i decided to pop in for a look as I've not been for a couple of years.

WOW

They have created something special there now, they have extended the standing area behind the sticks and look to have built new ticket offices there. They have a small 4G pitch set up for 2 lots of 5-a-side at a time, and a full size area which looks like it will be set up as a permanent 4G rugby pitch. They have tons of parking and what looks like ample space for further future development. They really have got it right for a small club. I always felt it was one of the better stadiums in the championship, but with the addition of these extra facilities they really are punching above their weight! Hopefully one day, we could have something similar to what they have

Yes Eastern Wildcat, after my post and chat with j.c the Leigh fan, the similarity between that and the set up at LSV struck me. However, today's news re MC and the Newmarket situation is, dare I say it after so many false dawns, cautiously encouraging, so if Newmarket rises like Lazarus from the dead, then 3 cheers for that

Lets hope then Charlie.

I may live near the park, but spend very little time round there, I am more Denby Dale Road side.

Do you have a link as I couldn't find it on a search?