Some erudite and excellent posts on this subject, some of them have even swayed me away from my default position of 'all piers are fantastic and must be saved'
Some powerful arguments both ways, and I particularly understand the feeling of MajorMellons, given the fact that money cannot be found to continue his partner's employment. That moved me, and I know I would feel the same in his position.
What I would like to see is a really transparent list of ALL the expenditure which CCBC think is more important than the Pier, and once I am satisfied that those items are crucial, (or even statutory service provision', then I will concede that the Pier must be allowed to be demolished.
But sadly, I will never be privy to those priorities, because the 'powers that be' at CCBC willl seek to protect their own political agendas and their own remuneration before anything else.
These people would do well to remember that they are public SERVANTS.