Bruce_Shark

All those words, and none about trees (let alone those on Sandford Grove Road)... ...its a good job you didn't write all that on paper.

As has been stated by many on this thread already, the trees weren't removed, but the work was done to facilitate the council redevelopment of Fitzalan Square. Do you gave a problem with facts?

"I... ...I... ...I...", seem to rember Toby mentioning a bubble.

It's quite clear a good number of "tree" protesters are just using the campaign as a cover for anti capitalist action. It's particularly clear when anti PFI comments are made in relation to Fitzalan Square, which as we all know is a council redevelopment scheme, so the trees weren't touched because of "the PFI" or some weird "Amey conspiracy" as some would suggest.

Exactly, Toby Foster said it last week, the tree protesters are in thier own little bubble, egging each other on, while the majority of us are just fed up with them, and want the council to get on with it.

Ah good, the bogey man is back to being Amey, I was starting to get a bit worried there...

It's no laughing matter, Cyclone is a self professed expert, his post count proves it!

Only in your little bubble. Read more widely than the STAG group, and as Toby Foster said last week, there are about 5 times more people who are just fed up with it, and want the council to be allowed to get on and finish the job.

Because STAGs previous course was to blame "nasty amey", even though Justice Males said: "Although the defendants have made a number of sweeping allegations about the conduct of the council and Amey, for example that healthy trees are being felled because Amey is exercising improper influence over the council with a view to illegitimate profiteering, I have found that allegation to be detached from reality in light of the evidence before me." So, have you/they decided who the bogey man is today, and will it have changed tomorrow?

Is that a joke? You've just defined NIMBY. Cut down trees: Not in my area! Carry on elsewhere though...

1. Have you forgotten which thread we're on. 2. There were no protesters, STAG or otherwise who bothered to turn up at Fitzalan Square. Nimbyism at its finest?

So, are you saying the protesters actively chose to prioritise a different set of trees, so they must have considered these Fitzalan Square trees as less important? (Considering STAG brag about having 9000 members, you'd have thought 1 or 2 could have been spared).

That sounds like the sort of excuse a Paparazzi would use...

Oh do keep up! The current STAG tack is that SCC wrote 17500 (200 per year) as a target, into the contract. I'm not sure you're supposed to be blaming the "greedy corporation" any more. The current tag line is nasty council/police. (It'll probably change back by Monday though).

Oh you'll be shocked all right, they're completely bonkers. STAG Facebook is like posh version of Jeremy Kyle.

It's not hard to see why your post count is so high.

But your post is quite clear, and specific in its reference to tower cranes... ...no mention of arb's, airliners, helicopters, witches or even Santa...

Are you suggesting they're using tower cranes while felling?

About 50% the money for the PFI is from the DfT, with the rest from SCC... ...but only around 25% of council income is from Council Tax... ...so you're wrong there.

What a strange coincidence that tree protesters are complaining about the removal of trees, and are trying to garner extra support by banging on about these being "memorials". Come on, lets be clear, are you protesting about all the War Memorials, or just the ones that are trees? Bandwagon...

Because there's been very little interest (on here, rather than other places) to indicate you care. So, a natural conclusion is, you don't. It's not about memorials, just trees to some, and some other people notice a bandwagon being jumped on. Now you prove I'm wrong...

Crimea War Memorial. Anybody bothered about that? Thought not...

What are you whitling about? https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/2bn-sheffield-highways-pfi-reaches-financial-close/8633892.article

The contract secured £1.2billion of funding from the DfT that Sheffield wouldn't have had otherwise. That "investment".

I've just looked out of my window... ...it would appear they've missed a hell of a lot of 'em...