My take on all this is that the SMC/Allam's have shot themselves in both feet and their ankles.
I agree with a lot of the points already made, but especially the one about why we are suddenly having to pay to have pictures up that were [ualready there[/u. I can see why there might be a cost to putting new pics up, but the ones that were there had no cost to them at all. For me its about the SMC/Allam grabbing as much as they can from wherever they can. Was told today that the sum in question was in the region of £20K, which is not necessarily a huge amount, but presumably City are now paying double for using all the spaces, which is costing Allam's club itself more money. Madness.
The Johnny Whiteley issue is, for me, the most important though, as it is a huge insult to someone known and loved throughout the city.
As others have said, the stadium is a community asset, owned by the council for the people of Hull, and is only managed by the SMC (the clue is in the name

). It should be managed without favouring one tenant over another, or disadvantaging one over another and if Allam is using it to get one over on AP then he really needs to get over himself and move on.
Hats off to Mrs B and Standee for their emails. I will be borrowing heavily from those to send my own
