posted on South Wales Evening Post website
19 February 2009
Swansea used to be such a beautiful town. The city centre was clean, the diagonal free 20 minute parking on the Kingsway, Orchard Street and Princess Way allowed people to pop into the shops, get what they want and get out again and it was a real pleasure living in this 'biggish town'.
Now, the traffic is a nightmare, the streets are filthy and a shame and there seems to be a secret plan in place to cover our glorious sea-front with as many ugly tower blocks and flats as is possible.
The former Labour Council bears much blame with their cobbled stone nightmare of the 1980s and 90s in Oxford Street and surrounding areas, the concreting over of the park next to the old David Evans and putting up metal barrier after metal barrier to make the town a nightmare for pedestrians but... I have voted Liberal for 2 decades and was active in getting this Liberal Council into power but, boy, was I wrong.
Every time I think of some I campaigned for now I think of Orwell's Animal Farm!
Ineptness seems to dominate the Council of any political persuasion and I do wonder what lies behind the urge to build so many tower blocks on the sea-shore? Now, we have a tram idea?
Oh well, at least it beats the former Labour Council forever distracting the Public with nonsense tales of building a giant Viking on top of Kilvey Hill - oops, I should not mention that as it might now end up as a future Liberal idea!
Distract the masses and maybe they won't realise what a ****-up you have created - that is the politician's mantra!
Bob, Sketty
