Fenty defends plan against "vociferous"

I say good on him.  

There will always be opposition, no matter where the club had chosen to develop a new stadium.

I know many fans don't like Mr Fenty, but I think they should put aside their dislike for Fenty, for the greater good and get behind the plans to relocate before it becomes too late... Again.  

As fans we should always hope and want the best for the club we proudly support. A new stadium would be best for the Mariners' future, so I echo what I said, "Get behind the plans to relocate before it becomes too late."

I think from reading some comments from the objectors that they have done themselves more harm than good today. Well done John for standing up for the future of GTFC!

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Quoted from MuddyWaters

I think we have to accept that the arguments need to be made FOR the development rather than respond to the arguments AGAINST. Only a relatively small percentage of the population of NE Lincs go to watch Town and I'm sure many of us have raised arguments against local planning applications we don't like ourselves so we should expect people in the locality to rspond in the way they have. What Mr Fenty and the club need to do is to argue positively for the development not turn it into some slanging match which I suspect is what Cllr deFreitas wants.

I get where your coming from OC, but by god she was spouting some cr@p, so hard not to put her right about a few things. Not being abusive or anything like that....

Quoted from Marinerz93

There is a desperate need for affordable housing in this area and with the flats and surrounding tenements coming down in the next few years the new ground development will go some way towards this.

You can buy wild flower seeds and set an area aside for these and wildlife / nature park.

Is councillor Fenty quite so pro affordable housing in his own ward?

Quoted from MuddyWaters

I think we have to accept that the arguments need to be made FOR the development rather than respond to the arguments AGAINST. Only a relatively small percentage of the population of NE Lincs go to watch Town and I'm sure many of us have raised arguments against local planning applications we don't like ourselves so we should expect people in the locality to rspond in the way they have. What Mr Fenty and the club need to do is to argue positively for the development not turn it into some slanging match which I suspect is what Cllr deFreitas wants.

Good post that.

Quoted from MuddyWaters

I think we have to accept that the arguments need to be made FOR the development rather than respond to the arguments AGAINST. Only a relatively small percentage of the population of NE Lincs go to watch Town and I'm sure many of us have raised arguments against local planning applications we don't like ourselves so we should expect people in the locality to rspond in the way they have. What Mr Fenty and the club need to do is to argue positively for the development not turn it into some slanging match which I suspect is what Cllr deFreitas wants.

Thats a good point to be fair, politics aren't won on reasoning with your biggest critics, they're won on selling your best points to the rest, and if we come up with all the best positives, and talk about them constantly, then soon enough every town fan will be soundbyte ready should they be approached by any media, and thats how we should win out in the end. If we all do our best to fill out comment sections on the  telegraph site and on facebook and wherever, with good positive selling points until they sink in, rather than starting arguments with stupid descenters, we'll look like the better side to undecided onlookers

We should be giving the doubters all the good things that will come from this development,

Affordable housing for them or their children,

Sports facilities for them and their children,

Jobs for them or their children,

More shops that are convenient for them,

Think of the positives.

All the things they are bringing up are poppycock.

Do we KNOW there will be affordable housing included in the plan?

I could see it being built at BP once we leave but somehow I don't think it will be along the Parkway?

To Mr Fenty
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Quoted from BIGChris

Do we KNOW there will be affordable housing included in the plan?

I could see it being built at BP once we leave but somehow I don't think it will be along the Parkway?

Why not ?