A letter from Michael Kissman arrives in the St Albans & Harpenden Review today. In the letter he says,
"We are consulting local people and reviewing our proposals following the many comments we've received..."
(sounds good, but then...)
"...We've not heard from everyone - some have refused our offer to view the proposals and comment despite campaigning against them".
This repeats the allegation made by Sandra Oldfield of the Chamber of Commerce that somehow anti-Tesco campaigners are guilty of not engaging with Tesco when Tesco has been invisible for six months! However, we don't want to disappoint Mr Kissman, so please use this link to look at Tesco's proposals and tell him your views if you haven't already (you might want to remind him that well over 4,500 people and 83% of local businesses oppose the plans).
Interestingly, Mr Kissman assumes in the letter that people who see Tesco's plans might be more favourably inclined that those who have not. Our experience is precisely the opposite - it's only when they see Tesco's mock up design that some people really become annoyed by the proposal!
Thanks also to Denis Owen for his letter putting Sandra Oldfield of the Chamber of Commerce straight as to why talking with Tesco might not actually be the best thing for St Albans. As he puts it,
"It is very unlikely that Tesco would be inclined to say 'Oh well, we see your point and we've decided to sell the site and go away'".
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I've tried (3 times today) to leave a comment on that site. It fails everytime! Perhaps you need to publish Mr Kissman's e-mail address on the site so that we can send them directly to his inbox!
On trying to make a comment on the Tesco web site...
"Internal Server Error, this is an error with your script, check your error log for more information."
Perhaps it was because I said 'No'.
Pete Milne, 8 Alma Rd
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