Are these all real jobs doing something commercially useful which would be sustainable in the private sector, standing on their own feet, or is this just some sort of fantasy make-work scheme that is utterly dependent on taxpayer handouts just to bribe some voters ?
A bit of research would soon give the answer to this - the former rather than the latter.
I understood the main plans for the south side where to do with cargo
The original planning permission was for aviation-related development (or words to that effect) - don't think this condition has been varied? Previous talk has been about much of the development being for 'logistics', which could have been just tenuously aviation related (i.e. think TNT northside)
at the North East Chamber of Commerce, surely this is a bad thing as someone in his position at NCL should not want such a scheme to go ahead and with his high ranking involvement with the NECC he could surely be in a position to scupper not only the development but other areas of business at DTVA?
Don't think NECC would have much involvement other providing moral support, so with no substantive input so don't think this is a concern.