DID COUNCIL ASK FOR SECRET MEETING WITH BUILDER?

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PRESS RELEASE

SEPTEMBER ISSUE

 

“GOLDEN BALLS” EMAIL: DID COUNCIL ASK FOR SECRET MEETING WITH BUILDER?

Thanet Watch magazine has received an email claiming Thanet council approached a builder for secret talks about a controversial project on Ramsgate seafront.

 

The email purports to have come from Mike Stannard, a director of Kent-based Cardy Construction.

 

In the email Stannard is alleged to have taken a call from “the chief exec” of Thanet District Council, asking for an “off-line chat” about Royal Sands.

 

“He does not want lawyers or others involved,” says the email, “and felt that me/Cardy and him were the two people in this project that could influence success for the project . Not sure why I have been singled out, but I guess if I can finally pull this one off, I would be Billy Golden Balls.”

 

The email, addressed to Stannard’s colleagues in Cardy, was received by Thanet Watch in answer to a request for a comment on another matter.

 

Norman Thomas of TW believes it may have been a simple mistake: “It looks to me like someone hit the “reply” function when they meant to hit “forward”

 

Cardy claims the email was sent out by an “unauthorised” person.

 

“Following an investigation by our IT manager,” Mike Stannard told Thanet Watch, “I can confirm that the email was edited and issued by an unauthorised person within our organisation and subsequently we will be undertaking an internal review. This review may well result in disciplinary actions being taken.”

 

Thomas of Thanet Watch said: “It’s certainly a rather strange email. For example, it refers to the chief executive of the council as a man, when in fact she’s a woman. But it raises more questions about what’s going on with this long-running development which has left Ramsgate seafront severely blighted now for over 12 years.”

 

The new September issue of Thanet Watch is on sale in newsagents across Thanet now.

 

EDITORS: For more information ring Norman Thomas at Thanet Watch on 01843 604 253 or 07989 070 843