SALFORD STAR MARY BURNS AWARDS 2009

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ASS OF THE YEAR AWARD – Councillor John Warmisham (1)

THE `WILL THE LAST PERSON TO LEAVE SALFORD COUNCIL PLEASE TURN THE LIGHTS OUT' AWARD – 8 top ranking Salford Council officers who have recently left the council (2 and 37)

THE `KEEP YER GOB SHUT AND WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T GRIN FOR THE CAMERAS' AWARD – Hazel Blears MP (3)

THE `LET'S BUILD A MEDIA CITY THAT NO BUGGER IN SALFORD CAN GET TO' AWARD – Salford City Council, Peel Holdings, North West Regional Development Agency, Central Salford Urban Regeneration Company, GMPTE (4)

THE `WHERE ARE YOU SPENDING OVER £122M OF PUBLIC MONEY? NEVER HEARD OF IT!' AWARD – Central Salford Urban Regeneration Company (5)

THE `£53,000,000 DOWN THE DRAIN' AWARD – Charlestown and Lower Kersal New Deal for Communities (6)

THE `Of Course We're Not Trying To Clear The Community Out Of Central Salford That's Next To Manchester, The River, The University and the BBC Media City Site'  AWARD -  Salford City Council (7)

The `FEED THE MANCS' AWARD – Salford City Council (8)

THE `PUSH ME PULL YOU DOWN' AWARD – Salford City Council (9)

THE WEBSITE OF THE YEAR AWARD – Hazel Blears and Manchester Salford Pathfinder (10)

THE `MY GOD! YOU'RE ACTUALLY SPEAKING THE TRUTH!' AWARD – Barbara Spicer – Chief Executive Salford City Council (11)

QUOTE OF THE YEAR AWARD – Hazel Blears (12)

THE ERROR OF JUDGEMENT AWARD – Hazel Blears (13)

THE `I'M GONNA SUE YER ASS' AWARD – Hazel Blears (14)

THE `GO STAND IN THE CORNER' AWARD FOR SCHOOL BUILDING – Salford City Council (15)

THE `YOU WHAT? £130,000 TO DO UP A TERRACE HOUSE!' AWARD – Salford City Council (16)

THE `I'LL GIVE YOU THREE BROKEN MARBLES AND A DEAD WHITE MOUSE FOR YOUR HOUSE' AWARD – Salford City Council and the Independent District Valuer (17)

THE MOST STUPID AWARD OF THE YEAR AWARD – Julia Fawcett – Chief Executive of The Lowry (18)

THE MARY BURNS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD – Bob Osborne - Deputy Director of Sustainable Regeneration, Salford City Council (19)

THE JESTERS OF THE YEAR AWARD - The Vice Chancellors and Registrar of the University of  Salford (20)

THE `BUILDING FOR GOD' AWARD – Chek Whyte (21)

THE GOLDEN SANDS OF SALFORD AWARD – Urban Splash (22)

THE FEED THE RICH AWARD – Homes and Communities Agency – and Urban Splash, Countryside Properties and Plumlife (23)

THE `LET'S LOSE SALFORD PARKS £3,000,000' AWARD – Salford City Council and John Wilkinson (24)

THE `UNCLE JOE STALIN AWARD FOR OPEN AND DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT' – Salford City Council (25)

THE `TRUSTED FRIENDS OF SALFORD COUNCIL' AWARD - BRAMALL CONSTRUCTION and RICHARDSON PROJECTS (26)

THE SNOUTS IN THE SALFORD TROUGH AWARD – Everyone involved in the City's PFI projects (27)

THE TRUE GRIT IN SALFORD AWARD – Salford City Council (28)

THE NEIL HILL MEMORIAL AWARD – Hazel Blears MP and City West Housing (29)

THE COMMUNITY CONSULTATION OF THE YEAR AWARD PART 1 – Salford City Council (30)

THE COMMUNITY CONSULTATION OF THE YEAR AWARD PART 2 – Salford City Council (31)

THE COMMUNITY CONSULTATION OF THE YEAR AWARD PART 3 – Salford City Council, Salix Homes, Central Salford URC (32)

THE FIGHTING OBESITY IN SALFORD AWARD – the phantom sign writer (33)

THE `HE AIN'T HEAVY HE'S MY BROTHER' AWARD Part 1 – Peel Holdings and the North West Regional Development Agency (NWDA) – (34)

THE `HE AIN'T HEAVY HE'S MY BROTHER' AWARD Part 2 – Peel Holdings, Salford City Council and the North West Regional Development Agency (NWDA) – (35)

THE `HE AIN'T HEAVY HE'S MY BROTHER' AWARD Part 3 – Peel Holdings and the North West Regional Development Agency (NWDA) – (36)

THE `WE'RE SO GREEN IT (REALLY IS) UNBELIEVABLE' AWARD – Peel Holdings and Salford City Council (38)

THE GEORGE BUSH `READ MY LIPS' AWARD – John Merry CBE – Leader Salford City Council (39)

HYPOCRITE OF THE YEAR AWARD – Hazel Blears MP (40)