Crowds (or the lack of them in Smogland)

[LeazesMag 0]

Speaking of shit support, Man City with £200m worth of a squad and can't sell out a cup game against PL opposition and are advertising home league games too.

 

same as Liverpool, supposed to be 2nd biggest club in the country, allegedly.

[NuFc_Jonny_NuFc 0]

Borough are just the bitter little brother that always got ignored because of sunderland...

[Gene_Clark 12]

It was on Look North tonight that Ray Mallon, a corrupt, horrible man, is spearheading a campaign to make Smogland a city, in the way the mackems got it in 92.

 

if Mallon had any brains, he'd be campaigning for a tactical nuclear strike on Port Clarence, Grangetown and Saltersgill as it would probably improve the ambience in the area.

[LeazesMag 0]

It was on Look North tonight that Ray Mallon, a corrupt, horrible man, is spearheading a campaign to make Smogland a city, in the way the mackems got it in 92.

 

if Mallon had any brains, he'd be campaigning for a tactical nuclear strike on Port Clarence, Grangetown and Saltersgill as it would probably improve the ambience in the area.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Mallon

 

Time as MayorIn 2002 he became the first directly-elected mayor of Middlesbrough, standing as an Independent. He won with 26,362 votes out of a total of 41,994 cast, and a majority of 17,000, from a turnout of 41.34%. His policies based on social justice and his working-class background were attributed to his success. It was also viewed by some as a protest vote against the Labour party.[citation needed]

 

Mallon outlined his plans entitled "Raising Hope Reducing Fear'. The title owed much to one of Mallon's favourite films, The Shawshank Redemption. He bought a poster of the film when he visited Bill Bratton in New York and it carries the strapline "Fear can hold you prisoner, hope can set you free'. The framed poster was on the wall of his office at Middlesbrough police station when Tony Blair visited on the eve of the 1997 election. It hangs in his Mayoral office.[citation needed] In 2005, visiting Conservative leader Michael Howard saw Mallon in action when he told police that when making arrests they should focus on protecting the public and themselves rather than the human rights of criminals. Mallon is known to have been courted by both the Labour and Conservative Party however he has remained an independent.[citation needed]

 

In Mallon's five years as Mayor of Middlesbrough crime has fallen by 20per cent or, as Mallon prefers to equate it, by almost 6,000 victims per year. He has also developed a far reaching regeneration strategy which has seen investors from as far away as Dubai visiting the town. In addition he has overseen the opening of MIMA (the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art) and central square and the pedestrianisation of the town centre.[citation needed] He also led a successful campaign that saw Middlesbrough win one of the eight large casino licences being granted by the Government. Amid concerns from some locals and religious groups, Mr Mallon has stressed no casino will be opened unless the developer agrees to a list of stringent safeguards outlined in the town's "Casino charter". In 2005 he launched the Reduction Agenda, an attempt to persuade people to live healthier lives through cutting down on fatty foods, alcohol and smoking. He has also replaced the Council's Mayoral limo, a six litre Jaguar, preferring to use electric or very low CO2 emission cars. Describing himself, he said "I see myself as a businessman first and a politician last."[citation needed]

 

In March 2007 Ray Mallon announced he would stand for re-election at the May 2007 Middlesbrough Mayoral ballot. At the forefront of his manifesto is the 'Youth Agenda'. This is an attempt to link up the private, public and voluntary sectors to target young people at birth, primary school and late teens and divert them away from crime and addiction and towards good citizenship, a healthy lifestyle and a can-do attitude. He was re-elected as mayor on 3 May 2007, with 17,455 votes out of 29,753 cast, approximately 10,000 more than his nearest opponent.[citation needed]

Edited March 2, 2011 by LeazesMag

[Monkeys Fist 42458]

Ding ding, seconds out.

[Guest alex]

It was on Look North tonight that Ray Mallon, a corrupt, horrible man, is spearheading a campaign to make Smogland a city, in the way the mackems got it in 92.

 

if Mallon had any brains, he'd be campaigning for a tactical nuclear strike on Port Clarence, Grangetown and Saltersgill as it would probably improve the ambience in the area.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Mallon

 

Time as MayorIn 2002 he became the first directly-elected mayor of Middlesbrough, standing as an Independent. He won with 26,362 votes out of a total of 41,994 cast, and a majority of 17,000, from a turnout of 41.34%. His policies based on social justice and his working-class background were attributed to his success. It was also viewed by some as a protest vote against the Labour party.[citation needed]

 

Mallon outlined his plans entitled "Raising Hope Reducing Fear'. The title owed much to one of Mallon's favourite films, The Shawshank Redemption. He bought a poster of the film when he visited Bill Bratton in New York and it carries the strapline "Fear can hold you prisoner, hope can set you free'. The framed poster was on the wall of his office at Middlesbrough police station when Tony Blair visited on the eve of the 1997 election. It hangs in his Mayoral office.[citation needed] In 2005, visiting Conservative leader Michael Howard saw Mallon in action when he told police that when making arrests they should focus on protecting the public and themselves rather than the human rights of criminals. Mallon is known to have been courted by both the Labour and Conservative Party however he has remained an independent.[citation needed]

 

In Mallon's five years as Mayor of Middlesbrough crime has fallen by 20per cent or, as Mallon prefers to equate it, by almost 6,000 victims per year. He has also developed a far reaching regeneration strategy which has seen investors from as far away as Dubai visiting the town. In addition he has overseen the opening of MIMA (the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art) and central square and the pedestrianisation of the town centre.[citation needed] He also led a successful campaign that saw Middlesbrough win one of the eight large casino licences being granted by the Government. Amid concerns from some locals and religious groups, Mr Mallon has stressed no casino will be opened unless the developer agrees to a list of stringent safeguards outlined in the town's "Casino charter". In 2005 he launched the Reduction Agenda, an attempt to persuade people to live healthier lives through cutting down on fatty foods, alcohol and smoking. He has also replaced the Council's Mayoral limo, a six litre Jaguar, preferring to use electric or very low CO2 emission cars. Describing himself, he said "I see myself as a businessman first and a politician last."[citation needed]

 

In March 2007 Ray Mallon announced he would stand for re-election at the May 2007 Middlesbrough Mayoral ballot. At the forefront of his manifesto is the 'Youth Agenda'. This is an attempt to link up the private, public and voluntary sectors to target young people at birth, primary school and late teens and divert them away from crime and addiction and towards good citizenship, a healthy lifestyle and a can-do attitude. He was re-elected as mayor on 3 May 2007, with 17,455 votes out of 29,753 cast, approximately 10,000 more than his nearest opponent.[citation needed]

Never trust a man who writes about himself in the third person.

[Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0]

Didn't he leave the police under suspicious circumstances? Something about giving informants heroin in exchange for information?

[Gene_Clark 12]

Didn't he leave the police under suspicious circumstances? Something about giving informants heroin in exchange for information?

 

That's how they cleared up crimes; gave skagheads a few wraps if they put their hands up to a couple of hundred burglaries apiece.

 

Not exactly zero tolerance is it?