Our Labour opponents over at Inside Out are fond of reproducing posts on the old Inside Swansea blog so we thought we would follow suit. There is no special occasion, just that as we approach the budget-setting meeting we believe that it would be helpful if we reminded people of just how big exactly the mess is that Labour left us to sort out.In particular we continue to be faced with some very difficult decisions by the failure of Labour to invest in the City’s infrastructure on a huge scale. Labour’s legacy is:
* closure of Swansea Leisure Centre-cost £32m
* crumbling schools - cost £80m - £280m
* dangerous street lamps - cost £600,000
* declining City Centre
* a multi-million pound bill to renovate/repair City Centre car parks
* crumbling roads and pavements - cost £35m
* closure of Tir John tip - cost £2.5m extra a year
* pensions fund deficit for Council workers - cost £4m a year.
* crumbling Guildhall - cost £30m
Some sobering thoughts there, particularly in the light of Labour claims that we keep trotting out the Leisure Centre to attack them. Labour's incompetence stretched much further than that.
