That's cos politicians and politics is a bag of shite mate.

by the same logic 17595 didnt want cameron as mayor

Well so is Lord Mandelson and he was/is President of Pools so why doesn't he get any support on here??? (for the avoidance of doubt POK yes I am being ironic)

Well done Drum next stop Member Of Paliament.
Drum has just been on the telly and he has a massive head like a 1940s casey.

You're boring. Very boring.

Only a bit over 20000 people voted so he was never likely to get a 10k majority when there were so many candidates.

and I doubt he cares.

Congrats Stuart, and more power to yer elbow!

you still have a chip on your shoulder about stuart dont you
he won live with it

i think they don't want people to vote our polling station has been in a different location every election,five different places and it's ended up back where it started

You are unbelievably thick aren't you? I would maybe spent your time debating something a bit more simple than Local Government Elections as this one is making you look like a right tit.

where have I name called?! I just said you were thick which is an observation most people will have picked up.

Given that you're not a Pools fan, what the fck are you doing on here?!

Go on.......fck off you clown.

Why would I want to ring a kunt like you. Fck off.....go on....fck off.

On IOR owning the vic - Because they have said they will develop the ground should they own it.

On SD - I'm sure he does work hard but so he fooking should for the money he gets, Many people in this town work and they are only on half what he is on.

The people of Hartlepool need to see some real changes, and the mayor has an important role to play in promoting a good image of the town. I don't see how wanting him to be a good public speaker is a bad thing, it is actually quite cringeworthy watching / listening to him sometimes because he seems out of his depth. He is representing the town FFS.

The facts are he has achieved next to nothing in his time of mayor, he hasn't really grown in to the role in my opinion and for what he is costing the rate payers he has got to start having an impact in areas that have been done to deah in other threads.

It is votes that count, he has an oppertunity again to really make some changes for the good of the town, I hope he does.... but some on here need to remember that he is not paid a grand a week to be a nice lad in the pub......

Again, why develop the ground? How will that improve anything other than a bigger away end.

The only thing that needs improving/increasing is the away end and if IOR don't want to do that until they own the ground then that's their own problem and doesn't prove to me any further why we should sell the ground to them.They'll lose out financially whether they do it or not so just don't sell it and increase the away end, surely?

But we know IOR use Pools limited conferencing facility's to show off, they may be willing to develop in this area thus bringing in more income. Improving the size of the away end is also imprtant if we want Pools to compete and be challenging to get into the play offs in league one.

IOR are investing massively in a facility that they don't even own - I can totally see Ken Hodcrofts point....

So can I but I don't think it'll make the massive impact that some people are claiming it will and am yet to be convinced otherwise.

Calling people a clown isn't really clever considering he was just trying to make a point, for one, i'd have to know who I was calling so I could back it up if we ever met, lets hope for your sake its not some big hard bounder

p.s, as for your mate, lets hope he's going to actually do something this time round, show some foooking passion instead of standing like a frightened rabbit in the headlights.

I doubt it though

Well doen SD

Aye. Well doen SD.

I thought it already had been?

Surely it only needs a lick of paint, not much point in spending a fortune on it anyway IMO.

maybe so , but its got diddly squat to do with Drummond

The train statio may as well go neglected unless we get some decent services running in & out of it.

I still don't know why they need to own the ground and why people see it as being so important.

If they won't increase the away end until they own it then surely it's only their own pockets that are suffering.

Work is about to start on the transport interchange.

The council can hardly be blamed for private companies deciding not to start construction projects such as the hotel and stuff due to the recession and the difficulty that they have financing things at the moment.

Unless you expect the council to pay for the development of the hotel stuff?

I like the train station me, very quaint, although it's a shame they had to remove the bridge. I have to say though, since the ticket office has been redeveloped, I don't think I have ever seen it open

A train station is a train station, what do people wanna do live there?

I've missed the last train home and had to sleep on the platform/waiting room at Leeds, Bristol Temple Meade, Torquay, Plymouth and Stoke, so comfort always comes in handy. That was a few years back mind, if you did that nowadays you'd probably be locked up for vagrancy