Regarding the local media, have the Trust drafted a statement and informed Calender, Look north,etc of our plight? LN were asking on Twitter for someone to give them details to look into this, not that I think for a minute that this hasn't been brought to there attention lately.
And still the lack of interest from our local rag the Wakefield express is noticeable. Shocking.

In regards to the WE, i personally haven't bought one for years but i think we should make an effort between us to get others to stop buying it until they cover this story.

So my Councillors are from Leeds however my MP is Andrea Jenkins is there any mileage in contacting her as a Leeds resident about this project?

Quote Wildthing="Wildthing"YEP here; www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/s ... -1-8477909'" [i'At that point, the Council, which spent £150,000 on detailed plans for the ground, would also have to fund £2m towards the project'.[/i I've seen this line in a couple of the articles now. Does this mean that we are now asking for the council to stump up what was originally promised seven years ago or is it just the paper stating the original plans? It goes against what has been said in interviews if so and if not it is not helpful to give people the impression that we are asking for money when we aren't.

Quote Wildthing="Wildthing"YEP here; www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/s ... -1-8477909'" [i'At that point, the Council, which spent £150,000 on detailed plans for the ground, would also have to fund £2m towards the project'.[/i I've seen this line in a couple of the articles now. Does this mean that we are now asking for the council to stump up what was originally promised seven years ago or is it just the paper stating the original plans? It goes against what has been said in interviews if so and if not it is not helpful to give people the impression that we are asking for money when we aren't.

I'm not sure why anyone would waste their money buying it anyway, it's a waste of space.

Probably not given she's off work having just had a baby.

Thanks for that

The thing is BOX does!! And the thing he hates most in the world is when his beloved council gets criticised in the Wakefield Express! If someone even slightly says something wrong against them, he is in there the week after defending WMDC..

Kind of swims against statements that the Trust don't want any money from the council?

A pal of mine had a good explanation for the WE not being involved.
WMDC will be one of, maybe THE biggest customer that they have and perhaps they dont want to rock the boat ??

As far as I remember the Council volunteered that amount at the PI. They were also offereing an equal amount to Cas for their Glasshoughton project. When Glasshoughton stopped so did the offer. Their real carrot was to pool it to £4M and put it into a central stadium for both. Trouble was that Stadium was GH. Can you all remember that rigged feasibility study that Richard Wright tried on with us.

However in all fairness I woud bet if MC was offered the land and the build without the £2M input he would take that and instead of the promised 12K stadium a smaller project costing £2M less