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Article: Snub for twodays at hotel An Invitation to a 'freebie' weekend put on by North Lincolnshire Homes has been snubbed by two councillors, who called it 'a waste of money'.
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- Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph
- Article date:
- September 7, 2007
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An Invitation to a 'freebie' weekend put on by North Lincolnshire
Homes has been snubbed by two councillors, who called it 'a waste of
money'.
The company is forking out an estimated pounds2,500 for two days
of board meetings in the hotel, including an overnight stay.
The Mayor of North Lincolnshire is refusing to go.
Coun Tony Ellerby said: "I don't feel it is necessary to go to an
'away weekend' when we have somewhere in Scunthorpe - North
Lincolnshire Council has provided us with a meeting room at Meridian
House in Scunthorpe.
"I understand the money has been borrowed by North Lincolnshire
Homes and is not tax payers' money, but surely it would have been
better spent on fitting some ...