To say Welnix made no submission, in my view is a crock. The whole proposal was surely their submission. What were they supposed to say in a submission? We support the proposal we have made?
As for the cock from PRFC.... the thing never even made the annual plan. This is the process on how things do or don't get put in an annual plan. If it took you 200 hours of time, diddums, that is the price for democracy. I also fail to see how it could take them 200 hours to say, we dont want that poofball played in our backyard, but we would like a slice of that $25m though. I suppose it does take longer when you write with crayons.
If a proposal comes before council to upgrade the stand at the Rec, I think I may start a facebook page.
I thought it was a proposal from the Hutt City Council Community Facility Trust?
The Phoenix approached them to see if they could get a training pitch with office space attached somewhere in the hutt rather than their current setup of offices in town and training at newtown park. The talks with the CFT lead to the idea of a whole stadium. It was the CFT that put the proposal forwards however.
As the main tenant and investor the Phoenix surely needed to put forwards a submission as well, at least argue their point and engage the community.
My thoughts on this are that the conspiracy theorists are right this was a play at getting a better deal at Westpac and extending their license within the A-League.
It could also be the public's dislike for Gareth Morgan at the moment meant that the Phoenix and Welnix decided to stay out of the lime light, but then the CFT should have pushed the agenda forwards.