Refusal of tickets over club's Swansea wind farm move
A LEADING opponent of the controversial wind farm scheme on the outskirts of Swansea is snubbing the Ospreys as a result of their support for the application.
Councillor Ioan Richard said he will now not take up five match tickets he has been allocated to reward people from his ward who have done good in the community.
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The Mawr member said he would struggle to get anyone to take them in the light of the Ospreys' support for the scheme in his ward on Mynydd y Gwair.
Swansea Council narrowly voted last Thursday to approve the application by energy firm RWE to site 16 127 metre high turbines.
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Four days later, feelings are still running high in the community, with much of Mr Richard's anger directed at the Ospreys, whose main sponsor is RWE, npower renewables.
Last year's Lord Mayor of Swansea said there was anger and astonishment at the region's chief operations officer Andrew Hore's submission to council supporting the application.
And he repeated his call in the aftermath of the decision for people from the region to snub them in favour of local rivals the Scarlets.
"If you are lucky your name comes out in a members' draw and you get five tickets for an Ospreys match to reward people from your ward who have done good in the community," said Mr Richard. "My name came up for the match against the Dragons on March 22. I haven't had the tickets but I have already told the council I don't want them.
"I don't want to embarrass myself by offering them to people from the ward. They would probably push me in the river if I did. Everyone was disgusted by the Ospreys' involvement in the application.
"I was gobsmacked that they were there. It came out of the blue.
"I would encourage people to follow the Scarlets. It was totally unbelievable that they were there supporting the application.
"It is a bad move for them to get involved in politics and planning issues. Will it count against them in future? I hope so."
The Ospreys declined an invitation to comment.
9 Comments
by jimmybont
Tuesday, February 12 2013, 3:35PM
“Bottom line is we are a small country with a tiny environmental impact whose landscape is being dug up to supply a neighboring country with energy. No Welsh land should belong to the crown or an aristocrat. I wonder if the Duke of Beaufort will have a wind farm on his Cotswold estate?”
by jimmybont
Tuesday, February 12 2013, 3:21PM
“''And far less tax revenue than needed to support her 3m population as well. Without England our health, police and general services would be in an even worse state''
So that's okay then, they can take whatever they want! We are in their debt! Wake up will you?
Are you telling me that countries with sub 3m citizens are in a worse state than the UK- one of the most indebted countries on the planet- is currently in?
Welsh GDP is quoted at 95.8% of the average for the 27 countries of the EU as a whole, with cost of living is taken into account.
We could also sell surplus energy & water to our neighbours (which they currently pillage) to help boost economy, and put a stop to them using our country as a dump for their landfill waste.
I am sad to see you have swallowed the whole ''Wales can't survive without sucking the teet of mother England'' that has been told since time immemorial.
A friend of the Royal family once said ''If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.''
**We are a nation. Not a resource**”
by hacker_jack
Tuesday, February 12 2013, 8:43AM
“Wales produces far more more energy than needed for her 3m population.
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And far less tax revenue than needed to support her 3m population as well. Without England our health, police and general services would be in an even worse state.”
by bennyhill4
Monday, February 11 2013, 3:20PM
“This man is a complete and utter prat,just go along to the council meetings and watch him in action, he is an embarrasment. What a great pity this idiot was ever lord mayor of swansea when he advocates leaving a swansea based team and support a carmathenshire based team.Do us all a favour and leave a swansea based council and go and join a carmarthenshire one”
by jimmybont
Monday, February 11 2013, 1:16PM
“***.. how about planting trees to mop up CO2 which is CLAIMED to be causing global warming?
Wales is being used by English landlords (Duke of Beaufort in this case) & the UK Govt. to provide energy for England and line their pockets in subsidies. Local jobs?? I doubt it. Or will the new workers buy property here therefore making them 'local'.
Wales produces far more more energy than needed for her 3m population.
What a difference this will make when China, USA, India pump out this 'deadly' CO2. No worries... Mynydd y Gwair will single handedly save the planet!!!”
by All_Apparatus
Monday, February 11 2013, 11:17AM
“Oh for goodness sake, how do we end up with Councillors of this ilk?
Renewable Energy has to play a substancial part in our future, we can't just play the NIMBY, we have to get real and play our part in weening outselves off fossil fuels and at present renewables are our best option. Until this changes we have to go with it.
As for his 'freebe' tickets that's he's too outraged to use. Offer them out, he'll be surprised, there are many out there who'll be glad of them.”
by hacker_jack
Monday, February 11 2013, 11:10AM
“What a selfish prat.
He would struggle to find anyone to take them. I doubt it somehow. How about he looks at any of the families living on the edge of poverty and asks them if they fancy a free ticket? No of course not, because then he wouldnt be able to get his face in the paper to push his pet policy.”
by chelsea1955
Monday, February 11 2013, 10:35AM
“Ospreys cannot give tickets away, all the fans have deserted them and gone the other way to follow the Swans (TRAITORS)”
by Dai_Chotomy
Monday, February 11 2013, 9:59AM
“One eyed twit! I wonder what he will do when someone wants to build a nuclear power station in Craig-Cefn-Parc, because one way or the other we have to make electricity.”