Local Government Offers Nothing
- 4 July 2013 21:32236382It is fair to say that Local Government offers nothing to the people, at least that is the impression I have had.
People who like to live and wish to be happy and to participate in the Community are always sent back.
It's systematic. When they have tired people out and dried out the will, they will only have themselves to talk to.
I''m pretty sure people will just turn away.
You do it so often till people get fed up!Chanters, Drums and Drones Potty Time http://youtu.be/99fMqpjnXYA
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4 July 2013 21:34236384Its not the case though AlexanderALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - 4 July 2013 21:37236388Your examples of rejection please Alexander?
- 4 July 2013 21:38236389For me it is, Keith.
I'm not going to get involved anymore with people who only turn you down all the time.
Is everything forbidden here?Chanters, Drums and Drones Potty Time http://youtu.be/99fMqpjnXYA
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Kent First http://youtu.be/04F3mAP3fV4 Keep banging on http://youtu.be/qYCU_SKmkGQ - 4 July 2013 21:38236390Lesley: just about everything!Chanters, Drums and Drones Potty Time http://youtu.be/99fMqpjnXYA
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Kent First http://youtu.be/04F3mAP3fV4 Keep banging on http://youtu.be/qYCU_SKmkGQ - 4 July 2013 21:39236391Sorry need more info before I can see where you are coming from.
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4 July 2013 21:42236396this will be interesting
I will try to bite my tongueALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - 4 July 2013 21:43236397Tonight, Lesley, I will give some examples.
I'll have to eat something now, having worked all day and not eaten anything. I'm not even hungry! I'm fed up, but will get over it!Chanters, Drums and Drones Potty Time http://youtu.be/99fMqpjnXYA
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Kent First http://youtu.be/04F3mAP3fV4 Keep banging on http://youtu.be/qYCU_SKmkGQ - 4 July 2013 21:44236400everything has to be fully costed and workable alex, that is why so many good ideas are rejected.
- 4 July 2013 21:50236401Alexander, only fair to warn you as a DDc Officer I was part of a team which assisted community groups to achieve their goals. Try reading about the Coalfields and Dover SRB schemes, hardly considered as a Local Authority hampering progress, None of these achievements would have been sustainable without community leaders.
- 4 July 2013 22:20236403DDC still have a good team of officers under the Community Engagement side of the Council.Just ask the Parish Councils where their help and advice is being given
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4 July 2013 22:31236405Alexander D wrote:
People who like to live and wish to be happy and to participate in the Community are always sent back.
It could be that I am tired but I have no idea what this means, who are sent back and where to.
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4 July 2013 22:34236406I think Jan that Jan has had a frustrating day, not so much that local authorities don't do
but more about Alexander has gone to them with some ideas which they have rejected.
As howard says these ideas have to be costed
but lets see what Alexander comes back withALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - 4 July 2013 23:36236410It's KCC. They rejected one of my proposals.
And yet, the Kentish Government has said we have no chance because of the Central Government.
Localism was a hoax! A Coalition hoax.
Here is an example:
"Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood has suggested drastic austerity measures implemented by the coalition may have to go further."
http://news.sky.com/story/1110931/heywood-20-year-battle-to-fix-uk-economy
Here is another:
Councillor Teresa Murray, Medway labour group deputy leader, said: "How much more can this coalition government cut local government funding before we are unable to operate and unable to deliver quality services?
"I'm really worried about adult social care, our older people deserve the best care available when they need it and have worked to pay for it too. More cuts will make it harder to get council support leaving families to support frail relatives."
Kent County Council leader councillor Paul Carter admitted the council suspected the 10 per cent reduction in funding.
He said: "We were obviously planning for that but there is enormous uncertainty whether we will be able to go on preserving good quality frontline services with even less money.
I've said before we were very close to the point of elasticity and eventually things will snap."
http://www.thisiskent.co.uk/Uncertainty-looms-Kent-Medway-following/story-19444385-detail/story.html?ito=email_newsletter_thisiskent#axzz2XneWxRSQ
It doesn't really matter what one proposes, the answer will be no.
I have come to the conclusion that the Local Government has less Localism to talk of now, than it had before the Coalition got in.
They only talk of how London has sterilised our lives through no-money.
Going by the examples given in the two above articles, and so many other similar articles that have spelled out doom and gloom, I have come to the conclusion that I will be forced into humiliation all my life until the day I reach pension.
Local authorities can't even hold on to what they had in 2010, let alone speak of any "new chances" through "Localism".
My life has been denied me by the Central Government, which is run by a bunch of fools, that only gives premiums and bonuses to the elitists sitting in top positions who only ever get richer.
I will not give up, but this Government is incompetent, it has lied to us all, and never gave us anything they had promised, least of all Localism. They are promising us that THEIR Austerity and Sterilisation of our lives will go on into the decades.
Have these fools decided to take over then even beyond their 5 year mandate?
We haven't even got what we had, after a 50% cut in council budgets, let alone what they promised us.
And they just carry on promising us all doom and gloom for decades beyond their legislative mandate.
Only the wealthy elites continue getting richer!
This Government has lost all moral legitimacy.Chanters, Drums and Drones Potty Time http://youtu.be/99fMqpjnXYA
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5 July 2013 07:36236423Alexander
all a bit confusing, but I will reply in the hope of answering some of the issues you raise
1; On other threads you state how crap labour was/is
2;in this thread you quote a labour Politician as though you agree with her viewpoint
3you appear to blame local govt for the problem of decisions made by the cobbled together govt
4; You are correct the cobbled together Govt who had an agenda on localism, has gone back on his word, but did you
expect anything different
5;The country has a debt, and needs to sort it, and im still unsure as to what Alexander views to be a better way forward
than the present cuts?
6;the issue of the rich getting richer I share that view
7;i agree in the present climate, the richer should be in it together, but we still are hearing of organisations out of
control, such as the BBC who paid out large sums of monies to get of some senior staff, that you and I paid for.
8; Local govt has always had more and more powers taken away from it, and just like other govts, this govt has gone the
same route of screwing them.
hope this helpsALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - 5 July 2013 11:48236448Keith, not only a Labour councillor, but also the Conservative Paul Carter, leader of Kent County Council, has his words quoted in the article I supplied above.
It's beyond individual parties, Keith, but a general knowledge that this Government in London is making life hard for us.
People will just turn away and will not get involved anymore.
Only the rich get richer, that's all I know. Everything else is forbidden.Chanters, Drums and Drones Potty Time http://youtu.be/99fMqpjnXYA
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Kent First http://youtu.be/04F3mAP3fV4 Keep banging on http://youtu.be/qYCU_SKmkGQ - 5 July 2013 12:39236453Alex.
I completely agree with Teresa Murray and would add that there is now a group of many thousands that have become un- represented by all political parties and I have no idea how that is all going to turn out.
It is also true that this Gov. is strangling our local councils and it won't be long before they say "enough is enough".
However, Sue is completely right when she states. #11
"DDC still have a good team of officers under the Community Engagement side of the Council.Just ask the Parish Councils where their help and advice is being given" ( someone tell me how you highlight previous bits of posts, please?)
Brinley Hill and his whole community team have just been restructured and are working harder than ever before, even in these difficult times.
They are the most approachable and helpful team you could hope for and are dedicated to helping our communities.
They have made big improvements to many small projects over the past few years in our communities, this gets a little bit of publicity but then it is forgotten.
Our villages would be a lot worse of now, if it was not for them and there is more to come.
They need our support as much as we need theirs.
Yes it's sometimes frustrating, yes it's tiresome at times, when things don't go at the pace you want it to go.
But No Alex- it is not all "doom and gloom" you need to work with these people not against them."My New Year's Resolution, is to try and emulate Marek's level of chilled out, thoughtfulness and humour towards other forumites and not lose my decorum" - 6 July 2013 02:26236494It wasn't anything to do with working against these people, Gary.
People will probably be realising that Local Government is being systematically undermined by the Central authorities in London, that council funds are drying out while we pay taxes to the Treasury.
Meanwhile, Local Gov. has no say over the economy.
We can't do anything to help ourselves.
We only have to listen to a bunch of fools in Parliament promising austerity while the privileged get richer. That's all!Chanters, Drums and Drones Potty Time http://youtu.be/99fMqpjnXYA
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Kent First http://youtu.be/04F3mAP3fV4 Keep banging on http://youtu.be/qYCU_SKmkGQ - 6 July 2013 05:33236495Couple of points:-
Speaking of localism (and it's apparent abandonment by the the coalition)-whatever happened to the people's bank?
Regarding the presentation of ideas and schemes-fully reasoned and costed projects are also rejected or vexatiously stalled.
Still we musn't give up.Never give up... - 6 July 2013 09:29236503You turn people down so much until they don't come back anymore!Chanters, Drums and Drones Potty Time http://youtu.be/99fMqpjnXYA
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