£50,000 in unpaid rent is what
Torquay’s Hi-Flyer balloon has cost Torbay’s Tax Payers.
This is £50,000 which could have been
spent tackling child poverty (Which amounts to 24% in Torbay) or catering for
other vulnerable parts of society such as the homeless, disabled or elderly.
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 of the tax
payers’ money on a £7000 palm tree at the Kerswell Gardens roundabout.
Lindstrandt who operated the balloon are
not exactly short of money either. Founder and 33% owner Per Lindstrandt is
chums with Richard Branson.
Therefore today we will be outside Torquay Town Hall with 100
balloons each worth £500 of the tax payers’money. To signify the disappearance of
£50,000 into thin air and to symbolise how much love and thought Mr. Oliver has
for the people he “represents”.
We also ask the question, is this just the tip of the iceberg and has other money slipped through the council's fingers?
Call for a full inquiry and join us at Torquay Town Hall at 1.00p.m on the 16th February
