see link below, this needs to be stopped, very,very wrong.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/456/584/906/stop-conwy-council-spending-35-million-on-new-council-offices-in-colwyn-bay/
Stop Conwy Council Spending 35 Million On New Council Offices In Colwyn Bay
- 83 SUPPORTERS
- BY: Julez Walker
- TARGET: To the National Assembly for Wales,
we've got 83 supporters, help us get to 1,000
We oppose the planning application for CCBC’s new offices in Colwyn Bay. We object on the basis of poor value for money to the taxpayer as a 36 million pound PFI scheme. The proposed architecture is insensitive; symbolising “ panopticon" in a town where 50% of residents are subject to a Council means test.
The Panopticon is a type of institutional building designed by the English philosopher and social theorist Jeremy Bentham in the late 18th century. The concept of the design is to allow all (pan-) inmates of an institution to be observed (-opticon) by a single watchman without the inmates being able to tell whether or not they are being watched. Although it is physically impossible for the single watchman to observe all cells at once, the fact that the inmates cannot know when they are being watched means that all inmates must act as though they are watched at all times, effectively controlling their own behaviour constantly.
This ego trip for the council is not wanted or needed in the town,and as for 700 staff boosting the town? Well the current job centre and tax office alongside the college below that employed over 500 people failed to boost the town, how will this be any different? And what about parking? We need to stop this madness and get the Welsh Government to step in, look what the council have done with the Pier, and here we go again, madness, total madness
The Panopticon is a type of institutional building designed by the English philosopher and social theorist Jeremy Bentham in the late 18th century. The concept of the design is to allow all (pan-) inmates of an institution to be observed (-opticon) by a single watchman without the inmates being able to tell whether or not they are being watched. Although it is physically impossible for the single watchman to observe all cells at once, the fact that the inmates cannot know when they are being watched means that all inmates must act as though they are watched at all times, effectively controlling their own behaviour constantly.
This ego trip for the council is not wanted or needed in the town,and as for 700 staff boosting the town? Well the current job centre and tax office alongside the college below that employed over 500 people failed to boost the town, how will this be any different? And what about parking? We need to stop this madness and get the Welsh Government to step in, look what the council have done with the Pier, and here we go again, madness, total madness
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