This letter in the local paper after the election results attracted a few replies last week. I’ll be surprised if there is not more reaction this week. When it first appeared I read it a couple of times and I am still not 100% sure what point the writers were trying to make.
Entries Tagged as 'WSCC'
Unintended consequence of election
June 25th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Politics
Tags: Elections·Local Papers·WSCC
Collecting signatures
April 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Politics
Today I set off to collect signatures for my nomination papers for the local elections. Anybody who has never stood for elections might be surprised by the number of forms that need to be filled in:
Good News First
December 19th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Politics
For the last few weeks everything has been a bit hectic. Work has been busier and the hours a bit longer, while I have been out more, and consequently I have not been paying too much attention to the news. I have still been buying a paper, but only skimming through it in the evening.  [...]
Sugar Coated Iceberg
October 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
Why was it no great surprise to find out that West Sussex county council have some money tied up in Icelandic banks? The council say that this will not have an impact on frontline services, and play down the significance in several ways: it is not in an Icelandic bank but in the UK arm [...]
Peace Sells…
September 7th, 2008 · 11 Comments · Politics
…but who’s buying? As the old Megadeth song goes. The question is, should we be making an issue of the fact that West Sussex county council’s pension fund invests in arms firms, including Haliburton?
Tags: Local Papers·WSCC
Travelling Without Moving
August 14th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Politics
The local papers have recently been providing a sort of running commentary on the ever-changing location of a group of travellers in Crawley. Or maybe there are a couple of groups: its hard to tell. All I know is that there have been caravans parked somewhere for the last couple of months. Which all reminds [...]
Potholes
January 30th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Politics
I was just flicking through last week’s Crawley News before sending it to the recycling bin, and stopped to read a story about potholes in the town.
Tags: Crawley Council·Local Papers·Roads·WSCC
No taxation without representation
January 18th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Politics
Henry Smith is answering questions in the Crawley News this week. His answer to most questions is, as always, that everything is the government’s fault.
Timewarp editorial
January 6th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Politics
This week’s Crawley News cleared up a little confusion I had about the previous week’s editorial.
Tags: Crawley Council·Local Papers·WSCC
A happy Christmas for West Sussex councillors
December 23rd, 2007 · 4 Comments · Politics
Well, its going to be happy for some of them anyway, specifically the 18 of them who are getting way-above-inflation pay increases – backdated to April so they get a nice lump sum in their next pay. They will be spending Christmas with their snouts in the trough.
Tags: Greed·Statistics·Tories·WSCC
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