STFU

Apparently they got caught whilst trying to put the tickets back.

Based on profitability from our CEO and Chairman's previous ventures, we'll probably add a million to the debt.

There is no cost for the appeal and if the case is as robust as the club claim, then they won't need much, if any, additional professional input. Instigating legal action against the council is a whole different matter.

And it's an event being run by our CEO.

Scot Gardiner getting upset at fans lobbying him verbally during a game? Surely not?

They don't need a legal case for appeal, it is their right to do. Just as it was the Highland Council's right to call the decision in to full committee. The 'side case' of taking legal action for corruption (which seems to be the jist of Gardiner's allegations) may actually delay any appeal if Scottish Government don't want to get involved while that's going on.

The original planning meeting delayed a decision as one councillor asked if they could have a site visit. A site visit was arranged, but there was no mention of it being compulsory However, at the next planning meeting only those who attended were allowed to vote and a there were a couple of other exclusions for anyone who was deemed to have a conflict of interest (e.g. the vice provost was excluded as she sits on the ICTWFC committee). This left only 5 people eligible to vote. Ahead of the full council meeting, drone footage had been taken of the area and distributed to councillors, which was deemed a sufficient substitute for a site visit. Of the 74(?) members of full council, only those with valid and up to date planning training were allowed to vote. I don't believe there were any other exclusions, so that left 53 to cast votes.

Not true. They approved plans for the changes after Everlast Gym made the decision not to renew their lease. Rejecting the planning application would not have kept Everlast Gym open, and would possibly have meant another commercial space laying empty.

Telling someone you don't think something is important is not addressing the issue.

Lots of people disagree that the world is spherical, doesn't make them right.

Just to be clear. I'm not against lobbying, but I disagree with the claims that it's not intimidation.

From previous reports it sounds like home performances have been slowly improving. Could do with it clicking tomorrow to give the team and fans a lift. Might stick a tenner on the win and McKay to score.

It feels like Gardiner and Morrison are getting off on the drama and fighting. Let's not forget that we've seen this kind of aggressive reaction aimed directly at fans with comments about 'clickbait proponents' and the streaming fiasco where fans were told they didn't know what they were talking about, and exaggerating the poor quality of the auto tracking camera setup. Sadly, they also duped many fans into joining them with the intimidation tactics in the mass emailing of councillors. Some may prefer the political term of lobbying, but the very definition of that is 'influence by intimidation'. If the implication of that 'lobbying' is the loss of a vote/support, it is then also a threat.

Since we're all posting images....

Being overdeveloped is even more reason to protect the green space, is it not?

This idea that everyone should support the club at all costs is the kind of knuckle dragging mentality mostly exhibited by fans of the OF.

You are talking out of your hoop.

I think the right decision was made, but it saddens me that it carries with it such dire consequences for ICTFC. We need to keep in mind that it is not the Highland Council that put ICTFC into the financial position it finds itself, and it would be a dereliction of duty for the planning to have been passed on that basis. It's time that our CEO, Chairman and Board showed some accountability instead of resorting to the victim mentality we've been subjected to from them the last few years. They chose to continue spending beyond the clubs means to chase promotion back the Premier League, have failed to achieve that, and have pinned our future on a series of failed initiatives. Enough is enough.

Udjur has aggravated his previous injury in training, Carragher is a doubt, as is Shaw. No sign of anyone returning from injury.

If any objections which have been raised after the deadline should be ignored, then does it follow that all emails to councillors in support of the project should also be ignored?

Hydro and gravity batteries are more effective, less harmful for the planet, and much safer than chemical batteries.

The paranoia continues. I've seen nothing to say Highland Council are against Battery Storage or that they are against other people building them. The main sticking point with the ILI/ICTFC one is that they want to locate it on protected green space in an area not zoned for industrial use. One other thing, it literally says 75 in the bottom right of the slide.

The lightlamp's on, but nobody's home!

I wonder how many of the several dozen (or more) drivers who don't park at the stadium to save themselves giving a fiver to the club have been writing to councillors demanding they back a project required to support the club because they're broke?

I believe it was 4 community councils, not Highland Councillors. Entirely separate organisations/people.