Stan A. Einstein wrote: April 1st, 2023, 2:35 pm
wattsville_boy wrote: April 1st, 2023, 1:02 pm
Stan A. Einstein wrote: March 17th, 2023, 3:25 pm
Justanordinaryfan wrote: March 17th, 2023, 3:18 pm
Stan A. Einstein wrote: March 17th, 2023, 1:42 pm
Remember those heady days a few years back when Newport County were defeating just about everybody in the FA Cup? And didn't the then manager want the money to be used to create a legacy, for after he had gone. He wanted a new training facility as I recall.
Had he got his way the only losers would have been those who hire out our present training facility. Newport Live.
Now that's what I call a conflict of interest.
Honest question:
Was the ££ we collected through our cup runs enough to build this “legacy” and continue to compete on a Lg2 playing field ?
Would we have rather had a Legacy in the Conference or lower ….. or continue to use other facilities and continue operate in Lge2 ?
Pretty sure KW made it clear he was involved with Newport Live in his manifesto when we voted to put him on the board ?
I have no idea.
But that is not my point. There is a clear conflict of interest. The sums of money are potentially huge. In those circumstances it is simply not acceptable to have had a director of Newport County who at the same time was also heavily involved with another company of whom Newport County were a client.
As I said it just doesn't pass the smell test.
And I'm fairly sure if you went through all the minutes of Newport Live meetings where the hiring out of facilities to County were discussed that Mr Ward would have excused himself from such discussions.
Just for clarity are you suggesting fraudulent activity by Mr Ward?
No I am not suggesting Mr Ward is involved in fraudulent activity.
The reason it doesn't pass the smell test is that you can't serve two masters. And Kevin Ward should know that.
You see people who are engaged in fraud rely on others taking things on trust. Nice people who are taken in by frauds say things like 'I'm fairly sure that if you read the minutes you would find..........'
Most people are honest most of the time. Nonetheless smart people take nothing trust. I don't know what the minutes of Newport Live say. Neither do you.
I don't think you quite understand the ethos and purpose of Newport Live, its a not for profit charitable Trust operating leisure services and facilities on behalf of Newport City Council.
Their purpose is to provide services and facilities of the residents of the city, including the supporters of the City's football team. To allow them to use the Spytty Stadium is in the interests of those residents and also provides a tenant/user of the Stadium midweek periods, which is unlikely to be used by anyone else at those times.
Kevin Ward holds many other positions in similar organisations, including Newport City Homes.
You could come up with numerous theoretical conflicts of interest if, like you, people were so inclined, but thankfully no-one else seems to see it as negatively as you, that includes the City Council, the County and all the other organisations he helps/contributes to.
So are they all wrong, or is it you, with your obsessive negativity towards Kevin Ward, who chose to ignore you and your self righteous demands?