Senator Cohen fulfilling his promise to the electorate

[Eastern correspondent]

Au contraire St Francis would say 'absolutely and categrically St Freds plans would be subject to the most rigourous and transparent scrutiny that our money can buy' because St Francis says that about any subject.......... and he says it most sincerely folks - just listen out for his carch phrases.they spin off his tongue!

[en830]

St Francis !!!! Are there any Jewish Saints ?

[Jack]

I have no problem with religion or race of any fairly elected politician within the States.

As an intellect, I do not trust him, his words say one thing, his actions do another!

[Fritz]

Just back from his jolly to Ireland to see for himself how wonderful Harcourt are.

Paid for the trip all by himself dontya know.

How very considerate of him to spend a couple of hundred quid before comitting taxpayers to spending untold millions on his new masters dreams.

[danrok]

Posted in error.

[Razzard]

Are you seriously saying that Cohen is a director at AIB?

[danrok]

Are you seriously saying that Cohen is a director at AIB?

No he isn't, my mistake, that is Gerald Voisin.

[Razzard]

Oh that's a shame.  It would have been dynamite. But it was bad enough that Voisin found himself in that position.

[poet]

also good to see that he can confirm he has not read any of the reports on the Harcourt development on the Waterfront -developers trust each other of course

[The Rev Peter Sarkey]

If Senator Cohen is applauding Architecture with style, perhaps he should tell his planners that this is what he wants to see, instead of boring pastiches of 30 year old "safe"designs which say nothing.
(Planning advice given to Architects recently)-- so much for a change.

[danrok]

Gravedigger, when you say boring pastiches of 30 year old "safe"designs, are you referring to housing or commercial buildings?

I'd say most new local houses are of very poor architectural merit.  Especially those in the sub £500K price range.

[Razzard]

I'd argue its not just housing. Take a look at the new CPA building at the back of the Island site. Its a box. Covered in granite cladding maybe at the behest of Senator Cohen but you can't polish a turd.

[danrok]

The worst part of that building is the air-con units and grille fencing literally slapped on top of it.  Apparently, Planning were unaware that the building would have that mess on its roof, until it actually appeared.  Hopeless!

[Fritz]

Freddy Cohen knows absolutely nothing about architecture or building.

Describing himself as a former Builder/Property developer is nonsense. (Donald Trump, he certainly is not). He got a few bob off Daddy and built a couple of houses. This does not make him an expert in architecture and building control.

Like Frank Walker being described as a Businessman, don,t make me laugh. He inherited an already successful business and, erm, sold it.

Rich kids with big Egos, simple as that.

Dandara already have the measure of Freddy-boy, and his ego is massaged into approving anything they want to do. On the other hand, he exerts his muscle against little people who wish to build extensions or put new windows in.

[The Rev Peter Sarkey]

Danrock, When the Minister needs to employ Hopkin ( who is famous for subterranian Architecture) to give advice on a planning issue relating to a private issue for one of his mates in St Aubin, he is telling the elctorate he knows nothing about Planning. He has made Planning in Jersey subjective whereas the 146 other Planning jurisdictions in UK ( yep we have their guidelines) are specifically non- subjective. He has handed an ever widening mandate to the one outside firm who can do no wrong. Interesting is it not that all Jersey Architects are qualified outside the Island taking 7 years yet because they are local have design dictated to them in a subjective constraint by an unqualified minister advised by empire building yesmen who are hardly qualified at all. The pastiches are every where in the Housing market the real trouble starts when these people get involved in serious stuff.