No city status

 

Plaid Cymru councillors have challenged council leaders over their plans to spend tens of thousands bidding for city status - for the third time. 

This is the third time this council's leadership has gone for city status - the previous winners were Newport and St Asaph. I would challenge the council to list the added benefits that city status brought to those two towns in the past decade.
 
The bid will cost Wrexham citizens tens of thousands of pounds - regardless of whether it's successful. I think the people of Wrexham would rather our civic leaders concentrated on ensuring our children's services are working properly, our schools are thriving, our town centre is full and the potholes are fixed before another reckless city status adventure. This council is planning to wreck our countryside through its Local Development Plan - is this what city status means? 
 
The people of Wrexham have consistently rejected this daft idea so let's focus on delivering great services for Wrexham rather than putting meaningless labels on our town. 
 
Did we need city status to pull in millionaire backers for our football club? Did we need to be a city to have a world heritage site? What exactly are the benefits of having this empty and costly status?
 
Wrexham has a great heritage as a market town, it's got a bright future as the capital of north Wales. Reject City status.

We, the undersigned, are proud of our town and believe it can thrive without the false label of 'city' being imposed on it. It will cost the council tens of thousands of pounds to mount a bid. For whose benefit? We reject city status and back our town as the capital of north Wales.

Rydym ni, yr isod, yn falch o'n tre ac yn credu y gallwn ffynu heb ei alw'n 'ddinas'. Bydd y cais am statws dinesig yn costio degau o filoedd o bunnoedd. Er budd pwy? Gwrthodwn y term 'dinas' tra'n cefnogi'n tre i fod yn ganolfan i'r Gogledd gyfan.

Who's signing

Sarah Jones
Mark Borthwick
David Hughes
Mandy Williams
Cheryl Francis
Gareth Ellis
Christopher Goodwin
Marc Roberts
William Evans
Dave Jenkins
Stephen Williams
Paul Roberts
Donna Edwards
Rob Jones
Tracey Williams
Tara Threadgold
Joanne Devey
Judith Thomas
Mandy Enright
Andrew Moss
Heidi Thomas
Mary Rigney
Annette Davies
Patrick Brooks
Alistair Irving
Gwenfair Lloyd Jones
Thomas David
Steve Bellis
Sian Jones
Phil Rees
322 signatures

Will you sign?


Showing 236 reactions

  • Sarah Jones
    signed 2021-11-10 21:36:47 +0000
  • Mark Borthwick
    signed 2021-11-10 21:33:26 +0000
  • David Hughes
    signed 2021-11-08 17:14:39 +0000
  • Mandy Williams
    signed 2021-11-07 15:58:01 +0000
    We are not a city we are a town and should remain so.
  • Cheryl Francis
    signed 2021-11-06 17:36:52 +0000
  • Gareth Ellis
    signed 2021-11-06 09:48:31 +0000
  • Christopher Goodwin
    signed 2021-11-05 11:20:07 +0000
    No to city status
  • Marc Roberts
    signed 2021-11-04 18:35:27 +0000
  • William Evans
    signed 2021-11-04 08:16:57 +0000
  • Dave Jenkins
    signed 2021-11-04 01:37:38 +0000
    dave jenkins
  • Stephen Williams
    signed 2021-11-04 01:15:02 +0000
  • Paul Roberts
    signed 2021-11-04 00:08:21 +0000
  • Donna Edwards
    signed 2021-11-03 23:38:36 +0000
  • Rob Jones
    signed 2021-11-03 22:16:40 +0000
  • Tracey Williams
    signed 2021-11-03 21:44:18 +0000
  • Tara Threadgold
    signed 2021-11-03 20:16:53 +0000
  • Joanne Devey
    signed 2021-11-03 20:00:31 +0000
  • Judith Thomas
    signed 2021-11-03 19:58:45 +0000
    No to city status for wrexham
  • Mandy Enright
    signed 2021-11-03 19:50:24 +0000
  • Andrew Moss
    signed 2021-11-03 18:48:18 +0000
  • Heidi Thomas
    signed 2021-11-03 18:39:22 +0000
  • Mary Rigney
    signed 2021-11-03 18:24:13 +0000
  • Annette Davies
    signed 2021-11-03 18:09:11 +0000
  • Patrick Brooks
    signed 2021-11-03 17:56:48 +0000
  • Alistair Irving
    signed 2021-11-03 17:35:24 +0000
  • Gwenfair Lloyd Jones
    signed 2021-11-03 17:27:55 +0000
  • Thomas David
    signed 2021-11-03 17:23:43 +0000
  • Steve Bellis
    signed 2021-11-03 17:00:31 +0000
  • Sian Jones
    signed 2021-11-03 16:37:15 +0000
  • Phil Rees
    signed 2021-11-03 16:16:08 +0000

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