{"id":376,"date":"2011-01-05T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-05T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanjaysamani.com\/blog\/?p=376"},"modified":"2010-12-31T18:41:39","modified_gmt":"2010-12-31T17:41:39","slug":"snps-withdrawal-of-tcrf-cash-a-bitter-blow-for-brechin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sanjaysamani.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/snps-withdrawal-of-tcrf-cash-a-bitter-blow-for-brechin\/","title":{"rendered":"SNP&#8217;s withdrawal of TCRF cash a bitter blow for Brechin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The Scottish Government&#8217;s decision not to release the remaining Town Centre Regeneration Funds for Brechin is a disappointing decision<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The SNP Government has really let down people in Brechin again.\u00a0 By denying them access to over \u00a3900,000 of funding, it will be a bitter blow for attempts to give Brechin&#8217;s town centre a much needed boost.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Given that the money was already budgeted, the SNP must explain where the money has gone and where they have spent it instead of Brechin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The whole Town Centre Regeneration Fund has been handicapped by the SNP from the start.\u00a0 A sensible proposal for investment in town centres across Scotland by Conservative MSPs, has been hobbled by a poor implementation by the Scottish Government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">With short deadlines, poor communications and no committment to make the funds available when needed, the government has made the process as difficult as possible and clearly begrudged creating the fund in the first place.\u00a0 It is yet another case of the SNP&#8217;s &#8216;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Not Invented Here, We Know Best&#8217; 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