20/07/11….Thame partnership Chair responds to criticism of Shop fronts improvement scheme

THE following letter was sent to The Thame Gazette on 7th July 2011, in response to a letter of “outrage” about the Shop fronts improvement scheme in Thame. It is reproduced with the permission of the writer:

To the Editor, Thame Gazette

Dear Sir

I write in response to a letter from Mr Steve Roberts published in the Thame Gazette on Friday 10th June regarding the ?Shop Front Improvement Scheme?.

Mr Roberts could have saved his ?outrage? by directing his concerns to me. As the chair of the organisation delivering this project, I would have been able to reassure him that public money is being spent for the good of the town, and not for to ?fund private businesses, let alone banks?.

Mr Roberts has grasped the wrong end of the stick and is trying to beat us with it! He has grossly misrepresented the project and our work, and I?d like to correct some of his statements.

It is true that 21st Century Thame has secured