Originally Posted by
Howie
I think all Liverpudlians were proud of the city having been awarded Capital of Culture 2008 and wanted to support it by not being critical of Liverpool City Council and Liverpool Culture Company and thereby giving the press a big stick to beat us with - but enough is enough! I fear the legacy of CoC will be a very damaging one for the people of this city. Already we have seen cuts in adult education. Even money allocated to a One Stop Shop for Kensington was diverted to pay towards the 08 Place in Whitechapel. Inevitably there will be more cuts to services and more money diverted away from the very people that need it.
You more or less took the words right out of my mouth. There was a few scousers (meself included) that were critical of this 'award' from the start, but as nearly every talk phone host or journalist from the echo says 'look at the bigger picture, be worth it in the end'.
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But so far all we've seen is infighting from those above us, local scousers with businesses suffering through the big dig, outside contractors, the money wasted on the Tram project and other projects not gone of the ground, like the 4th Grace (though thank god, that was a monstrosity).
All i have witnessed is old buildings been pulled down round Paradise street turning what was once a unique area into legoland. I really don't see much improvement come 2008.
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