6 years ago Tony Goodman went on Radio St Austell Bay and ranted week after week about White River Place and how it would never work as you dont put the cart before the horse and every other modern shopping centre in history has been built with the Brands on board first and then the others follow. I was basically gagged and threatened with Ofcom, solicitors and law suits if I continued to say that
White River Place would not fill more than 50% of its units and that the big stores everyone wanted would never come. I broadcast the ridiculously high rents that were being charged and sky high ingoings and again was told to stop. My attitude of see me in court meant they could do nothing as long as I stuck to the facts. Now St Austell has a real chance to drag itself screaming and kicking into the 21st century and the protestors were quick to mobilise. The same as they were at Carlyon Bay and look what has happened there. It may be late but its better late than never and its time that someone let the protestors know that there is another side to the debate and its not just the "evil developers" they seek to blame for these monstrous attempts to make St Austell something like the rest of the civilised world. And one day I woke up and decided "Enough is Enough". And everything has to start somewhere. And I started here.........
