Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,942
It's rather sad to hear that local politics is still going through the trauma not enough people so we end up with the same.
Maybe it can be confirmed but I want to be impartial on this; KCC Elections
The conservatives have deselected Brain Cope, now although brian wasn't my cup of tea hhe did get around and certainly
was in county hall for some time.
Not standing for the tories also Kit Smith, now kit is a character and i have to say one of the few conservatives that actually took an interest in all cllrs and chatted to me when i stood down showing an interest ,
but also one of a few characters in the chamber
Also I hear Julie Rook has decided to stand down, julie was always a popular character, and i understand julie has interests elsewhere, but she will be a hard act to follow.
Julie turned around labour majorities firstly at District and then at county.
On the Liberal side; there realy have not been a party that has got involved in local politics, there best time when they held a large number of seats they didnt realy want control of the council, and slowly all those seats they worked hard to win
went down from 10 to 0
On the labour side;
Instead of standing we will see some new geezers coming through, but also some of the old gang(that may not be my buddies lol) trying to return(look at Deal)
Of course the old chestnut of forced women into seats has also taken place, and so one woman has been imposed in both Dover and Deal.
It is sad not to much new blood around, but more worrying of those that may be trying to return.
Local politics is a thankless task,
I do worry though for the future
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
i can see why so many councillors are turning it in, the coming years will see cuts in services on a scale not seen before.
press officers will dress up the cuts as "streamlining" or even "improving performance" but the public will soon see through it.
i certainly would not like to be in the firing line by being a councillor.
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
- Posts: 8,115
With the way Council spending cuts are going, it's looking like Dave is transforming Localism into a pub with no beer.
As things stand now, he's done the exact opposite of what he promised and seems to be going for an all out Central Government State. At this rate, before long there won't be any councils left!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
i did hear barry's friend big eric mutter something about local authorities keeping more of the council tax they collect in future, but with the cuts in grants it could all be smoke and mirrors.
Guest 716- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
- Posts: 4,010
# 1..agree about Kit Smith.....Cope`no comment`....Liberals always appeared to be there for the `civic`duties,which also
applied to both several tory and labour cllrs.....the gold chains are a magnet......Labour...oh my god...forget it,but for a small
number....Local politics is only effective at County and Unitary level .....District is seriously out of date and use.....
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,942
Is it time now to revisit the usefulness(cost) of having so many councils???
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