Thursday, 19 June 2008

Ramsgate Parish Council

Meandering through the local blogs this morning I noticed Mike Harrison getting hot under the collar, about Gerry O’Donnell getting hot under the collar, about Ramsgate town council. Click here to see what I mean.

Well as Mike has directed people to some posts that I did back in May I thought to make it easier for anyone looking for them so click here to read them.

The word on the street is that many councillors of both main parties are not to keen on Ramsgate having a parish council and that TDC are now aiming to put our parish council elections off until 2011.
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2 comments:

  1. A J OvendenJune 19, 2008 5:31 pm

    I think I should be the first to point out to Gerry on your blog that Dave Green was elected to TDC in 1999 which is nine years ago not thirteen as he stated in the local paper.
    I hope his maths are going to be a little bit better when quoting parish council figures.

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  2. James MaskellJune 21, 2008 11:22 am

    I wonder what the point of a Town Council is in this case, which looks pretty much like another layer of bureaucracy on top of the local government cake.

    Im sure all mean well in the creation of this but at some point the question does need to be posed, is it really worth it? If TDC isnt getting its priorities right then stand for election. At what point does this dissemination of power stop? Will we be having complaints that the future Ramsgate Parish Council is ignoring the causes of certain parts of Ramsgate and campaigns are started for another Council for individual wards?

    Too many cogs can lead to a jam.

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