tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095270985170721876.post7744158757377627640..comments2024-03-24T23:22:43.753+00:00Comments on Tony's Musings: Plémont: A History of FailureTonyTheProfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10486414706261508994noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095270985170721876.post-5799878233021840242012-06-12T09:01:12.173+00:002012-06-12T09:01:12.173+00:00SSTAG wonders how many of these people concerned f...SSTAG wonders how many of these people concerned for the well being of Jersey countryside will be equally concerned for the welfare of the Jersey working and non working population? <br />Shall Sir Philip and his supporters be so generous towards income support payments and will they be attending the SSTAG public meeting at the Eastern Good Companions Club on Thursday 14 June from 3pm to express their support etc?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095270985170721876.post-12852390280280949172012-06-12T07:44:56.827+00:002012-06-12T07:44:56.827+00:00Senator Ferguson did address this issue:
10.1.23 ...Senator Ferguson did address this issue:<br /><br />10.1.23 Deputy S.C. Ferguson:<br /><br />Members will remember in the Warren Farm debate that Noirmont was sold to the States at a price lower than that offered by a developer and this was done in the best interests of the Island by the owners of Noirmont at the time, the Seigneur of Noirmont Manor. Sadly, this issue that we are discussing underlines why the public are disillusioned with our 1(1)(k)s who are developers by trade. I will not say that development is a profession. The fashion, as I have said at the hustings, among modern millionaires is to buy land to set aside for conservation. It is a great pity that Jersey is so far behind the fashions. I am concerned, as are other Members, that passing this proposition gives the current owners the incentive to think that they can get an inflated price from the States. I may support the proposition but I give the owners due warning that any sort of inflated price for this piece of land I will oppose.TonyTheProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10486414706261508994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095270985170721876.post-65904006238693163522012-06-12T06:20:43.300+00:002012-06-12T06:20:43.300+00:00Pace Senator Ferguson, the issue is not now and ne...<i>Pace</i> Senator Ferguson, the issue is not now and never has been about funding. <br /><br />It is in part about the fact that a person may buy land in the hope that planning permission may be given to develop it. They may then demand an inflated price for that land, even if there shouldn't be a hope in hell that the development is approved (as at Plemont). <br /><br />More than that, it is because the States is institutionally paralysed. Its membership is entirely unable to frame a coherent vision for what is best for the island of Jersey and all of its residents because the majority are in it to get what's best for themselves and to hell with the rest. <i>Failed State</i> sums it up pretty succinctly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095270985170721876.post-37266685836755876552012-06-11T20:20:52.679+00:002012-06-11T20:20:52.679+00:00I hope Jersey buys it! You need a little pristine ...I hope Jersey buys it! You need a little pristine island left and future generations will thank you for it!Alanenoreply@blogger.com