good to hear Howard - here's my tongue poked out! lol !
I had a message from Deal Town Council today. They said the petition hosting site had contacted them and informed them of the petition and that they get periodic updates (I think every time someone signs they get an email )
'''It is the practice of Deal Town Council to have the hard copy of any petition received by the Town Clerk presented to the full council at their next ordinary meeting, however, as this one has been sent in electronically I will advise the council of its receipt in a short report to be included on the agenda for the next ordinary meeting of the council which is on 28 May 2014.''''
anyway, if you want to sign it here is the link
http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/deal-town-council-please-make-a-public-record-of-the-fact-that-we-are-in-total-disagreement-with-their-selection-of-councillor-deryck-murray-as-the-mayor-of-deal-for-2014-15?share_id=UqAZywsUwz&utm_campaign=share_button_action_box&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition