hissingsid Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 DC has announced they are putting on a firework display from a floating barge, judging by the response on FB the rate payers of the City are not amused. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omobono Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 what a waste of taxpayers money and more damage to the environment , is this really what we have been asked to give up our weekly refuse collection for , I am not amused ! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 2 hours ago, Omobono said: what a waste of taxpayers money and more damage to the environment , is this really what we have been asked to give up our weekly refuse collection for , I am not amused ! If it’s paid for by one of Douglas Corporations favoured suppliers/pet companies or organisations who wish to sponsor out the goodness of their hearts, then I’ve no problem with. Even with that, it still costs the taxpayers in one way shape or form. Are any real cost benefit analysis exercises run, to see who directly benefits, whether the retailers and hospitality sales and footfall increases massively? After all Douglas Corporation have scrapped the Carnival again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 8 hours ago, hissingsid said: DC has announced they are putting on a firework display from a floating barge, judging by the response on FB the rate payers of the City are not amused. That’s what’s happened the last few times they’ve been held & always been an excellent display! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 7 minutes ago, Banker said: That’s what’s happened the last few times they’ve been held & always been an excellent display! It may be an excellent display, but can the council and commissioners afford to put on displays? Is their sufficient funding, through sponsorship or enough within their budgets. I would be surprised, bearing in mind the current squeeze on finances, the pressures on budgets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTailT Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Damned if they do, damned if they don't. I saw they were looking for a sponsor for the Christmas light switch on, with any hope they're also seeking a sponsor for the fireworks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0bserver Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 10 minutes ago, Manx17 said: Putting on fireworks sends out the wrong message, especially when the island will have people going without heating and food. It's an important reminder/warning to any would-be Catholic terrorists/co-conspirators that may be thinking of blowing up the monarchy. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoops Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 (edited) I struggle financially at times, sometimes it's nice to have a diversion. Firework displays are not the cause of this island's financial woes or the climate crisis, ill thought-out capital schemes allayed to weak politicians are, greed is. I heard a green speaker give a talk a couple of years ago,because I do want change. But the speaker was going on about the changes they've seen in their trips to Indonesia. I've seen a multi-millionaire build the biggest f'ck off house with the biggest carbon footprint, and then get a few solar panels and a 'there's no planet b' t-shirt. So, I won't feel guilty watching some nice lights and bangs Edit - or are environmentally unfriendly entertainments bad when they are for the masses, but acceptable for the individual who wants to 'find themselves' in some jungle that they will never understand? I suppose it's the signalling that counts. The bloke who I knew with the smallest carbon-footprint was booted out of his home by the government, the talk of providing land for those who want to live that way has disappeared up the same a-hole it emanated from. Edited October 15, 2022 by Hoops 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadeus Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 The fireworks have a sponsor from the private sector. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTailT Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 3 minutes ago, Amadeus said: The fireworks have a sponsor from the private sector. For the whole cost? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asthehills Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Fireworks make people smile. We need events that make people smile. Whether encouraging thousands to travel into town to watch things made in China go up in smoke fits in with being a “biosphere nation” is another conversation. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeliX Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Port Erin Commissioners are investigating whether there is enough money in the emergency reserves to put on a fireworks display. Does not having a fireworks display sound like a fucking emergency? Utterly mental. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheldon Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 5 minutes ago, HeliX said: Port Erin Commissioners are investigating whether there is enough money in the emergency reserves to put on a fireworks display. Does not having a fireworks display sound like a fucking emergency? Utterly mental. If those uppity Douglas city bastards are having a display and PE isn't, that's surely an emergency? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 3 hours ago, HeliX said: Port Erin Commissioners are investigating whether there is enough money in the emergency reserves to put on a fireworks display. Does not having a fireworks display sound like a fucking emergency? Utterly mental. Perhaps you are getting confused. I think they mean they have an annual fund in case if an emergency. If they dont have an emergency then there is money available for fireworks. Of course they could transfer this years emergency fund to next year and reduce everyone's rates. They are not saying having fireworks is an emergency. I have to say I am a bit concerned that you did not understand that as your posts are normally pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeliX Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, Happier diner said: Perhaps you are getting confused. I think they mean they have an annual fund in case if an emergency. If they dont have an emergency then there is money available for fireworks. Of course they could transfer this years emergency fund to next year and reduce everyone's rates. They are not saying having fireworks is an emergency. I have to say I am a bit concerned that you did not understand that as your posts are normally pretty good. I'm not saying that they genuinely think not having fireworks is an emergency, I'm saying that the emergency fund should be used for, well, emergencies. So no, they should not use it to put on a fireworks display. If it's unused - great. EDIT: And on behalf of everyone else on the forum, I take issue with you describing my posts as "normally pretty good" Edited October 15, 2022 by HeliX 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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