£50,000 in unpaid rent is what Torquay's Hi-Flyer balloon has so far cost Torbay tax payers. This is 50k which could have been spent tackling child poverty (which amounts to 24% in Torbay) or paying for 2 years of panic alarms for the most vulnerable.
Yet when challenged with a petition asking for a full inquiry into how this happened, Mayor Gordon Oliver denied the need for one. In fact he is more than happy to waste yet more tax payers money on a palm tree and landscaping work at the Kerswell Roundabout.
Lindstrandt who operated the balloom are not exactly short of money either. Founder and 33% owner of the company is Per Lindstrandt, who happens to be chums with Richard Branson.
But the dripping tap which is leaking money from vital services does not stop there. Torbay Council have also just spent £40k on widening the path down at Torre Abbey Meadows. £5k of this was contributed by the Torbay Council subsidised RICC and £5k by Torre Abbey
The decision to do this was made by the same 'scoping group' headed by Mayor as made the decision about the £25k Pineapple on a roundabout.
Join Torbay Fightback and friends for our protest outside the Town Hall at 1.00p.m on the 16th February.
