Jim Bunting, of the Great Gull, Dart Harbour, writes:

I have received a long and unsigned letter from Dart­mouth BID Ltd, regarding the request that the BID company call an extraordinary general meeting so that the ‘shareholders’ may have a say in the direction and policies of the company whose board claim to represent their interests and to be acting on their behalf.

The letter refers to the ‘legal position’ but avoids any mention of the board’s moral position.

The fact is, a large majority of shareholders certainly didn’t vote for BID’s business plan and have had no input whatsoever.

 The majority could have voted for the plan, but most saw it as a scam and wished nothing to do with it or its self-serving egotistical promoters. Unfortunately, we failed to vote against it and the selfish swindle was legalised. 

The BID letter, presumably written or at least approved by Nigel Way, states board members of are freely giving huge amounts of their time in order to make Dartmouth a better place to live and work. 

If their work is not totally self-serving, why are they so afraid of a little democracy?

Surely the board members can spend their valuable time without expecting others to foot the bill for their philanthropic projects?

Mr Way, in his arrogance, believes that what is good for him and his friends is good for Dartmouth.

We, the shareholders,  simply don’t agree that the end justifies the means and wish, by a shareholder vote, to see if we can redress the balance democratically.

Mr Way, your view of Dart­mouth is very different from most shareholders.

Please take your ‘altruistic’ hands out of the pockets of hard-working Dartmothians; they will not complain if the BID is shut down tomorrow. 

Only those who seek to benefit from the BID will be disappointed.