The debate tonight in council over whether to change the voting system in Woking to one all-out election for councillors every four years instead of the contrived thirds system we have at present was a frustrating experience. I had hoped against hope that the sensible cross-party voices of David Bittleston, John Kingsbury, Peter Ankers, [...]
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 Welcome to my blog. I am a former local journalist who now works in PR and a Conservative and community activist in Woking and Horsell. This blog will keep updated on local issues as well as my interests and quirky news stories.    |
Earlier today, Woking Borough Council officially announced that it had purchased Wolsey Place Shopping Centre following a decision on February 2 to become sole owners. The cost is £68million, which has been financed by the Public Works Loan Board. The aim of the purchase is twofold – to invest in an asset that will [...] Away from all the excitement of electoral mud-slinging, there are some very important changes being debated at a meeting of full council on February 25. They surround whether a) the council should be run by a strong leader and cabinet or have an elected mayor and b) whether the council should elect all its [...] At its meeting on Thursday (11 February), the Conservative Executive agreed to deliver the pledge given by the Leader of the Executive, Cllr John Kingsbury, in May 2009 not to increase the Woking element of council tax by more than the Bank of England’s CPI inflation forecast. Although this figure now stands at 2.9%, [...] Enough information to fill a blue bin A couple of days ago I received among the more dubious of Lib Dem leaflets, which was masquerading as a National and Local issues survey. Actually, there was only one short and very general question on national issues and the rest of it was dedicated to [...] Woking’s Conservative group delivered an early Christmas present to residents on Thursday evening when it put forward a motion to freeze the charges the council levies on residents for green waste collection until 2011. At the meeting of full council, the group decided that to encourage people to use the green bin collection scheme, [...] On Monday evening, I hosted Horsell Village Horsell Trustees and this clashed with both the Conservative group meeting and the Christmas panel meeting for Horsell of Surrey Police. I did however pop along to the first 25 minutes of the latter before dashing back home for HVH because I think it is important to [...] Lib Dem councillor for Knaphill South and Hermitage Cllr Ken Howard now has a website of his own. Apart from the usual journalist-politicians ups and downs, Ken and I have always got on pretty well and he’s nothing if not passionate about the environment. He wrote a particularly good report on light pollution (that I’m [...] I haven't got a picture of a Woking bin, this one's from Peterborough I saw Denzil Coulson after the executive in Brewery Road Car Park while I was chatting with the News and Mail’s excellent reporter Beth Woodger. He stopped to make some chat and it was good to exchange words after a [...] |
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