First look inside £15m SeaCity Museum (From Daily Echo)

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  spudsun66 wrote: Thats where my wages went, i sea! Thanks SCC.

  I take it that "i sea" was a play on words. I hope it was lol.

  It was....

  I have a free ticket for the museum from SCC as an employee, this as a pathetic apology for the cut in wages. Thanks Royston for the gesture, and could I also have Tesco vouchers, British gas vouchers, mortgage vouchers, you see where I’m coming from?!

  So come on union brainwashed worker how was it your wages that paid for this museum?
  It's out there for all to see £5million from grant money & the rest from fundraising.Then an extra £200,000 towards the running costs so why do you lot bleat on about your wages?
  Would you have been happier if this council had said 1,500+ redundancies raise in council tax & no pay rises for two years?NO well that's what your Labour party are offering.
  From what I saw on the BBC this is an interactive museum where children can operate devices so getting them interested in their history I think this is great & now the schools should get on board & book school trips to show all school children their history( cities)

  There is NO WAY that £10m was raised through fundraising .. so stop this rubbish trying to convince the residents of Southampton that it was.

  No way it was paid for through fund raising? You will, naturally, have evidence to prove such a claim. We look forward to seeing it. I, on the otherhand, look forward to visiting.

  In relation to selling off property and land owned by SCC ( Us you and me ) the following was posted on 6th Dec 2011.. ....................
  
  
  
  
  
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  Quote:- Tory council chiefs plan to use the proceeds to fill budget holes in projects such as the proposed city arts complex and the £15m Titanic themed Sea City attraction.
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  Enjoy your visit ...... like me you have contributed ..

  Well done Lone Ranger it's nice to see that you know it wasn't taken from the wages of council workers & this is just another myth!
  As for the selling of Millbrook Industrial estate have you been down there?
  how much do you think it would cost to repair & maintain the existing structures?
  don't forget if you lease out a building you are still liable for it's maintenance.
  selling it brought dividends straight away & new clients have been found by the now owners.
  you also must know that the savings had to be done as an amount to be carried on over four years.
  no point selling the estate & keeping jobs & wages the same as come next year you'd be back where you started from.
  It's about time you & your Union mates admitted this is a red herring & this museums funding had/has nothing to do with wages

  Your problem is that your posts are totally incoherent.
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  You post in the morning as if you are still asleep ... and you post at night as if you have just come back from the Horns.
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  I have made no mention of wages.
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  I have made no mention of Millbrook estate.
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  I have made no mention of wages.
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  THe Sea City Museum has cost taxpayers money .. Big time .. and your dear Cllr said it would not.
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  Even you have come on here and lied about its funding

  Right You came on here replying to a comment I'd made in reply to a post where it was stated wages were used
  spudsun66 wrote: Thats where my wages went, i sea! Thanks SCC.
  So you were talking about wages as I was.
  you lose an argument & you come up with this?
  Horns Inn? haven't been in there for at least 16 years,I've not had a drop of drink since the beginning of January.
  incoherent? what doesn't your left wing mind let you read the truth?
  you pointed out the selling of assets did you not?
  In relation to selling off property and land owned by SCC ( Us you and me ) the following was posted on 6th Dec 2011.. ....................
  
  
  
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  Quote:- Tory council chiefs plan to use the proceeds to fill budget holes in projects such as the proposed city arts complex and the £15m Titanic themed Sea City attraction.
  so you didn't post this then?
  the asset was Millbrook Trading (industrial)Estate & I was pointing out how much would have to be spent on it to attract more income.
  if you can't read this take of your red coloured glasses & try again you should try looking at the real picture not just your opinion

  Ummmm ........ so you havent disputed the fact that taxpayers money has been used and that only £5m has been found from a grant.
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  So £10m has not been raised from fundraising has it.... Only from taxpayers money that we were told would not be used

  Lone Ranger you fall on your own words but still can't accept defeat & you & all the posters who come on here saying this was council workers wages still bang on about it.
  if you are indeed worried about council tax then surely you can't vote Labour can you? or do you want to see your tax rise every year?
  This very paper has stated that the funding of this project will come from grants & fundraising.
  the money from the sell of the industrial estate was used to pay the contractors for the building work whilst the fundraising was getting into gear.
  once enough funds have been collected to cover said monies this will be used elsewhere in this city.
  You come on here with such a blinkered view it's unbelievable.
  Unlike you I agree & disagree with projects going on in this city.
  I don't agree with more office space unless there's a definite customer lined up"
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