IOW Council Gets 40 Votes!
Here's a list of the hereditaments IOW Council pays the levy for - and gets x40 votes for!
Wonder which way they'll use their block vote eh? IOW Council should abstain from voting in the BID ballot, so the decision on whether to have a BID or not is made by the businesses. After all, we're told BID is for the businesses, decided by the businesses, but how can this be true if the Council wields voting power like this! It's corrupt!
Speak to your Councillors and put pressure on them to get the Council to abstain from voting in the ballot, so it's a fair ballot without council influence. The IOW Council Cabinet meeting to decide their voting position is on 9th September, so not far away.
A Council yes or no vote is a vote against one section of the business community, so the council has a moral duty to do the right thing by all and simply abstain to let the businesses decide!