www.answersingenesis.orgI am sure Ken Ham would relish the opportunity to rally Christians to the cause of building and maintaining a Biblical Creation Science Museum in N.Ireland. If only the money grabbing Dupes would give him and his colleagues the opportunity! If they can do it in the USA they can do it here!
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Sam..is this akin to let's just say a bunch of rich older men with various types of construction businnes's deciding to form a union so that they could run for office and get elected so they get to move into stormont because thats where the treasury is.then they are in a position to grant contracts to their brother -in -law,wife's sister lodge member etc
so as perhaps to get a kick back.Sam am i even close.
Malcolm Merriweather ii
If you check out one of Tamar Yonah`s articles, "If I were a mean..........." you may find it helpful.
Sam ,while i await your answer to my comment i got to thinking if i could be on the correct path then would it be wise on the part of "the newly formed union "that has made it into stormont to layer their party.?what i mean is chances are if they did not they would more then likely be seen as a group of "good old boys"and that would not look very good .so what they would need to do is create a veil of cover so they appear to look HONEST TRUSTWORTHY DECENT THEY HAVE MORALS AND ARE GENERALLY NICE GUYS.
it would as though they would be hiding "RIGHT OUT IN THE WIDE OPEN"and under the protection of a HUGH umbrella.
Sam am i any where near thinking this through? what else could there be? well i'll give it more thought as i sit looking out over the lake on this nice september day.
Malcolm Merriweather II
Now i'll go over to Tamar"site
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THIS STORY SHOULD BE /COULD BE A TV MINI SERIES..............
Twist in Causeway plan row
[Published: Tuesday 25, September 2007 - 10:32]
By David Gordon
The Giant's Causeway visitor centre controversy took a new twist today as it emerged that the DoE's own environment chiefs strongly recommended rejecting the private sector venture that Minister Arlene Foster is now "minded" to approve.
Disclosure of the firm stance adopted by the Department's Environment and Heritage Service (EHS) will add to the row surrounding the DUP Minister's views on the scheme tabled by businessman Seymour Sweeney.
Meanwhile, it has been discovered that Mr Sweeney, a DUP member, used party leader Ian Paisley's name in a grant application for his controversial plans.
The developer listed Dr Paisley as a prospective trustee of his planned Causeway centre in an unsuccessful submission for Heritage Lottery Fund money in 2002.
The views of EHS on Mr Sweeney's planning application were spelt out in a document sent to DoE Planning Service in December 2002.
Written by Dr John Faulkner, EHS director of Natural Heritage, the letter stated: "EHS has major concerns in relation to this proposal and recommends that planning permission be refused."
Dr Faulkner proposed a rejection on the grounds that Mr Sweeney's blueprint would breach three separate policies relating to the protection of the Causeway's setting.
He voiced particular concern that the development would be in addition to existing visitor buildings.
"The effect of this proposal would therefore be to expand significantly the developed area at the Causeway Head," Dr Faulkner stated.
"EHS considers that this would have a major adverse impact on the landscape character and quality of the approach to the world heritage site.
"As a consequence, the visitor experience to this outstanding natural phenomenon would be markedly devalued."
The document is included in the DoE file on the long-standing Sweeney application, inspected by this newspaper yesterday.
Papers in the file also indicate that Planning Service officials were working towards a refusal recommendation in recent years.
Draft reasons for rejection were drawn up, although the option of a public inquiry was also floated at one point.
However, the final advice given to Mrs Foster by top officials in the Planning Service's planning management board remains unknown at present.
The minister stated on September 10 that she was "of a mind" to grant approval. She emphasised again in the Assembly yesterday that a final decision has yet to be taken.
Mrs Foster has made clear that no one made any representations to her on the proposal and that she was unaware of Mr Sweeney's DUP membership when she reached her preliminary view.
Her party has nevertheless been dogged by "cronyism" allegations, mainly because of the strong support given to the businessman over a number of years by MLA Ian Paisley Jnr.
His DUP leader father is also on record as describing alternative plans for a new public sector centre as "fool's gold".
Mr Sweeney's bid for a Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) grant was made through his fledgling Giant's Causeway World Heritage Trust, a charitable body intended to oversee his visitor centre.
Documentation submitted as part of this application has been released by HLF to this newspaper under the freedom of information act. HLF stated that the application was made in the second half of 2002 and turned down the following year.
The documentation reveals that Dr Paisley was named in Mr Sweeney's grant application as one of three people who would "shortly be trustees" of the trust.
The Giant's Causeway World Heritage Trust remains in existence, but is described as a dormant company in returns to the Government's Companies Registry. The DUP and Dr Paisley's Government department were both contacted yesterday evening, but had not issued any response at the time of going to print. Mr Sweeney has also made no comment.
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