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Abandoned and let down by West Sussex county council

December 12th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Life

What am I going to do?  How am I going to learn how to use my mobile phone now?  WSCC went to all the trouble and expense of producing a (presumably) excellent video tutorial on how to make a phone call, but before I get a chance to watch it they take it down! (According […]

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Are people in West Sussex stupid?

December 9th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Politics

Or is it just that the council thinks they are?   Not my question but one, apparently, posed by Iain Dale.  Full details where I found out about it on Owen’s new blog.

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Council secrecy in Crawley

September 3rd, 2009 · 11 Comments · Politics

One of the local papers this week has a story that is not only interesting, but even displays an element of investigative journalism and even a surprise.    It would have been more impressive if it had been published six weeks ago when the council meeting and vote that it relates to actually occurred – I […]

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Unintended consequence of election

June 25th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Politics

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.

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Collecting signatures

April 27th, 2009 · Comments Off on Collecting signatures · 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:

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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.   […]

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Sugar Coated Iceberg

October 10th, 2008 · Comments Off on Sugar Coated Iceberg · 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 […]

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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?

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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 […]

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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.

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